Flights

I've been trying for months to book a flight, I keep watching fares. I see the following trend with regard to prices. Prices seem to start out in a structured manner, where the first person gets one fare and it goes up for each x people who buy. Then after the first few waves are filled and the flights is only months away, the price starts to rise steadily. It peaks somewhere before, less than 30 days out but more than 14, depending on the airline. Then it starts to fall again because the airline is worried about not filling the flight. As the flight approaches, the price rises again to take advantage of people who book at the last minute (they tend to be the least flexible). Finally, on the day of the flight, one of two things can happen: for popular flight times, the price rises dramatically to take advantage of last minute business travelers who have no choice in flight times; whereas for less popular flight times the price can drop dramatically due to a worry that the flight wont fill up. Spirit complicates this for their customers because they have a $9 fare club which allows you to get deals that are typically on flights in the next 7-30 days and more often on weekday flights than weekend. If you are watching for flgihts, check out AirFareWatchDog. They inform you of sales, even for Spirit's $9 fare club which you can then join to get the fare and cancel after your flight.