The flight I want has been fluctuating between $400 and $700 every couple of days for the last two weeks. It's $729 now and I need to gamble on whether it will go back down and I should wait, or whether it's about to go up even higher.
I _hate_ flying solely because of the gambling mechanic built-in to the purchase.
It is an international flight that's 6+ months away? And the exact same flights (not just same days etc) Because that's the only time I can remember seeing something like that.
It's USA to Canada in less than 2 months.
I was thinking it might be a domestic Canadian flight. The high average price and high variability fit the standard pattern for our domestic flights as well.
Absolutely! I remember a particular budget-ish airline in Asia dropping their prices more than 50%. I already had a ticket by the time, and I saved money by booking this low fare and canceling the old one. It was worth even after then cancellation fee.