My choice was Farecast, since I will be traveling in March. I liked the idea of forecasting the time of year when prices were highest and lowest--that is until I discovered that Grand Rapids was not on their list of 75 cities! Neither was the city where I wanted to go.
I changed the cities to major airports nearby and discovered that the graph would not go beyond a 30 day block of time. I bought a ticket a couple of weeks ago and was of course interested to see if I bought too early. From the looks of it, I did, assuming all flights mentioned were still available. BTW, it seems coming and going on a Tuesday is often the cheapest.
There are wild fluctuations in price that in some cases don't make sense. The dates around Feb. 14 are expensive, which makes some sense, but then there are other dates that are expensive for seemingly no reason. And does this mean that you should wait until a date is ordinarily a low fare even if it's not far from the date you want to travel? Probably not, as there is likely to be no more tickets available by that time.
You can be sure that I'll revisit this site before I do any buying next time. But I'll also revisit as I get closer to my departure date to see if it's really accurate. I'm hoping that by experimenting with times and dates and combining this search with airline sites, I can figure out how to best use this tool and what the proper timing is for looking and purchasing an air ticket.
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