KAYAK Travel Index

Giorgos Zacharia, Ph.D.
KAYAK Chief Scientist

Hottest trend observed by Giorgos Zacharia on Wed Oct 21 12:43 PM

Are People Afraid to fly on Halloween?
If So, Can You Save Money On Flights When Other People Are Scared?

I ran a quick analysis of US flight search data over the past two years on KAYAK sites, to find out the flight pricing trends on Halloween.

I looked at average selected airfare prices on Halloween vs. the overall average for the past two years. Prices were 5% less on Halloween. That's not a massive difference, but across such a large sample, it's statistically significant. Then I looked at other dates when people might be afraid to fly - Friday the 13th and September 11th. I found an even bigger difference here - average selected airfare prices were 12-14% lower than the average for the past two years.

I think you can save money, if you travel when other people might be afraid to fly.

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KAYAK Travel Index - All Destinations Searched

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3 months | 6 months | 1 year

3 months change: 13.4%

6 months change: 12.0%

1 year change: 1.8%

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over the past 12 months. Data is updated on a daily basis. The KAYAK Travel Index is modeled from data for average hotel and flight prices that people select and is therefore not based on airline or hotel pricing alone.
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