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A US airline booking website has tracked ticket prices over hundreds of days for millions of flights to come up with the best day to get the cheapest deal, reports the Huffington Post<\/a>.<\/h3>\n

CheapAir.com<\/a> tracked flight prices over 320 days up to the day prior to take-off for three million flights.<\/p>\n

What they found was that customers more definitely did NOT get the cheapest price by booking at the last minute.<\/p>\n

Based on their data, CheapAir found that those who booked their seats within seven days of departure paid about $200 more compared with the \u201cprime window\u201d. Those who bought tickets between seven and 13 days before departure paid $75 more.<\/p>\n

And now for the magic number\u2026<\/p>\n

54.<\/p>\n

Researchers found that, on average, the cheapest tickets were purchased 54 days prior to departure.<\/p>\n

\"This<\/p>\n

Image | CheapAir<\/a><\/h6>\n

The \u201cprime window\u201d was 29-104 days out.<\/p>\n

But CheapAir says there\u2019s no hard-and-fast rule, and there are exceptions to the 54-day sweet spot \u2013 highly popular and international destinations, for example. The website recommended booking further ahead than 54 days on those occasions.<\/p>\n

SEE ALSO: 16-YEAR-OLD WINS EVERY TEEN\u2019S DREAM \u2013 BUT IS IT APPROPRAITE?<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

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