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The price of air tickets has plunged, and air tickets in many places have "fallen instead of rising"
The May Day holiday is approaching, and as the epidemic situation gradually improves, the domestic tourism market has also ushered in a peak travel period. However, while many passengers are busy rushing to buy air tickets to welcome the holiday travel, some passengers who have already purchased air tickets are pleasantly surprised to find that the price of air tickets they purchased in advance has dropped sharply, and some even fell by more than 1,000 yuan.
It is understood that the current sharp drop in air ticket prices is not an isolated case, but appears on the routes of many popular tourist destinations. For example, some passengers buy air tickets in advance for more than 3,000 yuan, but when they are about to leave, the price of the same flight and the same time directly falls by 7-800 yuan, which is an unbelievable drop.
Take Xiao Yang as an example, in order to give himself a pleasant holiday arrangement, he bought a round-trip ticket from Jinan to Lijiang a month in advance, and the price at that time was about 2,200 yuan.
When it was about to leave, he was pleasantly surprised to find that the price of the same flight and the same time had fallen directly to 770 yuan, a drop of more than 1,000 yuan, which made him feel very surprised, and at the same time a little regretful, feeling that he should wait a little longer, maybe he could meet a more cost-effective price.
And similar situations are not uncommon in the period of time when the May Day holiday is approaching, many passengers who have bought air tickets have said that they have encountered the same problem, obviously have bought air tickets in advance, thinking that they can avoid the peak period of price increases, but they found that when they are about to leave, the price of air tickets began to fall instead of rising, directly falling seven or eight hundred yuan, and some even fell more than one thousand yuan, which made them feel very surprised, but also a little helpless.
Airlines: The difference cannot be refunded, and the price decline may be related to excess capacity
In the face of the sharp plunge in air ticket prices, many passengers said that they had mixed feelings in their hearts, on the one hand, they felt very surprised and surprised, and felt that they could encounter such a cost-effective price, and they could be regarded as taking advantage.
However, on the other hand, it is inevitable to feel some regret and helplessness, feeling that you may be in a bit of a hurry when you buy a ticket in advance, and you may not grasp the timing of the lowest price.
Especially after hearing the word "not rising but falling", it made them feel very helpless, obviously they had bought air tickets in advance, thinking that they could avoid the peak period of rising prices, but they found that their choice did not seem to be the most wise, when they were about to leave, the price of air tickets began to fall instead of rising, and fell directly to seven or eight hundred yuan, which made them can't help but have some doubts about the airline's ticket pricing mechanism, and feel that the current air ticket price is what is going on, and what kind of law is fluctuating according to what kind of law.
In this regard, many passengers want to solve the problem by refunding the difference, feeling that they have obviously bought a ticket in advance, and now the price has fallen directly to seven or eight hundred yuan, there should be some compensation measures, but in the face of many passengers' inquiries and requirements, the airline said that it is impossible for them to handle the operation of refunding the difference, because the current ticket price is formed according to the market supply and demand, and the airline does not have any malicious price increases, nor can it predict the future price trend, so it cannot provide any protection for the price fluctuations of passengers.
The staff of many airlines said that if passengers really want to enjoy lower air tickets, they can choose to refund and repurchase tickets when there are price fluctuations within 24 hours, but there may also be certain risks, because not every price fluctuation will actually help passengers, and they may also suffer certain losses.
The number of flights during the May Day holiday increased significantly, and there may be multiple factors behind the price dive
So, what is the reason for such a big fluctuation in air ticket prices near the May Day holiday?
In fact, there may be multiple factors behind the price plunge.
First of all, from a macro point of view, the May Day holiday is a relatively special travel period, and it is also the time when the domestic tourism market ushers in the peak period of travel, with the improvement of the epidemic, more and more passengers choose to travel long distances by air, and for airlines, they also need to face a lot of capacity challenges.
Affected by the epidemic, the capacity management of airlines is also more difficult, and it needs to be flexibly adjusted according to the actual changes in passenger flow, and with the increase in flight volume, there may also be a situation of "demand exceeds supply", that is, not all seats have been sold on flights approaching the holiday, and there is still a certain amount of overcapacity.
In the face of such a situation, airlines may also choose to adjust prices on a temporary basis or even introduce certain promotional discounts in order to better cope with capacity challenges, hoping to attract more passengers and fill unsold seats.
In addition to this, there are some details that may also have an impact on the price of the ticket.
For example, the recent weather changes are relatively large, and the stability of air travel has declined, which also makes some consumers have a certain wait-and-see mentality on air travel, choosing to temporarily wait and see or adjust their travel plans, which may have a certain impact on the changes in air passenger flow in the long run.
In addition, the May Day holiday is also the peak period for student travel, and with the improvement of the epidemic, the school's safety alert may also have a certain impact on students' travel choices.
On the whole, there may be multiple factors behind the sharp plunge in air ticket prices, whether from the perspective of supply and demand, or from the perspective of consumers' own travel choices, there will be certain fluctuations in air ticket prices, and as ordinary passengers, how to better cope with price fluctuations and choose their own travel plans also need to have a certain degree of foresight and flexibility.
How to deal with the drop in air ticket prices by more than 1,000 yuan, and how to avoid air ticket price fluctuations?
On the one hand, it is naturally very happy and surprising to encounter such a cost-effective price, and it can be regarded as an unexpected "red envelope" for yourself, but on the other hand, it is inevitable that you will regret your choice, and feel that you may be able to wait a little longer, or choose other more flexible travel options.
In the face of price fluctuations, how to better deal with them also requires certain wisdom and methods.
First of all, as an ordinary consumer, you can use some professional travel platforms to compare and monitor prices in real time to understand the price trend of different flights, so that you can better grasp the law of price fluctuations and choose the right time to travel.
Secondly, you can also avoid price fluctuations through some flexible travel solutions, for example, choose to travel in the off-season or on weekends, you can better avoid the peak period of price increases, or you can choose to buy air tickets in advance to reduce the impact of price fluctuations through certain price protection measures.
In addition, you can also pay attention to some promotional activities of the airline, or choose some more flexible ticket products, for example, you can choose to buy a hassle-free ticket for refund and change in advance, so that even if there are price fluctuations, you can also respond to price changes through flexible refund and change operations.
Of course, in addition to avoiding price fluctuations from the perspective of consumers themselves, airlines and relevant departments can also optimize and improve the ticket pricing mechanism and service guarantee, for example, they can strengthen the supervision of air ticket prices, improve the transparency of prices, and also launch some more flexible and humanized air ticket products to provide consumers with more convenience and protection for their travel choices.
How can you better cope with price fluctuations and choose the right travel plan for you?
In this regard, readers and friends are also welcome to participate in the discussion, put forward their own views and suggestions, and perhaps find more ways to deal with them through everyone's joint discussion.