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The "book on a Tuesday" rule is dead. Two of the biggest airfare datasets agree on when to actually book — and what it means for flights to Kathmandu.
By Laxman Rawal · Aug 14, 2026
Short answer, as of 2026: the day of the week you buy a plane ticket barely moves the price — that old "book on a Tuesday" rule is dead. What actually saves you money is when you book relative to your travel date, and which day you fly . Two of the biggest…
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Google analysed fares across roughly 4,000 markets between 2021 and 2025. The pattern is consistent: prices tend to bottom out in a window, then climb steeply in the final weeks. For domestic routes that low point sits around 38 days before departure, inside…
Travel Himalaya Nepal · News
For years the advice was to shop at a magic hour on a magic weekday. The data has quietly killed it. Once you separate the day you buy from the day you fly , almost all the real savings live on the second one. Fares change by the hour on both datasets; there…
Travel Himalaya Nepal · News
Fare-tracking tools can help you time the window rather than the weekday. Google Flights shows a price-history and a "prices are low/typical/high" flag for your dates; most major search engines and price-prediction apps offer similar tracking and alerts. Set…
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