Is Tuesday the Best Day to Book a Flight?

We ask the experts about air travel's best known rule of thumb.

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The rule of thumb for budget-conscious travelers looking for a deal is to book their flights on a Tuesday. But is that still good advice?

The roots of this rule can be traced to a more analog era, when airlines would refresh their ticket prices on Tuesdays. Now, the price of a ticket can change by the hour due to an endless array of algorithms and equations used by travel agencies and airlines.

But Hopper, a travel app that uses artificial intelligence to track flight fares and alert users to discounts, thinks there’s still a kernel of truth buried in the advice—specifically, on the Tuesday after Black Friday.

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