On Sat, Aug 21, 2010 at 08:49:54PM +0100, MJ Ray wrote: > Pablo Duboue wrote: > > (drdub) Following a discussion with Ana, the project might save quite > > a bit of money if buys the tickets for key contributors very early on > > the year. [...] > > I don't think that's true. Particularly with modern computerised > demand-based price-setting systems, the prices fluctuate over time. > Earlier does not always mean cheaper. I know that caused me problems > applying for travel sponsorship for debconf 8 (which I got from > another source in the end IIRC) where I think I had to enter into > penta a high "open" ticket price to be safe and then I was not able to > edit it when the price fell. >
Usually you can get an approx idea of what a good price is and watch flight search websites for a couple of weeks until you find a deal. It is quite common air companies launch some offers in March/April for July/August. Debconf is usually in high season, if you try to book only 2-3 weeks in advance (*), you always will get expensive flights and also you risk not finding flights (yes, this has happened for at least one person this year). (*) this year's sponsorship was granted very late, I think 2-3 weeks but I do not remember exaclty the dates anymore... Ana _______________________________________________ Debconf-discuss mailing list Debconf-discuss@lists.debconf.org http://lists.debconf.org/mailman/listinfo/debconf-discuss
