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I've had a flight price tracked in Google Flight for a couple of days because I couldn't yet decide if I could take it. Unfortunately it has gone up by 25% last night (~170 to ~220 EUR).

The flight is short-haul, from an European airport to London Gatwick, and will take place during high season (winter holidays).

Is it possible that the price will go down? Or are BA prices only known to go up?

(Edit)     The price increase that has happened last night wasn't a result of the cheapest class being sold out: the same level of service was sold at a higher price.

I'm only looking at economy class prices, therefore the answers to the other question don't answer my question.

I'll rephrase my question to make it clearer: A given economy class ticket on a British Airways flight can increase its price, as observed empirically. Is the contrary ever observed? (an Economy class ticket going down in price?)

Nicola Sap
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The very flight that was the reason for my question has just had a price decrease:

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Google Flight price tracker. "Today" is 2½ months before the flight.

So, I'd say that yes, prices CAN go down. I agree, however, that counting on that possibility is not a safe strategy.

Nicola Sap
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An advise: unless an excepcion, all flight rates will be increasing for the next winter holidays. And in general prices can change anytime no matter for what season is. So it is normal, that if you see a price for a flight, then, the next day varies.

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