Interested to hear what the bargain brains trust thinks.
A group of friends and myself will be travelling to Japan in Feb 2023. We've been watching flight prices steadily climb over the past few weeks (not by a huge amount though).
In the past there's been plenty of sales between now our our travel date; but with Japan just having fully re-opened, we're in two minds as to whether or not there'll be any sales.
On one hand, Jetstar may wish to get initial seat numbers on the board, and have a few sales to get these. There's also increasing interest rates, maybe less people willing to travel now? They had a "return for free" sale a month or two ago, but entry to Japan was severely restricted then.
On the other hand, demand may exceed supply, so no reason for a sale.
What are your thoughts, bite the bullet or wait for a sale?
UPDATE 18/10/22: Booked… for about $1250. Prices steadily climbing and I got spooked.
I guess the pandemic has changed the playing field too much, but there used to be good sales (for Japan flights) around Valentines day, so your timing is a bit unlucky wrt that.
It will still be quite cold in Feb and, March (Cherry Blossoms) / April / May, much nicer weather in my experience.
Depends on what you want to do there though.. Which the weather / seasons may influence your timing?
If you're stuck on Feb, I'd personally wait til at least Dec, if prices are crap now.