What is a "last minute deal"
Aug 30 '00
What is a Last Minute Deal?
Every airline ticket is different. Each trip is unique. A last minute deal is neither an absolute $ amount: nor is it an abstraction.
(And . . . if a deal sounds too good to be true, it's probably not true.)
A "last minute deal" is the feeling you get when you strike a bargain which successfully balances your need to travel against a price concession earned for a willingness to plan at the last minute.
Thus a trip which leaves at 2:00 AM and involves 3 layovers, 2 plane changes, slender seats and narrow rows, on an airline which only hires bush pilots with three crashes on their records and serves road-kill for snacks. . . well, that is not a deal even if they pay you to travel.
But a fare halfway between the ultra-discounted "priceline" deal and the full business fare, on a reliable and well-run airline, and where you can make your reservation two days before you fly . . . now that sounds like a "last minute deal".
When comparing ticket prices, one has to ask oneself the following questions:
How many days before the flight do I have to commit to the ticket purchase?
What is the $ penalty for changes?
What about the brand name of the airline and the feeling you have about that airline's safety and reliability?
How wide are the seats: what is the spacing between rows?
Does your trip involve layovers, plane changes, and an inability to learn about those things before you purchase (as in "Priceline")?
Are the take-off and landing times convenient for those who are taking you to and picking you up from the airport?
And the list goes on . . .
How can there be a real deal lurking behind an offer unless all these variables are factored in.
If you enjoy not knowing about these things before you buy, then perhaps you should check out Los Vegas.
At lastminutedeals.com, our mission is to find deals which are truly "at the lastminute".
All the information about that deal should be freely given!
To feel as if one has really earned something for making last minute plans, the deal should look like something born of the seller's genuine need to dispose of an asset before it perishes.
Thus, a $799 fare for NY-Sydney, between now and March 31, 2000, is not really a deal: nor is $399 for 4 days and 3 nights in Cancun.
As they say in Brooklyn, "if it ain't right, it ain't right".
If it doesn't look, walk, and quack like a last minute deal, then it ain't.
Come to lastminutedeals.com and check us out.
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