Best Time to Book a Flight to Vegas Based on Where You Live
Vegas is one of the most popular tourist destinations in the States, and depending on when you travel, you can often make a lot of profit on flights. Vegas.com looked at flight data from the last two years to determine the best time to book based on your region.
They sent us the details in a press release and below is a breakdown of the information. For each region, they looked at tens of thousands of flights from a variety of popular airlines, including AirTran, American Airlines, Alaska Airlines, Frontier Airlines, JetBlue, Spirit Airlines, United Airlines, US Airways, and Virgin America. California falls into its own category simply because many of the flights to Vegas are from California.
Here are the ideal time frames and day of the week to book if you’re looking for the best deal:
California
- Book more than six weeks in advance
- Tuesday is the best day of the week to book
Pacific West Region (Alaska, Hawaii, Oregon, Washington)
- Book eight to nine weeks in advance
- Thursday is the best day of the week to book
Mountain West (Arizona, Colorado, Idaho, Montana, New Mexico, Wyoming, Utah)
- Book at least three weeks in advance.
- Monday is the best day of the week to book
West-South Central Region (Arkansas, Louisiana, Oklahoma, Texas)
- Book seven to nine weeks in advance
- Sunday is the best day of the week to book
East-South Central Region (Alabama, Kentucky, Mississippi, Tennessee)
- Book eight to ten weeks in advance
- Friday is the best day of the week to book
South Atlantic Region (Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Maryland, North Carolina, South Carolina, Virginia, Washington DC, West Virginia)
- Book at least six weeks in advance
- Friday is the best day of the week to book
West-North-Central Region (Iowa, Kansas, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota, South Dakota)
- Book seven weeks in advance
- Monday and Wednesday are the best days of the week to book.
East-North-Central Region (Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Ohio, Wisconsin)
- Book at least four weeks in advance
- There wasn’t really a “best day of the week to book” as the prices were the same no matter what day of the week flights were booked.
Mid-Atlantic Region (New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania)
- Book four to seven weeks in advance
- Tuesday and Thursday are the best days of the week to book.
New England Region (Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, Vermont)
- Book ten to twelve weeks in advance
- Tuesday is the best day of the week to book
All information above, including graphics, is provided by Vegas travel company Vegas.com . It goes without saying that these are generalizations based on averaging the data, so take this as worth it: a general idea of when to book.
It’s best to track prices and act on your own, but this information gives you a good starting point and a general idea of what to expect.