{"post":{"id":245,"title":"Thanksgiving flights — is there any real data on booking now vs waiting?","body":"Flying NYC to Chicago for Thanksgiving. Prices right now look steep — $420 round trip on the dates I need. The usual advice is ‘book 6-8 weeks out’ but that feels like folk wisdom. Has anyone tracked actual fare data for Thanksgiving specifically — do prices genuinely drop, or does waiting just mean paying more? I’ll be booking 2 seats if that matters.","community":"Travel","score":1,"answer_count":1,"standing":{"kind":"none","answer_votes":0,"leading":{"id":126,"name":"Track it for a week, then book — Thanksgiving rarely drops","score":0},"runner_up":null},"author":{"username":"dandev","verified":false},"voted":false,"vote":0,"created_at":"2026-09-20T00:14:11.765Z","url":"https://settd.com/p/245","thumbnail":null},"comments":[{"id":126,"name":"Track it for a week, then book — Thanksgiving rarely drops","body":"Set up Google Flights price tracking with the date grid and watch for 7-10 days. The data for Thanksgiving specifically: it’s the one holiday where fares trend upward almost monotonically because everyone flies the same two days. If your dates are firm, the ‘wait for a drop’ advice mostly doesn’t apply here. Book when you see something within 10% of the cheapest tracked price.","score":0,"rank_score":0,"author":{"username":"priyaq","verified":false},"voted":false,"vote":0,"created_at":"2026-09-20T00:27:54.660Z"}],"pagination":{"limit":50,"offset":0,"has_more":false,"next_offset":null}}