Flight Price Predictor: Should You Book Now or Wait?
Pick your airline and when you fly, and we'll show you what usually happened next to fares like yours. We tracked over 750,000 flights in 2026, with over 376 million price checks.
Flight price predictor · our 2026 fare tracking
Should You Book Now or Wait?
Ryanair · 12 weeks out
No rush yet
You're 12 weeks out. Ryanair fares were usually cheapest 4 to 8 weeks before departure, so there's time to wait for that.
Over the next week
3 in 10
rose
typically by about £6
5 in 10
fell
typically by about £6
The other 2 in 10 stayed about the same. So waiting a week was more likely to save you money than cost you, though only by a few pounds.
Against 6 to 8 weeks out
+11%
Fares this far out were typically about a tenth more than 6 to 8 weeks out.
30,907 Ryanair flights, each priced 10 to 12 weeks out and again 6 to 8 weeks out.
Ryanair's cheapest window
4 to 8 weeks
before departure was when Ryanair fares were usually cheapest.
Based on what happened to similar flights in our 2026 fare tracking. A guide, not a guarantee for your flight.
How the Predictor Works
- Pick Ryanair, easyJet, Wizz Air or Jet2, and how many weeks away you fly, or the date.
- We look at what happened to flights the same distance from departure in our 2026 fare tracking.
- Over the next week: of fares checked again a week later, how many rose, how many fell, and by how much.
- Against 6 to 8 weeks out: each flight against its own fare 6 to 8 weeks before it left.
The Cheapest Time to Book, Airline by Airline
What booking far ahead, and leaving it late, did to fares in 2026.
Ryanair
Cheapest 4 to 8 weeks before departure.
- 24 to 26 Weeks Out
- +38%
- The Last 3 Days
- +142%
Typical change against each flight's own fare 6 to 8 weeks out (15,362 and 27,237 flights).
easyJet
Cheapest 6 to 12 weeks before departure.
- 24 to 26 Weeks Out
- +17%
- The Last 3 Days
- +31%
Typical change against each flight's own fare 6 to 8 weeks out (12,329 and 21,854 flights).
Wizz Air
Cheapest 5 to 12 weeks before departure.
- 24 to 26 Weeks Out
- +11%
- The Last 3 Days
- +118%
Typical change against each flight's own fare 6 to 8 weeks out (1,107 and 2,152 flights).
Jet2
The odd one out: Jet2 fares usually fell as the date got closer, though about 1 in 5 flights got dearer.
- 24 to 26 Weeks Out
- +33%
- The Last 3 Days
- -29%
Typical change against each flight's own fare 6 to 8 weeks out (5,898 and 8,365 flights).
Flight Price Predictor: Questions
- How Does the Flight Price Predictor Work?
- Pick Ryanair, easyJet, Wizz Air or Jet2 and when you fly. We show what happened in 2026 to flights the same distance from departure: how many fares rose or fell over the next week and by how much, and how that distance compared with 6 to 8 weeks out, which is about when Ryanair and easyJet fares were cheapest.
- How Accurate Is It?
- It's a guide, not a guarantee. It shows what usually happened to similar flights in our 2026 fare tracking, not what will happen to yours. We tracked over 750,000 flights in 2026, with over 376 million price checks, so the patterns are solid, but any one flight can go its own way.
- Which Airlines Does It Cover?
- Ryanair, easyJet, Wizz Air and Jet2. The prices are one-way base fares for one person, without bags, on flights up to 7th November 2026. Our Wizz Air figures come from fewer routes than the others, 35 at 6 to 8 weeks out, so they're a good guide but a smaller one.
- When Is the Best Time to Book Flights to Europe?
- In our 2026 tracking, Ryanair fares were cheapest 4 to 8 weeks before departure, easyJet fares 6 to 12 weeks before and Wizz Air fares 5 to 12 weeks before. Booking 6 months early cost more with all three, and the last few days cost the most. Jet2 was the odd one out: its fares usually fell close to departure, though about 1 in 5 flights got dearer. The best time to book flights to Europe