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GOGO WORLDWIDE VACATIONS #7 on the list of 20 biggest travel mistakes - Thinking you know the perfect time to book a ticket There's an art to reading the tea leaves of the airlines' protean pricing schemes, but there's some muddled science to it, as well. According to Travelers Today, research conducted by Kayak found the optimal timing for a cheap-ticket purchase is 21 and 34 days before domestic and international flights, respectively. But 2012 analysis by CheapAir.com concluded that on average the cheapest fares are found 49 days before a flight. Meanwhile, researchers at Texas A&M University simply found that Saturdays and Sundays are best for finding discount fares. The golden rule? There's no golden rule. Tickets are cheapest when they're cheapest!!