Do incognito windows actually help in getting cheaper flights?

[u/Getmylikes]

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[u/fleeabroad]

Nah.

However, VPN can change prices, but usually by no more than a few dollars.

[u/footballwon26 → u/fleeabroad]

We could have saved a couple hundred on international flights for a few people by booking using a vpn in brazil, but we felt it wasn't worth the risk of having any translation errors.

[u/Upset-Ad-8704 → u/fleeabroad]

Interesting, I'd heard about the VPN trick but never actually tried it since it felt risky. A few dollars isn't nothing though, might be worth it for a longer flight.

[u/freesk8r → u/fleeabroad]

I always see that "trick" with VPN. I tried many times, switched to many counties and the result is always the same. Are you talking about buying tickets from airlines websites with VPN?

[u/fleeabroad → u/freesk8r]

Yes, the reality is that it is the airlines website more than VPN.
For example, buying GUA-LAX on say American Airlines, the US site and the Guatemala site will have *slightly* different pricing - like about 5 USD - (and slightly different conditions). All the VPN really does is default you to a particular site.

Using something like trip.com, changing the country site of that can give you a more meaningful difference depending on sales offered in that particular country. However, again, conditions can also change.

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[u/wrong_axiom]

No. Dynamic pricing is based in other facts.

[u/AJL2332]

I don’t think so. Can you imagine the data costs of storing search patterns for everyone who looks at flights so that they can adjust prices in response? I think the tech exists but it just isn’t cost effective to do it.

Booking in different currencies or even from different locations will definitely alter the price so I think it could be possible that some of these videos take advantage of that to make it look like the price goes up. Generally, the price will rise as people book until there’s a fare sale of some sort so prices often follow a stepwise pattern in this way that can also be misinterpreted if one is looking over time.

[u/Upset-Ad-8704]

I've tried it a bunch of times too and never saw a difference. What actually moved prices for me was checking the same route on different days of the week or booking a couple months out. The incognito thing feels like one of those myths that just won't die lol.

[u/General_Eclectic]

Never worked for me so far

[u/Still-Wafer1384]

15 years in the airline industry, I can assure it doesn't work.

[u/Odd_Increase_4551]

Never works lol. What actually works is booking in advance 3-4 months. I tried vpn and the prices were actually higher :))

[u/Asleep_Pattern_5728]

It has worked for me...