Scott Keyes

Some examples of the cheap flights @goingtweets found for its members in February (fares roundtrip, not Spirit): 🇻🇳 Vietnam - $599 🇺🇸 Hawaii - $197 🇵🇹 Portugal - $379 🇯🇵 Tokyo - $447 nonstop

Some examples of the cheap flights @goingtweets found for its members in February (fares roundtrip, not Spirit): 🇻🇳 Vietnam - $599 🇺🇸 Hawaii - $197 🇵🇹 Portugal - $379 🇯🇵 Tokyo - $447 nonstop

Adjusting for overall inflation, February flight prices were: - 5% higher vs. 1 year ago - 17% cheaper than 6 years ago - 28% cheaper than 10 years ago Even with the recent bumps, real airfare is still way, way down.

Airfare up 1% in February. Flight prices are currently: - 7% higher than 12 months ago - 13% cheaper than June 2022 peak - 4% higher than February 2020

Air travel volume: Feb 2026: 64,256,259 (+2.6%) Feb 2025: 62,590,333 Larger-than-normal demand in the slowest travel month of the year.

Air travel volume: Jan 2026: 65,860,911 (+0.1%) Jan 2025: 65,777,233 Will 2026 be the first time since 2009 with fewer passengers YoY? My gut says yes

For the first time, monthly TSA traveler numbers topped the same 2019 month. January 2023: 60.5 million January 2019: 58.6 million Air travel—demand, fares, capacity, etc.—is renormalizing.

Some examples of the cheap flights @goingtweets found for its members in January (fares roundtrip, not Spirit): 🇬🇷 Greece - $411 🇵🇹 Azores - $462 🇲🇦 Morocco - $396 🇺🇸 Hawaii - $199

Adjusting for overall inflation, January flight prices were: - Flat vs. 1 year ago - 18% cheaper than 6 years ago - 30% cheaper than 10 years ago The Golden age of cheap flights continues.

Airfare up 7% (!) in January—outside of the pandemic, this is the 2nd largest one-month jump on record. Airfares are currently: - 2% higher than 12 months ago - 14% cheaper than June 2022 peak - 3% higher than February 2020

@TedJois good catch. meant to note outside of the pandemic

@smkeyes There were more passengers in 2020 than 2019?

12. Allegiant Air will have the lowest rate of lost bags More details on each prediction here: going.com/guides/travel-…

6. Spirit will be bought by Frontier 7. No bag fee hikes this year for the 6 biggest US airlines 8. Air travel capacity will continue to grow 9. Fewer overall air travel passengers 10. Alaska will announce free Wifi 11. Delta will involuntarily bump <10 passengers all year

After going 10 of 12 in my 2025 travel predictions, here are my 12 predictions for 2026: 1. Flights will be cheaper than 2025 2. There will be fewer mistake fares 3. You’ll be able to bring liquids on airplanes again 4. More cheap flights to Japan 5. Spirit won’t survive

@smkeyes @goingtweets I've been booking deals with Going since 2022 and I'm going to Ireland this spring, my round flight was under 500dls

Some examples of the cheap flights @goingtweets found for its members in December (fares roundtrip, not Spirit): 🇨🇭 Switzerland - $250 🇳🇿 New Zealand - $587 🇲🇦 Morocco - $370 🇺🇸 Hawaii - $188

Adjusting for overall inflation, December flight prices were: - 7% cheaper than 1 year ago - 21% cheaper than 6 years ago - 29% cheaper than 10 years ago The Golden age of cheap flights continues.

Flight prices rose 5% in December. Airfares are currently: - 3% lower than 12 months ago - 17% cheaper than June 2022 peak - 2% cheaper than February 2020

More detail on 2025 travel predictions here: going.com/guides/travel-…

11. There will be a US airline merger Verdict: ❌ 12. Higher-than-average flight delays Verdict: ✅ 21.9% of flights were delayed (avg: ~20%)

Scoring my 2025 travel predictions: ✅ 10 ❌ 2 1. There will be 3–7 mistake fares Verdict: ❌ (Fortunately there were 17 mistake fares!) 2. You’ll have more elbow room Verdict: ✅ Load fare 83.6% --> 82.2% 3. More flights to Asia than 2024 Verdict: ✅ 6% more in 2025