It is no doubt that booking early helps one to get air tickets at subsidised rates. However the timing of the travel is all the more important which determines your rate of ticket.
Just have a look at the air ticket rates for Air India for the duration 28 December 2011 – 01 January 2012 for tourist hotspots:where one will realise that one can fly cheaper to Goa as compared to flying abroad like London, Kuala Lumpur, Dubai, Bangkok and Singapore during the same time duration.
- Mumbai-Goa: Rs 69,192
- Mumbai-Kuala Lumpur: Rs 49,941
- Mumbai-London: Rs 45,870
- Mumbai-Dubai: Rs 37,562
- Mumbai-Bangkok: Rs 34,156
- Mumbai-Singapore: Rs 34,756