{
  "id": 8920194,
  "title": "Flight fare analysis: Last-minute flight bookings cost 25% more on average",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/21/flight-fare-analysis-last-minute-flight-bookings-cost-25-more-on",
  "topic": "business",
  "section": "Business",
  "published": "2026-09-21T10:46:43.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Times of India",
    "slug": "times-of-india",
    "url": "https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/flight-fares-there-is-no-route-in-india-where-waiting-to-book-pays-off/articleshow/134387085.cms"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "A ticket bought the day before departure costs about 25% more than the same journey booked 30 days ahead. On all 54 metro routes tracked, not one is cheaper to book late. The penalty runs from 3% on Bengaluru to Chennai to 121% on Ahmedabad to Pune. Thirty days out is the floor. Booking two or three months ahead is slightly dearer than booking one.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}