Cyber Monday Delivers Lowest Average Flight Seat Price
Skyscanner data from the 2025 Black Friday to Travel Tuesday sales period shows Cyber Monday offered the cheapest average price per seat.
Updated on Nov. 5, 2026 in Budget Travel
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Skyscanner's analysis of its proprietary flights data covering the five-day 2025 Black Friday to Travel Tuesday sales period found Cyber Monday delivered the lowest average price per seat. News Australia also launched a dedicated Travel Tuesday campaign with network-wide deals from five travel partners.
Why it matters
The findings give budget travelers a timing signal for booking flights during major seasonal sales windows. The Travel Tuesday campaign also shows travel companies packaging promotions across multiple partners at once.
Skyscanner's analysis covered flights data across the five-day period from Black Friday to Travel Tuesday in 2025. The source does not provide exact average fares, leaving the size of Cyber Monday's price advantage unquantified.
The players
Skyscanner
Skyscanner is a travel search platform that compares flights, hotels and car hire prices across booking sites.
News Australia
News Australia is a travel network that coordinates promotions and deals among member travel agencies.
The details
Skyscanner based its findings on its proprietary flights data for the five-day sales window. News Australia's Travel Tuesday campaign brings together Helloworld, Flight Centre, Jetstar, Intrepid Travel and Inspiring Vacations with network-wide deals.
Timeline
November 2025: Black Friday to Travel Tuesday sales period, when Cyber Monday recorded the lowest average seat price.
Seasonal Patterns
The Cyber Monday fare advantage extends the holiday sales cycle, in which retailers have long used the Black Friday to Cyber Monday window for discounts. Airline pricing in this window appears to follow that same established promotional pattern.
Travelers planning trips can watch sales windows like Black Friday to Travel Tuesday for lower average seat prices, with Cyber Monday showing the lowest average in the 2025 period. Comparing fares across several days in a sale window may help identify the cheapest booking day.
The takeaway
Booking during a multi-day sale window can matter as much as the sale itself, since average fares differed by day in 2025. Checking several days of a promotion before buying can help travelers lock in the lowest price.
Further reading
For more ways to find lower fares throughout the year, explore Budget Travel.
Source note: This article includes information reported by Travel Weekly.
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