Group flights research you can cite
Two published studies: one on how early airlines actually open group files, one on how to decide between a group file and individual tickets. Both built from primary sources, both free to quote.
This page indexes what we have published and how to cite it. Two studies are available: one maps airline booking windows against organiser decision windows, the other scores a programme across eight factors to decide between a group file and individual tickets. Both are built from primary sources, both carry dated and quotable lines, and both state their methodology. Every claim this site makes about group air traces back to one of them or to a named carrier document.
The studies
How to cite
Easy Group Flights, [study title], [date]. Available at [URL].
Every quoted line should carry the study name and its URL.
What we do not publish
- Average savings percentages without underlying quote data
- Fare indices built from estimates
- Hotel, card or lounge statistics
Where a figure is an individual carrier's published rule, it is labelled as such and dated.
The research behind this page
Both studies are built from primary sources and free to quote with attribution.
What people ask about the research.
- Where do the studies live?
- On the blog, so they can be updated and versioned. This page indexes them.
- Can I reproduce the tables?
- Yes, with attribution and a link.
- Will there be a fare index?
- Only if built from real anonymised quote data. Not from estimates.
- Are these peer-reviewed?
- No. They are primary-source industry research with stated methodology and limitations.