The Best Time To Buy Airline Tickets

The Consumerist website posted an article on Buy[ing] Flight Tickets at Midnight.

This article created quite a stir, and Rick Seaney of FareCompare.com replied to the article with a very informative response on when is the best time to buy tickets?

The purchase of air travel consists of 3 major components (1) fares, (2) flight schedules and (3) inventory. ALL three things must be in alignment to get the very best deal. For this particular discussion I will limit my comments to U.S. and Canadian travel (International travel has a completely different set of issues). Let's start with a brief background of these 3 components...

Best Time To Buy Tickets [via The Consumerist]