Maximize your business travel budget with fare forecasting
It pays to switch travel days with Corporate Travel Management’s (CTM’s) exclusive fare forecasting technology.
Airfares are constantly changing, making it difficult for travel managers to balance cost control with business needs. The good news? There’s a smarter way to predict savings before you book.
Corporate Travel Management’s (CTM’s) Fare Forecaster gives businesses the power to see airfare trends up to 21 days ahead, helping teams choose the most cost-effective travel days and maximize return on every dollar spent.
What is CTM’s Fare Forecaster?
Fare Forecaster is CTM’s exclusive fare prediction technology, designed to help corporate travelers and travel arrangers make smarter, data-driven booking decisions.
The tool analyzes airfare fluctuations across major routes and highlights the cheapest travel days within a 21-day window, combining your corporate deals with public fares. This means you always see the full picture before booking, no need for multiple searches or guesswork.
“Fare Forecaster encourages better booking behavior that delivers real savings for our customers,” says Joel Bailey, CTM’s Global Chief Technology Officer. “Travelers can easily switch days to save, often without changing their business goals.”
How fare forecasting helps you save
Using Fare Forecaster, CTM analyzed routes across the US, Europe, Australia & New Zealand, and Asia. The results were clear: shifting travel dates by just one to four days can save business travelers on average 12%, and in some cases, up to 67% on flight costs.
For example:
- Flights from New York (JFK) to Washington (DCA) showed savings between 32%–62%.
- Flights from Los Angeles (LAX) to New York (JFK) offered 24%–62% savings between September and November 2025.
Even if only a small portion of your travelers adjust their travel days, the aggregated savings across your organization can make a significant impact.
How does CTM’s Fare Forecaster work?
CTM’s Fare Forecaster is built directly into the CTM Portal, alongside other intelligent travel tools for easy, seamless access.
Here’s what it does:
- Displays the lowest fares within a 21-day view, including corporate negotiated rates.
- Highlights best days to fly based on pricing highs and lows.
- Allows bookings up to 11.5 months in advance to secure early-purchase savings.
- Saves time by removing the need for multiple browser searches.
This intuitive tool helps travel managers and bookers make informed decisions quickly, finding the right balance between cost, flexibility, and traveler convenience.
What is the best day of the week to travel?
There isn’t one “best” day to travel, airfare fluctuations depend on route, airline, capacity, and timing. However, Fare Forecaster gives travelers visibility over these trends, so they can plan office visits, client meetings, or conferences on the days when fares are lowest.
By using data rather than assumptions, organizations can plan strategically while maintaining agility and keeping travelers productive.
Benefits of using CTM’s Fare Forecaster
- Quick visibility: Instantly identify the most affordable travel days within a 21-day window.
- Time savings: Eliminate manual searches and view all options in one interface.
- Advance purchase: Compare fares up to 11.5 months ahead to avoid peak prices.
- Better ROI: Small adjustments to travel behavior can result in large cumulative savings.
Small changes, big impact
Not every business trip can shift by a day or two, but even small adjustments can add up to significant savings. Fare Forecaster enables a data-led travel strategy that helps organizations stretch their budgets without sacrificing connectivity or collaboration.
As travel budgets come under increasing scrutiny, Fare Forecaster empowers travel managers to make smarter, faster, and more financially sound decisions all within their existing CTM booking workflow.
*Fare analysis conducted in June 2025 for economy travel between September and November 2025.
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What is fare forecasting in corporate travel?
Lightning highlights available unused ticket credits during the flight search process, allowing travelers and arrangers to select and apply them before submitting a booking request.
How does CTM’s Fare Forecaster save money?
Yes. By increasing credit visibility and selection earlier in the booking flow, Lightning helps organizations use credits before they expire and reduce cost leakage.
Yes. By increasing credit visibility and selection earlier in the booking flow, Lightning helps organizations use credits before they expire and reduce cost leakage.
Can Fare Forecaster be used globally?
Yes. By increasing credit visibility and selection earlier in the booking flow, Lightning helps organizations use credits before they expire and reduce cost leakage.
What makes Fare Forecaster different from other airfare tools?
Yes. The enhancement is live in Lightning NA and appears automatically when relevant credits are available for the traveler..
How can travel managers encourage better booking behavior?
Encourage employees to check Fare Forecaster before booking. Visibility of fare patterns helps travelers plan ahead, improving compliance and reducing last-minute, high-cost bookings.
