# saturday night away from home

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/saturday-night-away-from-home/64684>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [May 7, 2001, 10:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/saturday-night-away-from-home/64684 "2001-05-07T22:05:32Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![Phat\_Phrank](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/5daacb/32.png) [@Phat\_Phrank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Phat_Phrank)\
**Post date:** [May 7, 2001, 10:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/saturday-night-away-from-home/64684/1 "2001-05-07T22:05:32Z")

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Alright, so its perhaps not one of the world’s great unsolved mysteries but why are airline fares often cheaper if you stay over for a saturday night?

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**Author:** ![HeyHomie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/heyhomie/32/207_2.png) [@HeyHomie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HeyHomie)\
**Post date:** [May 7, 2001, 10:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/saturday-night-away-from-home/64684/2 "2001-05-07T22:22:30Z")

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Welcome to the SDMB!

In general, it’s best to search the archives of both the message boards and of Cecil’s columns before posting to the boards, as you might find the question already addressed.

In your case, [Cecil has already done a column on it](http://www.straightdope.com/classics/a3_136.html).