Fascination with fluctuating flight costs

There are so many things in life that fascinate people. One of my fascinations is with the fluctuating costs of flights to various destinations. It does not matter if one is planning on flying to Tampa, West Palm Beach, Fort Lauderdale, Miami (Florida), Pensacola, Orlando, Saint Augustine (Florida), Galveston, Texas, San Diego, and so on. The cost of these flights are constantly going up, going down, or staying the same. Some of the factors that may contribute to these changes include (but are not limited to): holidays/holiday weekends, the distance a destination is from one's home, the longer one procrastinates, and so on.

One of the topics that may contribute to the changes in the cost of flights are holidays/holiday weekends. For example, while I was watching a National Geographic episode of Seconds From Disaster regarding the crash of American Airlines Flight 191 that occurred on May 25, 1979 because of amiss repair techniques that the narrator says "it's a holiday weekend and the plane is almost full." The narrator does have a point. Trying to book a flight on a holiday weekend (especially last minute) is a bad idea. The flight may already be booked or near that point and causes the cost of said flights to go incredibly high.

Another topic that may associate with the cost of flights is the distance the destination is from one's home. For example, today I was googling flights from Dayton to various locations and revealed that the cost of a flight to Tampa is $332 if one flies with Delta, a flight to West Palm Beach costs $377 with Delta, Fort Lauderdale costs $368 with Delta, Miami (Florida) costs $400 with Delta, and Daytona Beach costs $384 with Delta. That being said, perhaps Delta is the cheapest airline option one must fly with. But these flight costs may change in cost some (if not stay the same). But one thing is certain, these flights are a heck of a lot less expensive that flights to Barcelona and Paris. On average, flights to Barcelona cost at least approximately $1500 and flights to Paris cost approximately $1800 at least.

The last thing I can say concerns trying to find hotels in Tampa, West Palm Beach, Fort Lauderdale, and Miami (Florida). In Tampa, I would advise Red Roof Inn-Tampa Brandon (averaging around $55 per night) or the Comfort Suites near Raymond James Stadium-home of the Tampa Bay Buccaneers and South Florida Bulls football team (averaging $90 per night). In West Palm Beach, I would advise either Hampton Inn West Palm Beach Central Airport (averaging $67 per night) or the Hilton Garden Inn West Palm Beach Airport (averaging $71 per night). In Fort Lauderdale, I would advise Best Western Plus Oakland Park Inn (averaging $73 per night) or the Riverside Hotel (averaging $99 per night). Finally, In Miami, Florida, I would advise either Best Western Plus Windsor Inn (averaging $81 per night) or Courtyard Miami Coral Gables (averaging $84 per night).