beckisprobably

Yeah mate exactly haha thats a good strategy. Has worked well for me in the past. Would be cool to make some kind of database of how that works and the best currencies to use in each place

No but I've found sometimes if I tell the search engine I'm booking from a different location, in a different currency I can save quite a lot. Haven't managed to do any proper testing yet, seems like a big beast. (And for me it's worked on one way international flights, long and short haul)

Where are you flying from? And thats the busiest time so it's unlikely that route will get cheaper the way you're booking it now (you're searching for a return trip.) The only way I think you MIGHT find it cheaper is if you book multiple tickets. So like, one ticket there, a separate ticket back. Or fly via a different city. For example, if you're in Toronto, flying to Vegas on one ticket, then another to Hawaii, and so on, and just adding them up. It would take a bit of looking. But like I said it's kinda an impossible time of the month so if I had to book it I'd book the one you found.

If you just want a straight up return flight, the magic number is 2-4 months out, bearing in mind that's a busy time to go to Europe. HOWEVER if you just need the cheapet ticket in and out, the NomadFly strategy is to break your tickets up. So you can go New York-Oslo for $155 some times of the year, and fly from Spain to Iceland to (I forget where) in the US, for really cheap as well. Booking separate tickets often works better than just looking for a generic return somewhere - plus you don't have to go back to your origin to fly out at the end.

Wherever's cheapest to fly to from Alaska.. I'd break up your tickets and see if flying somewhere cheap first and getting another ticket outta there would work...never booked outta there though!