Five Tips for Getting Cheaper Air Tickets
Posted in Flights on 01/30/2009 06:33 pm by admin
Barbora Benediktova asked:
Do you love traveling, but cannot afford to spend a fortune on air tickets? Use the following tips and fly cheap.
Be flexible
Postponing your departure or arrival date by one or two days can bring you much better air ticket price. Usually the most expensive are flights on Sundays, Mondays or Fridays, whilst air tickets for Tuesdays and Thursdays tend to be cheaper.
Check other fees connected with the air ticket
Even though you pay only a little for the air ticket, the final price for your trip can be pretty high. Some low-cost airlines charge you for every piece of checked baggage or they fly to airports far from the city centers. If you require special services such as skies transportation or accompanying minor child, price will increase substantially. Only after counting up all the costs, you will see if the bargain price pays off.
Buy the air tickets directly
If you buy the air tickets directly at the airline’s website, you can save fees paid to different intermediaries or fees for booking via airlines’ call centers. Moreover, airlines sometimes offer their best budget tickets only through their websites.
Subscribe to newsletters
Most of the airlines enable signing-in to their e-mail newsletters, where they inform about their sales, offer special discounts to the subscribers, or announce their new routes. Thanks to that you can buy the cheapest tickets before they are all sold-out or get great discounts on services related to traveling such as hotels and car rentals. If you do not want to be bothered by many newsletters, register at the airfare deal checker that will inform you about the airfare deals only on the selected routes.
Wait for sales
It is not always true that the earlier you buy the air ticket, the cheaper it is. Airlines offer more flights in sales during spring and autumn, when is the low season, and you can get budget tickets just few weeks before your departure. However, attractive summer flights are rarely put on sale, as there is big demand for them, and it is always better to book them as soon as possible.
ROBBY
Do you love traveling, but cannot afford to spend a fortune on air tickets? Use the following tips and fly cheap.
Be flexible
Postponing your departure or arrival date by one or two days can bring you much better air ticket price. Usually the most expensive are flights on Sundays, Mondays or Fridays, whilst air tickets for Tuesdays and Thursdays tend to be cheaper.
Check other fees connected with the air ticket
Even though you pay only a little for the air ticket, the final price for your trip can be pretty high. Some low-cost airlines charge you for every piece of checked baggage or they fly to airports far from the city centers. If you require special services such as skies transportation or accompanying minor child, price will increase substantially. Only after counting up all the costs, you will see if the bargain price pays off.
Buy the air tickets directly
If you buy the air tickets directly at the airline’s website, you can save fees paid to different intermediaries or fees for booking via airlines’ call centers. Moreover, airlines sometimes offer their best budget tickets only through their websites.
Subscribe to newsletters
Most of the airlines enable signing-in to their e-mail newsletters, where they inform about their sales, offer special discounts to the subscribers, or announce their new routes. Thanks to that you can buy the cheapest tickets before they are all sold-out or get great discounts on services related to traveling such as hotels and car rentals. If you do not want to be bothered by many newsletters, register at the airfare deal checker that will inform you about the airfare deals only on the selected routes.
Wait for sales
It is not always true that the earlier you buy the air ticket, the cheaper it is. Airlines offer more flights in sales during spring and autumn, when is the low season, and you can get budget tickets just few weeks before your departure. However, attractive summer flights are rarely put on sale, as there is big demand for them, and it is always better to book them as soon as possible.
ROBBY