A Guide To Budget Air Travel
Posted on | December 30, 2009 | 9 Comments
Everybody wants to take some time off and to go on a relaxing vacation even for just a day or two. But then not everyone has the budget to travel. Everybody is trying to get the best and cheapest deal possible. So whether it is just an over the weekend trip or a weeklong vacation with family friends, there are helpful tips to assist you in finding cheap and budget flights for your travel needs.
Booking and reserving for a flight used to be tedious as you had to go through various airline office branches to secure the rates to be able to do a price comparison. After which you had to go to the ticket outlet once again to make the necessary booking and reservation. But with the advent of the internet and with airline companies creating their very own websites and online reservation systems, booking for an airline ticket has never been easier and more convenient. You can even do it in the middle of the night if you wanted to. The internet is a very helpful aide in making it easier to look for cheap flights and cheap travel deals. Many airline companies provide discounts when you book online. Also, subscribing to their website’s update through email will constantly inform you of the current promotions they have.
There are so many airline companies and various travel websites. With some effort put into researching, it is unlikely for you not to recover great airline deals. Visit as many airline company websites and travel sites that you can.
There is more to the online deals and sales you can find on airline rates. Quite often, even the non-sale rates of other airlines can be lower than the other airlines’ discounted airfare rates.
The more flexible are your travel plans, the more are your chances of getting cheap flights. Have a lot of potential date options for your travel plans and look them up as some weeks or days can be busier as compared to others. Traveling during the off-peak season can let you get very affordable rates. Weekend flights should be avoided if possible. The time of your flight during the day can also determine the price of the airfare. Traveling during the early hours or the late flights at night is not that popular among the people and so rates for these times could be cheaper. Also, if you are flexible with regards your travel destination, you could as well easily find great airfare deals. It would always help to shop around.
Airlines as much as possible do not want to travel with empty seats so quite often booking at the last minute can come with an accompanying great airline deal. But this could be a bit risky.
Always inquire about taxes and fees. Quite often, the airfare looks too good to pass up but then when the computation for taxes and fees are included it doesn’t turn out to be such a good deal after all.
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December 30th, 2009 @ 11:22 am
1. Encashing frequent flyer miles is one of my favorite methods to get discount air tickets on subsequent purchases.
2. Online travel services like Orbitz, Travelocity and BookingBuddy allow customers to choose selected flights whenever deeper discounts become available. Other services such as Priceline may allow customers to bid for lower price airline tickets, but they can also require immediate purchase of those tickets or a much more flexible schedule.
3. If you belong to an auto club, or to Sam’s Club or Costco, it is helpful to compare rates there too. Companies like AAA or Costco sometimes offer the best prices for plane tickets online or offline.
4. A travel agency is a time-tested source for discount air tickets. Here the agent can negotiate a package deal to lower the price of airline tickets as long as a specific hotel or car rental is booked.
5. A major airline sometimes uses discounts to encourage the use of its low-price commuter service. Occasionally airlines compete for business through 'fare wars', which may lower the price of tickets by as much as 40%.
The key is to look out for those little-known ways you can travel for cheap without having to forgo the 'luxuries'.
December 30th, 2009 @ 11:22 am
From where? Greatly affects how I would answer your question. Please edit your question to add this key detail; I'll check back later.
December 30th, 2009 @ 12:49 pm
I have found that the cheapest way is generally by check the airlines page or hotel page, and yahoo travel seem to be the cheapest.
January 1st, 2010 @ 7:09 am
You don't really have much of a choice for domestic air travel in Vietnam, either Pacific Airlines or Vietnam Airlines are your best (and only) options. Air Asia, a large budget airline in Asia is planning on beginning domestic service in the future, but it's still a ways off, but that should help to bring down the costs and provide more options, but for now there isn't much of a choice. You can check online, but is easily arranged once you get to Saigon.
January 1st, 2010 @ 11:52 am
For the purposes of buying airline tickets, those kids are considered adults. You did not indicate your origin or destination city but check the following sites:
southwest.com
jetblue.com
orbitz.com
kayak.com
January 2nd, 2010 @ 5:41 am
Try Expedia.com . I fly to Europe several times a year and they usually have the lowest prices when I'm looking. Other things you can do to get a lower price…try to fly between Tuesday and Thursday. Weekends are higher. Avoid traveling near a major holiday, if possible. Search for tickets at any time of day if you can be flexible. Certain times of day are more expensive than others. Are you heading to a particular city in Europe or just anywhere cheap? London often has very good flight prices but it's expensive once you get there. There are some budget carriers in Europe that you might be able to use if you are planning to travel around after you arrive. Check out http://www.ryanair.com , http://www.easyjet.com and http://www.bmibaby.com These might allow you to fly to whatever European city you find good fares to and then cheaply move to another location. It's often cheaper that way than booking a US carrier into a less-traveled destination.
January 2nd, 2010 @ 6:25 am
cheaptickets.com…. travelocity.com…. expedia.com..the old standby, priceline.com
CAREFUL… cheap means no changes or you pay huge fees to adjust your travel days! Make real sure the schedule you're buying is one you can actually use…
January 2nd, 2010 @ 6:27 am
Priceline.com is the best!!!!
January 2nd, 2010 @ 9:41 pm