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Booking Cheap Air Tickets: The Ten Commandments

Posted on | December 1, 2009 | 9 Comments

Booking Cheap Air Tickets: The Ten Commandments

Save on travel expenses by booking cheap air tickets. Instead, spend your holiday money on exploring the destination. Searching for and booking cheap air tickets would not be a Herculean task if you follow certain guidelines.

Booking Cheap Air Tickets: The Ten Commandments

Significant savings can result from following these guidelines while booking cheap air tickets:

  • Book tickets in advance. Airlines usually offer cheap/discounted tickets if you book seven to 21 days in advance. For the maximum savings, plan your travel almost a month in advance.

  • Book a return ticket instead of one-way. Round trips tend to be a lot cheaper than two one way fares. Thus, it is advisable to book a return ticket while going on a holiday or a business trip if you know when you are likely to return.

  • Use frequent flyer programmes: If you fly a lot, join programmes such as JetPrivilege (Jet Airways’ Frequent Flyer program). Such programmes offer several long-term discounts, resulting in huge savings.

  • Keep your travel dates flexible. The flexibility of traveling a day before or after your proposed date of travel could help you save quite a lot of rupees.

  • Fly during the lean season. Air travel is divided in three seasons, namely high, low and shoulder. Consider traveling in the low season, if possible, as this can help you save 30% or more as compared to the peak season airfares.

  • Be flexible with your travel timings. Flights departing in the wee hours of the morning or late at night are generally cheaper. You can save by choosing to travel at these odd hours.

  • Be flexible with the airports. Your city of origin and destination may have more than one airport. The airfare to one may be lower than that to another.

  • Consider arriving at or departing from another city. It may be less expensive to arrive at or depart from an airport in an adjoining city. However, do your math to check whether the money saved justifies the trouble before considering for this option.

  • Choose a reliable airline. Although some airlines may offer lower prices, they may be prone to delays and flight cancellations. This could result in unforeseen expenses and obliterate the advantage of booking cheap air tickets.

  • Look for flights that leave during slow periods. Certain weekdays are considered slow periods and airlines usually keep their fares much lower during these days. Try to schedule your travel for these days.

Jet Airways, with the acquisition of JetLite and along with its Economy Class Jet Airways Konnect service, today has a combined fleet strength of 107 aircraft and operates over 449 flights daily. Jet Airways’ JetPrivilege programme offers numerous benefits that transcend beyond traditional forms of frequent flyer programmes. This world-class airline also offers concessions for several special groups, such as students, armed forces and senior citizens, resulting in substantial savings.


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9 Responses to “Booking Cheap Air Tickets: The Ten Commandments”

  1. Lonewolf
    December 1st, 2009 @ 10:34 am
  2. Breeze Aubrey
    December 1st, 2009 @ 11:16 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.

  3. Symonds
    December 1st, 2009 @ 11:30 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'.

  4. John M
    December 1st, 2009 @ 9:30 pm

    Priceline.com is the best!!!!

  5. rejix
    December 3rd, 2009 @ 5:31 pm

    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… :)

  6. lizzy loves life.
    December 3rd, 2009 @ 5:57 pm

    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

  7. dentist
    December 4th, 2009 @ 2:03 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.

  8. brian
    December 4th, 2009 @ 8:54 pm

    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.

  9. Oh Nooooo!
    December 4th, 2009 @ 9:49 pm

    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.

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