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Cheap Air Tickets? – Get your personality right

Posted on | December 23, 2009 | 9 Comments

Cheap Air Tickets? – Get your personality right

When someone asks me, “How can one achieve cheap flight tickets?” I tell them a story about my father.  Me and my pop have been staying together for many years now, and had gone with him on many holidays, including those father and son holidays, hiking and fishing. My pop is easy going person, and all our holidays were spontaneous decisions, and we always started the next day.

When buying air tickets for our holiday would be a nightmare, we would spend a fortune on our air travel. Most of the last minute air travel tends to be horribly expensive.  The most important thing to achieve cheap Air Tickets is to change your personality and never make decisions impulsively.  Do plan a great deal. Book your tickets at least one month ahead. Air tickets can be up to 40% cheaper than the last minute fares.  Plan your luggage; Pack only the most essential stuff. There would be a limit to how much you can carry. If you have more luggage than that the airlines allows you; might end up paying hefty penalties for the extra luggage. There are other things that a traveler should be concerned about to achieve Cheap Air Tickets. But more than anything; it is the meticulous planning which goes into achieving dirt cheap Air Tickets.

Let’s see some other issues related to Cheap Airline Tickets If you are going on a holiday, try considering a round trip rather than two one ways. Round trips tend to be a lot cheaper than one way trips. Again pre planning is very important; you have to be sure when you want to go and when you want to return, unless you know when you will return you won’t be able to buy a return ticket. And in case you wish to cancel the return ticket, you may end up paying a mammoth cancellation fee; and if you wish to rebook your ticket on a later date, the tickets may no longer be available at the original price.  So a little planning can save you a lot of bucks. Take my word change your personality, if you too tend to be like my pops.

Another import point to be considered is Flexible departure. You have planed your trip and have decided on the travel dates, both the departure and arrival dates. If you don’t mind traveling few days in advance or few days after your proposed date departure, it is certainly a great idea to be flexible with the travel dates when searching for Cheap Airline Tickets.  Many times a day before or a day after of your proposed date can be hundreds of dollars cheaper.  Along with Flexible dates if you don’t mind traveling early in the morning or late at nights, this could be an additional advantage.  Flights which depart early in the morning or late at night tend to be lot cheaper.

If you are planning your tip way early, like 6 to 8 months ahead, you should choose a lean period to travel. Air travel is divided in three seasons high, low, and shoulder. Consider the low season for your travel if it is possible and suitable for holiday. Do avoid any festive season, these tend to be expensive.

So these were some tips to achieve Cheap Airline Tickets . However more than anything it is most important to change your personality and not to do impulsive purchases rather take informed approach.


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Comments

9 Responses to “Cheap Air Tickets? – Get your personality right”

  1. Symonds
    December 23rd, 2009 @ 11:04 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'.

  2. Breeze Aubrey
    December 23rd, 2009 @ 11:21 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. Lonewolf
    December 24th, 2009 @ 10:35 am
  4. brian
    December 24th, 2009 @ 5:52 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.

  5. John M
    December 25th, 2009 @ 2:09 am

    Priceline.com is the best!!!!

  6. Oh Nooooo!
    December 25th, 2009 @ 9:51 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.

  7. dentist
    December 25th, 2009 @ 11:23 am

    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. lizzy loves life.
    December 26th, 2009 @ 12:55 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

  9. rejix
    December 26th, 2009 @ 2:26 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… :)

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