Saturday, May 30, 2009

Flights - Using A Strategy To Find The Best Deals

By Joanne Williamsen

There are many strategies that work for finding the best flights. Many tips and flight advice is actually contradictory but still true. It can become confusing but the following detail some steps you can take to find the best flight for your trip.

A lot of the time finding a good deal depends on when you are flying and how far in advance you are purchasing your tickets.

To find the best flight for your trip you will need to visit several airlines and airfare search engine sites. This way you will have a good idea of all of the options and how much those differences cost.

There are certain times during the year when travel is popular, mainly around the holidays and travelling to warm climates during the winter. At these times flights to specific destinations can be expensive.

You can keep your flight price low by travelling at off season times. If you do fly during a peak time then you can keep prices low by purchasing your ticket very far in advance, for Christmas I advise 6 to 8 months in advance.

However if you can be very flexible you can find great flights at the very last minute. This is normally due to the fact that the airline has not managed to fill the plane. It is better for then to fill the plane even at a discount cost then to have empty seats. You can sign up for last minute offers and deals from individual airline websites or you can decide to take a 3 day weekend in two days and see which destinations have great deals.

Actually making the decision of when to purchase your tickets can be tricky as the fare may decrease in price but then it may also increase in price.

Making the decision of when to purchase your tickets can be tricky as sometimes people think that if they wait the airfare may decrease. Sometimes this can happen but the airfare can also increase. There are websites that can give you predictions on the best time to purchase your tickets as they use historical data from previous years to give you the best estimation.

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