Sunday, November 22, 2009

Learn How To Find Cheap Airline Tickets

By Morten Elm

Finding a cheap airlines ticket is a matter of two things: planning and flexibility. Combining those two elements can save you a lot of money.

You can save a lot of money by being flexible. Instead of going to a place in the high season, you can often wait a few months for the low season and get tickets for a much lower price. This way you can also save money on food, accommodation, sightseeing etc.

The day of the week does also matters. Are you planning to go to a business destination (like Brussels) you should go in the weekend, because all the business is done on one of the weekdays. On the other hand if you are visiting a typical holiday destination, it can be smart to fly there on a weekday.

No matter of which day and month you choose, there are locations, there are always expensive to fly to. If that is the case, you can ask yourself, if you can find another place with similar attraction; but with a much lower air ticket price.

Even though it is possible to find good last minute ticket offers, you will normally find the cheapest tickets if you plan well ahead. Tests have proven that the best time to book an airline ticket is four weeks before departure. If you are doing that you will have the highest flexibility for the lowest price.

The Internet is you best friend, when it comes to find the cheapest air tickets. Enter your preferred location and dates in one of the many airline ticket search engines. When you have found a good price, try to change the dates a little (e.g. from weekend to weekday) to see, if you can get a better price.

When you have found a good price, try to do a search with the same location and dates in another search ticket engine. That might give you an even better price. A search on the website of the airline company might also save you some money.

So remember when buying cheap airline tickets flexibility is a must. Fly in the low season and on the right day. And stay away from the most expensive places. This way you can save a lot of money.

And do always plan well ahead using the great ticket search engines on the Internet.

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