The Lightest Way To Travel, Cheap Airline Tickets
Traveling lightly does not only mean the absence of excess baggage. It could also mean traveling light heartedly because your travel is light on your budget. So help you have that light hearted travel, I have compiled a few tips that will help you get those sometimes hard to get cheap airline tickets.
1.) Be fully aware of what is going on with the airfare wars. You can do this by looking for promotional fares from major airline companies in the news, newspaper or magazines. Usually new airline companies give out very low airfare as a promotional strategy. Always be alert since these cheap fares are for a limited time only.
2.) Usually Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Saturdays are days where you have the cheapest airfare on a week. Aside from this, flights that are very late at night (red eyes) or very early in the morning and one stop flights also tend to have discounts. This is why, one should have a very flexible flight schedule.
3.) Inquire if the airline company has travel packages. Which means that, along with the airline ticket, are discounts available for car rent and hotel rooms? This will help you reduce cost in the other areas of your travel.
4.) Learn how to inquire with the airline reservations officer whether there you are availing of the cheapest tickets and find out other options which will eventually get you the cheapest one. If you have an internet access, go to all the airline websites and compare their prices. Basically, buy the cheapest airfare.
5.) Standby fares for off season fliers tend to have discounts as well so inquire about it. Standby fares are often hard to acquire during peak season because airlines overbook and spare seats are hard to find.
6.) Sometimes, consolidators help the airlines fill up all available seats by buying blocks of tickets. These consolidators then sell the tickets at a discounted price. Look for these consolidators at travel section of a newspaper. Then look under "Ticket Consolidation".
7.) Booking earlier the better. A 21 day advance booking will often lead to discounted fares. For November and December or months where airlines tend to overbook, make sure to reserve months ahead. Take not that frequent flier miles may not be used during holiday 'blackouts periods'
8.) For round trips and connecting flights, make sure to stay with the same airline. Many times they provide you with the best deal.
Well, may the above tips give a light budget during your flights. Remember, the cheapest tickets will make you budget lightly.
