Posted in Flights on 10/16/2008 09:56 pm by admin
Brad Alexzander12 asked:
As most of us are no doubt familiar, there is a huge fluctuation in the prices of airline tickets. Depending on anything from season, how well traveled the route is, and other reasons that seem more mysterious, flight prices change constantly and radically. One of the most important things to consider if you’re interested in discount travel is the difference in cost between domestic and international flights, and to use this to your advantage when you want to travel internationally.
In the USA, a typical return flight from New York City to Montreal, Canada, for example costs about $300 for a trip that is just over 1 hour. For roughly the same price, one can fly domestically across the country from New York to Los Angeles – a much longer trip. With very few exceptions, flights are cheaper domestically – they are subject to less taxes and regulations for the airlines, and they are often on more traveled routes so the airlines can afford a discount.
So to take advantage of this – to truly get some discount travel – you should look into splitting your long international flight into 2 flights. Although it’s more indirect, and a slight inconvenience, you can save a lot of money this way. For example, if you happen to live in the northern United States and want to go to Latin or South America, you will probably find that it’s a lot cheaper to first get a domestic flight to a southern hub like Miami or Dallas and then taking a second flight further south. Even if you live in a big northern city, chances are the direct flight is going to be more. Taking two flights doesn’t have to be as inconvenient as you may think. Oftentimes, no overnight stay is required, and if your destination is a common one you may only have short delay.
When looking for discount travel solutions online, you’re going to have to use a bit of creative thinking. Most discount flight searching sights are not set-up to search multiple flight routes to your destination. Rather, they are designed to show you the cheapest direct flight between the two points you want to go. So whenever you’re comparing prices of a direct flight, it’s always a good idea to take a look at an indirect path as well – oftentimes you will be surprised at the savings involved.
It is harder to easily compare different 2-flight routes, and the combinations involved can quickly make things complicated. The two general rules to keep in mind when looking for savings are that you more or less want to fly as close to your destination as possible domestically, and that you want to fly between major hubs. The cheapest of all domestic flights will always be between major hubs (as our New York to LA example shows) so if you plan your trip with that in mind it’s likely you will experience significant savings.
Discount travel is as much a science as an art, and those that are good at it are able to come up with creative solutions – a great starting point for becoming an experienced discount traveler is to learn about airline hubs and patterns, and to explore taking to separate flights as opposed to one long one when traveling internationally.
JARROD
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Posted in Flights on 10/13/2008 01:30 pm by admin
Peter Gitundu asked:
There are very many countries in the world that we can pick as holiday destinations. More often than not, the tickets for too many of these destinations are by far more expensive than tickets for domestic flights. The best thing to do is to plan your vacation early. Then you can look into getting cheap international airline tickets. You can get them from a variety of places, starting from travel agents, airline reservations offices, or even discount travel websites.
When planning a vacation like this, it’s smart to start looking for your tickets months ahead of when you want to travel. This is because you can find cheap international airline tickets at great prices. Ahead of time, airlines still want to fill the seats so they offer them at lower rates. You also have the option of looking at different airlines, and the time to compare pricing, and to weigh the pros and cons of the airlines. Also find out if there are airline deals that are linked to vacation packages. When you book your airline, hotel and maybe car rentals all together, you will find that the prices are considerably lower than when you book them all separately.
Make sure you find out the immigration requirements for the country that you want to visit. It is always a good idea of the traveler to first determine where they want to go on vacation, take care of all the immigration requirements then book and pay for that cheap international ticket.
Some airlines may not be able to offer refunds for their tickets, so purchase it after your get your visa, because if your application is rejected, you are left with a cheap international ticket you can’t use.
GEOFFREY
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Posted in Flights on 09/08/2008 01:17 am by admin
MIKE SELVON asked:
It is evident that the United States is full of people who enjoy traveling both near and far. It is not uncommon for people to find themselves checking out exotic locations online and daydreaming about enjoying a break from the routine and having warm sand between their toes. When vacation time rolls around and it’s time to make the travel dreams a reality, people usually first attempt to find airline tickets and then plan their trip around the best airfare deals they can find.
Nowadays, the place that most people go to, to search for discount flight deals is online. There are now numerous websites that specialize in helping people sort through the many options available in planning for vacations. If people are looking for cruise deals, Disney tickets, car reservations or last minute flights, then these discount travel websites offer a quick way to compare the many available choices.
Not all that long ago, people were often forced to vacation at any destination where they could find airline tickets cheap. These days things are different and with easy internet access people can shop around and compare. As well, with the increased competition created by the discount travel sites, it is much simpler to locate cheap airfare to just about any vacation destination, if you have the time and patience to search it out.
This plethora of choices has allowed people to plan inexpensive vacations to their favorite locales at their convenience, rather than having to simply take any deal that was offered to them. There is almost no limit to the number of places online where people can shop these days to find air fare tickets at a discount.
As popular as the online travel sites are, sometimes asking travel agencies to find tickets for your vacation can save you a great deal of money. This is particularly true if they have access to many of the special package deals that combine airfare, hotel reservations and car reservations all into one travel package. Many times the travel agents will have access to special discounts on packages that are not openly promoted on the discount travel websites.
In addition, the professional travel agents have the advantage of being armed with many years of “in the trenches” experience in the travel industry and insider understanding of how the industry really works. No matter how many discount travel websites you visit, you will find it hard to compete with such experience and will likely not find tickets at better prices than what a competent travel agent can find for you.
However, if you prefer to take things into your own hands, then you can also find discounted tickets by going directly to the website of the one that flies the route you need. Even though the discount travel sites have a huge selection of flights and airfare deals from which to choose, not all discounted tickets are made available to these sites. Many airlines post amazing special deals on last minute tickets, but they will only be found on the airline’s site.
One of the most important keys that will help you find airline tickets at a discount is to be flexible in your travel plans whenever possible. Often making a change in your departure date, for example from a Friday to a Tuesday, can save you up to 25% on your air tickets. Also, if you can take the first flight in the morning, or the last one out of the gate at night, then you can enjoy additional airfare savings.
MATTHEW
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