The Internet is a great resource for finding the best air travel deals, and to find what people are actually paying for the advertised deal. A classic rule of thumb is not to settle for the first website that offers discount fares. Refer to several travel websites before deciding what you think is the best deal.
For flights within and originating from the U.S., Cheaptickets.com is one of the big players in the online airfare-shopping arena. You can use their price alerts tool, which lets you set your price for a particular trip and alerts you to closest matches. Other prominent websites for deals on domestic flights or flights originating from the states are Orbitz, Priceline.com and Hotwire.com.
For international fares, some of the popular sites are Expedia.com and Travelocity.
Internet Airfares is the online service of Destinations Unlimited, a travel agency that scours out low airfares. The site provides a list of 42 North American airports. Clicking on an airport displays the most recent discount fares from that city to other destinations.
Another site, BiddingForTravel.com, allows Priceline bidders to know what people have actually paid for a given airfare. These are not advertised rates; rather, they are actual prices paid for and submitted to the database by travelers across the world.
The margin for error lies in the veracity and accuracy of the people reporting the fares.
Discountfares.com claims to have the best domestic and international airfares available. The site specializes in consolidated and discounted international fares, the hubs being Mexico, Central America, South America and Europe.
Kayak.com is a search engine that digs other web sites for low fares and provides links to sites where you can book travel online. Kayak has launched a service called Buzz, which gives the customer a chance to see what people are paying for the deal they get.
It also allows you to study the range of airfares for a particular trip for the past three days, which helps form a base for finding the best deal. This tool is helpful in chalking out a vacation budget for last-minute or planned trips.
There are also some international airline websites that you can check for great discount deals, like delta.com, alaskaair.com, southwest.com, aa.com, cathaypacific.com, usairways.com, united.com, nwa.com and continental.com..
Easy Ways To Save Money on Airfares
Unless you are a student, you will need to have a plan to save money on airfares. The rest of us will have to shop around to get the best deal.
If you are a student flyer, it is easy to save on airplane tickets. Contact STA. I recently saved $400 on a trip to Argentina for my daughter by calling them. For some inexplicable reason, I got a better rate by calling them on the phone.
Their website was helpful, but I got the better deal on the phone.
That contradicted the usual situation where the website is invariably cheaper. Normally you find the better rate on a website than by telephoning a reservation center. You must do both. You can also avoid service fees by booking with the airlines directly.
This list of travel websites are an excellent place to begin your web fare bargain search. Check out 11th Hour Vacations, 4 Airlines, Air France, Alaska Air, Aloha Airlines, America West Vacations, British Airways, Cathay Pacific, Central...
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Some offer this discount to family members, too. Generally, most of the airlines offering military discounts have a standard rate of discount which is applicable on all routes. They also offer such discounts on international airfares. The rate of discount is likely to be more on domestic than international airfares.
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