10 Tips To Buy Air Tickets – Cheap and Comfortable
Introduction
Air travel is still selling at incredible discounts to many destinations around the country and world. Even if you are not comfortable traveling again yet the prices should certainly have you comfortable booking future travel. This is an opportunity to use uncertainty to your advantage. Something we investors are very familiar with.
For the sake of disclosure, I have no relationship with Skyscanner though I think the guest author today might 😉 Regardless after reading this you might want to check it out and see if you can discover some saving for yourself. With no further ado… Take it away Melisa!
10 Tips To Buy Air Tickets
If maximum comfort and minimum price are what you are looking for, follow the 10 tips mentioned in this article.
1. Travelers often ask when it is best to book flights. Our advice is to buy early, but not too early. Price reduction begins, on average, for 4 months. before departure for domestic flights and 5 months for international routes.
It is difficult to give concrete advice on when it is the cheapest to buy tickets. The fact is that for airlines the cost of a flight depends on the load of the flight, and therefore it changes quite randomly. According to Economist Makoto Watanabe, the best time to buy plane tickets is 8 weeks before departure. Airlines Reporting Corp. calls another figure. According to experts of this organization, the best option is to buy tickets 6 weeks before the planned departure. Kayak website data suggests that it is better to buy airline tickets 21 days before departure on domestic routes, and 34 days on international routes.
2. By postponing the purchase of a ticket for a long time, you run the risk of overpaying. Statistics show that during the week preceding a flight, the cost of a ticket can increase by 40%.
3. Pay attention to the day of the week. Most experts are inclined to think that the cheapest way to fly is on Tuesday, Wednesday and Saturday.
4. The day of purchase also matters. Follow the dynamics of prices during the week and day. Per day, the price can change 3 times. Experts say that most often discounts are offered on Tuesdays, around 15-00. Another option is to book tickets on Wednesday at 1-00 (the time zone of the city where the airline’s head office is located).
5. Use the meta-search for airline tickets. It allows you to instantly compare ticket prices from various airlines and agencies. The fact that you decide to make a purchase strictly on the recommended day and time does not mean that another carrier (or agency) at the same time will not offer you a better price. You can find out about this just with the help of an air search engine.
If you buy a ticket at the airline’s office, be sure to download the Skyscanner mobile application on your mobile phone, smartphone, or tablet. This will allow you to compare the price offered by the carrier with other market offers.
6. Subscribe to the Skyscanner mailing list and social networks. This will allow you not only to find out about the time of sales but also to provide access to information about special offers, promotional codes, and contests. According to statistics, most discount promotions start on Monday or Tuesday.
7. Having booked a ticket, find out what type of aircraft your airline is using. Look at the SeatGuru or SeatExpert website for what interior configuration it has. So you can understand what kind of places it is preferable to take during check-in.
8. As soon as possible, go through the check-in procedure for the flight. If the airline you use does not provide online check-in services, you must arrive at the airport as early as possible.
9. More and more airlines are allowing buying more convenient seats in the cabin. Be sure to check if there is such an option on the flight that you are going to fly.
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In all cases when you have questions, do not hesitate to ask questions to the employees of the airline or agency where you purchase tickets. Be extremely persistent, but polite. As a rule, it is the balance of these two approaches that allow you to achieve your desired goal – to fly cheaply and comfortably!
Skyscanner is a free travel site for worldwide travel. Anyone may find the best prices on airline tickets, hotels, and car rental in a blink of an eye. This is one of the world leaders in its industry, which has been working in the market for more than 10 years.
The company has offices and representations in many cities of the world among which are Edinburgh, Singapore, Beijing, Miami, Barcelona, Sofia, and Budapest.
Representatives of the company work in more than 50 countries. More than 40 million people visit the company’s website every month!
The company provides you with a very powerful and flexible tool that allows you to choose from thousands of offers the most convenient, fast, and cheap option, as well as find out all the necessary information on the route you are interested in.
The system itself does not sell air tickets but allows you to buy them through other market operators, without charging you additional fees.
Author Bio:
Melisa Marzett is a traveler and a former journalist who is working as a freelance writer now for edit my papers. She is interested in psychology, sports, fashion, cooking when she is in the mood, and an animal rights activist.
Keep the FIRE burning my friends.
