Where can I get cheap flight tickets?

Show all answers

cjh

This is exactly what I do and you should to. First the cheapest airfare is always on the airlines website, you just first have to find which airline is cheapest to fly; for example, if you are flying from New York-JFK to San Francisco Delta might pop up as the cheapest deal than you would go to Deltaâ€™s website and find that it is a few bucks cheaper.

Before I get into this always remember that traveling on a Tuesday, Thursday, or Saturday is always going to be the cheapest deal because these are the least traveled days of the week. Sometimes Wednesday is as well. And if you book the earliest flight for the day sometimes you get specials. I flew from Atlanta to Chicago Midway one way for $29 bucks on a Tuesday morning. I did have to leave at 6:00a but it was worth it for this price.

So how do you find the cheapest flight?

1. Go to farecast.com and fill out the information. It will show you all airfare deals and it tells whether you should by the ticket at the price shown or to wait because the cheapest fare listed will drop. This is accomplished by the website using airline analysts to evaluate when an airline will drop their prices. And I can tell you they are always right
2. Go to orbtiz.com and do the same thing just to make sure the prices are not cheaper. Also go here so you can see how crowded an aircraft is. The more crowded an aircraft the higher the fare.
3. Finally when you have found the cheapest carrier go to their website to save even more money sometimes as much as $10 dollars

Priceline is an interesting website. It can be stressful. Unlike the websites up above you know for a fact how much it is going to cost. With priceline you have to stay by the computer for a long period of time to try and bid for a good price which you more than likely will not get.

The truth is if you see a one way fare for $110-$140 bucks to wherever you are flying just buy it, because it is more than likely the best deal you will get. You hear websites such as Hotwire or Priceline giving out fares for cheaper than a hundred dollars and it is just not the case. Go to these websites and compare the price you found on another website and you will see there is no difference.

One last thing I prefer to fly on flagship carriers particularly Delta and Continental, but I can afford to take them. Low cost carriers such as Airtran, Jetblue, and Southwest a lot of the time do have better deals. Although interestingly because of the mess the airline industry is in flagship carriers are dropping their round trip prices to the same as low cost carriers. And if I have a choice to fly Delta or Southwest I am going to take Delta especially since they have some of the best customer service in the country and are starting to put TV screens on all seats for flights longer than 4 hours.

Hope this helps

Jordan

orbitz.com

iMarty

cheapoair.com is the best! I sware it is! I use it all the time and it is very cheap. Most tickets are like $165+tax a ticket! Have fun!

sheldon

You could use something such as:

- www.orbitz.com
- www.cheaptickets.com
- www.expedia.com

If your are willing to go the more complicated route, you may find a cheaper flight doing it this way:

Go to: http://matrix.itasoftware.com/cvg/dispatch/

Log in as a guest. This site will show you the absolute lowest fare being offered for that particular flight. You cannot book through this site though. Once you found the flight, you can do one of three things:

- Print the flight page out including all information, and mail/fax it to your travel agent of choice.

- Or, contact a booking agent such as, Expedia or Orbitz, and tell them you found these flights.

- Or, contact the airline directly and give them the rate code provided directly on the paper, and they are obligated to book that fare at that price if there are infact seats, still remaining.

slice of jam

I have a friend that swears by http://www.cheaptickets.com/
He travels all the time and has used the other on line services like orbits and price line etc and fount that cheeptickets.com was the best.

good luck and happy traveling

peter j

Hi,

You can get very useful info related to air tickets from http://www.bestdealsononline.com . Check it out! Happy Journey!!

~â™¥â™¥amberâ™¥â™¥~

umm there is this website called expedia.com go on there

Dale (aka drc40m)

check with the sights on line that the others have told you but then check with a local travel agent sometimes they are cheaper and they can get you some straight though flight's to some of the time..

Enter Your Message or Comment

User Name:
User Email:
Post a comment: