Where and how to buy cheap flights? What life hacks are worth knowing when looking for offers from all airlines? What is the best site to use? We will give some practical advice from personal experience that will help you plan your trip inexpensively, teach you how to use promotions and special offers, and touch on other issues.
Where can I find cheap flights?
To begin with, you need to at least decide something; either with dates or with directions. Next, we go to ticket search engines or aggregators. The best of the best sites we recommend to use anywhere in the world:
- Aviasales.ru or Skyscanner.
- You can experiment with momondo.ru, cheapflights.co.uk, and expedia.com.
The first aggregator has a lot of useful tools that help to reduce the cost or shorten the flight time, in addition, it saves search time.
The most common features:
- Inaccurate date.
- Inaccurate place. When a city or country is specified instead of a specific airport.
- Airline promotions.
Additionally, we recommend that you watch the possible weather along your route.
If you are not tied to flight dates?
How to book flights is cheaper if it doesn't matter when and where. In this case, Aviasales will help you plan your trip. It has the opportunity to choose the most cheap month, direction and even a day for whole year... Further, the aggregator redirects to travel agencies or airline websites where there is an optimal option.
You are required to choose:
- direction back and forth,
- in the field where the departure date, select The entire month.
- If you decide to relax in Sochi in july with a flight from Moscow, then we select the month and look at what date the cheapest tickets (marked in green) for the plane to the resort:
- Thus, if you are not tied to the date or month of departure, then we advise you to look through all the options for the year and decide. The second point, for lovers of charts, click on the next item "Table", which will clearly show all the favorable dates:
Important. If you are sure that you have not made a mistake when entering information and your Internet is stable, then you can buy tickets online. Even if you are mistaken in 1 letter, you can expect a lot of fines at the airport. It is more convenient, after finding the desired ticket, to choose from the list offered by the aggregator a travel agency that offers a bank transfer as a calculation or call them back. In this case, you will have a day or more to pay, and in case of changes on your flight, the operator of the travel agency will call you and offer solutions.
Should I buy a plane ticket in advance?
Airlines sell tickets with lower prices several months before departure and immediately before departure. But if pre-purchased tickets are definitely cheaper, then before the flight everything can be and vice versa. It all depends on the marketing of the company itself, so it's hard to guess. As a rule, morning and night flights are cheaper, that is, those that take off or arrive at an inconvenient time.
Unambiguously, on the days before the holidays, tickets will be more expensive, but on the holiday itself there may be discounts. Also, there is an opinion that it is possible to buy an inexpensive plane ticket on certain days of the week, from tuesday to thursday, with proven methods we can say unequivocally - it does not work!
It is also not worth booking a place for yourself in advance. Many airlines charge a fee for this service. It is also possible to book a comfortable seat at the check-in counter, and this is already free of charge. The exception is low-cost airlines; there is either a fee or a lottery.
Where can you find cheap flights?
- Promotions are carried out by airlines, therefore, first of all, on their official websites.
- On aggregators.
- On forums for your country of interest or travel forums. For example, Vinsky's forum, here we often emphasize all the necessary information on a certain direction and the nuances of a trip from experienced travelers.
- On special pages with discounts, for example: top100.aviasales.ru
Buy round-trip tickets?
It is worth looking for and buying cheap plane tickets for a round-trip promotion. After all, they can cost as much as a one-way ticket. This does not apply to low-cost companies or those who call themselves such, but in fact they are only in terms of minimum service. For example, Air Arabia, Wizz air or budget Ryanair.
Technical parameters of the browser, allowing you to save
Unfortunately, browsers are built to track our searches. As a result, one gets the impression that there is the last ticket left (the last hotel room) or that someone has just bought the best ticket. This is not always the case, more precisely - not at all! To get rid of this, there are 2 options:
- Incognito mode. To enter, just press Ctrl + Shift + N or Command + Shift + N (for Mac iOS).
- VPN mode. You can turn it on / off at any time. In Opera you need to go to Menu / Settings / Security / Advanced / Turn on VPN.
In general, it is recommended to periodically carry out clearing the browser cache, delete cookies and browsing history. In Opera, this can be done through the main menu. In Google Chrome, through the Settings / Advanced menu.
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How to buy cheap flights? Transplant or direct?
If low-cost companies on their websites offer cheap tickets for direct flights, then you can reduce the cost on regular flights using transfers. The sophisticated tariffication system for flights allows you to find connections that, in general, will give you a lower cost. Although in time such a flight will be longer. An option for the most desperate is a round-trip flight with an exit at the docking point. For example, Riga - Moscow - Delhi - round trip. Tickets for it may be cheaper than for the Moscow - Delhi - Moscow flight. On the way back, you get off in Moscow. There are 2 subtleties here:
- Departure must be strictly according to the ticket, that is, from Riga, otherwise the whole ticket will be lost. By the way, you can get to Riga by low-cost.
- Luggage is only hand luggage, otherwise it will fly to Riga.
The example is symbolic, but the flight itself is absolutely legal.
We advise you to insure yourself against flight cancellation, cancellation and delay, missed connection. You can receive up to 600 euros through the Comensair service.
Should you use a low-cost airline?
Low-cost airlines survive by selling additional services and try to save on passenger amenities. Indeed, such low-cost airlines as Ryanair or Victory regularly hold promotions for air tickets in Russia or abroad and delight their passengers with tickets for 10, 5 or even 1 dollar. At the same time, the process of purchasing a ticket and checking in for a flight can lead to significant financial losses. So, according to the rules of this airline, you can make a check in for free no earlier than a few hours before departure and print it out. If at this time you are in transit in another country, and even on a weekend, then this is problematic. A printout at the airport before departure from Ryanair costs 15 euros, from Pobeda - 25 euros. In addition, low-cost airlines have strict requirements for the weight and size of carry-on baggage, and baggage transportation costs a significant amount.
Is it cheaper to buy a plane ticket to a neighboring city?
As an option to find an inexpensive air ticket - fly not to the main airport, to a more remote one. Getting from such an airport to your destination can be very costly. Fortunately, some low-cost airlines are helping to cope with this inconvenience. So Pobeda Airlines provides a transfer to a neighboring large city.
Is it profitable to fly during the high season?
Tips on how to buy cheap air tickets to Europe, Goa, Thailand, Istanbul, and other cities during the high season can be summarized in two main ones. Buy tickets in advance, preferably in three or four months, or fly low-cost airline... In other cases, it will cost you either time (if you fly with transfers) or money.
When can I find a cheaper ticket?
Prices drop on Tuesday and Sunday. Tuesday is considered a fasting day after Monday, when all business travelers have already left for their business. Sunday is considered a fasting day among tourists, who mainly fly on Friday and Saturday.
We use bonuses and miles
In addition to bonuses, many airlines lure passengers on their flights with the ability to add up miles. To accumulate a sufficient number of miles, you need to fly a lot and, preferably, one airline. But participation in the program Travel Miles allows you to earn miles by flying different airlines or making purchases from the card. In addition, through this program, you can buy bonuses and discounts on train tickets, rent and much more. Some airlines allow you to buy miles and sell them yourself. If you are such a frequent flyer, then all you have to do is pick up air tickets online and pay for them with the accumulated miles or spend them on upgrading the flight class. Different airlines have different rules for earning and redeeming miles.
How to keep track of the best airfare?
Where else can I find discounted flights? You can subscribe to the newsletter on the airline's website, where you can indicate the directions you are interested in. Information will be sent by email.
- In order not to miss a profitable flight, Aviasales has a way subscriptions in the right direction:
Where can I track prices on social media?
- To do this, you can install yourself an assistant who will send you good offers for free every day in order to be among the first to buy cheap air tickets.
How to get cashback from buying an air ticket?
The easiest way to order a cheap air ticket and still get a percentage of its sale. That is, we register on Aviasales using the link as a partner in the provision of travel services. Further, using a special link with a specific partner marker, which will be taken into account when buying flights, we are looking for profitable options. As a result, you buy an inexpensive air ticket and receive a booking commission to your account (you will need to specify a wallet in your profile).
Further, you can share the link with your friends or publish it on social networks, so you can not only save up a decent amount for your next trip, but also have a steady income.
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