Tuesday, June 28, 2011

Cheap Airline Tickets 5 Golden Rules this Summer

Cheap Airline Tickets 5 Golden Rules this Summer
Summer is here and it's time pack things and heed for your vacation or to your homes if your a student.But if you don't have tickets yet chances are cheap tickets are gone at this time.Lucky if your a air tickets sniper.
Be patient to compare quotes from several travel aggregator websites,as one might offer a lower fare.
Check Orbitz.com,Cheapflights.com or travelvelocity.com
For local flights in the US, check smaller airlines like Airtran.com or Southwest airlines for cheaper airline tickets.

Here is the nine golden rule to combat high summer airline tickets that helps you avoid potential summer travel headaches.
1. Always Be flexible - understand how airlines price their flights, on both departure time, dates and destinations, prices can vary by $100′s of dollars per person to different locations on different departure days. Late night departure usually priced low on domestic flights. Use the internet and start your research on understanding airline ticket pricing.

2. Shop and Buy early – If you book early chances are you got lower price tickets, procrastination will not lead you to expect to pay a premium especially for those convenient nonstops. Don’t Wait If You See a Good Price - good deals don’t last longer until you can negotiate with your significant other later tonight (by shopping early you’ll have a good idea what is a good price)

3. Buy Airline Tickets on Dips - Sign up for newsletter alerts on Airline tickets aggregators like Orbitz.com to let you know of price deals. Use technology Google Alerts to notify you when airline discount their flights.

4. Avoid traveling on Sunday – Legacy airlines are charging a $30 peak travel surcharge this summer for Sundays ($20 for Thursday/Friday, Saturday and Monday)

5. Shop Tuesday 3pm – when most airlines have matched airfare sales initiated by at least one airline late Monday night (sales are very limited for Summer)