Tips on Buying Cheap Tickets

By Kheri Chawla

Here are the useful tips to buy cheap tickets! You may save few hundred of dollars:

Traveling mid-week most of the times save money on getting best travel deals. Not only you save money on weekends surcharges but get better deals. Instead looking for airline tickets on direct non-stop flights, you may be surprised to find low airfares for the same destinations on flights having just one stop. Traveling on very early morning flights or late night 'red-eye' may also save you money when you are shopping for cheap tickets.

Check with the airlines if they have any packages with air ticket and hotel combo package. Many a times, you can buy discount tickets with this proposition than buying airline ticket alone. Besides checking airline tickets with airlines directly compare cheap airfares with other online travel agents travel sites to buy cheap tickets.

Avoid flying during peak season as airlines often sell at higher rates to compensate themselves for the losses they may have accrued during low seasons. You may find cheap tickets going during shoulder seasons - less peak season. Check with your local consolidator travel agents as typically they buy wholesale tickets from the airlines and sell to customers the cheap tickets at wholesale discounted prices.

Most airlines have 7-days, 14-days and 21-days advance purchase rule. It helps to buy cheap tickets in advance especially if it is for high peak season. Many people buy 2-3 months in advance to get cheap tickets. Checking on your local newspapers is not a bad idea. One may find last minute deals and cheap airfares. That may help you buying best travel deals. Always look for airlines or consolidators promotional fares both off-seasons and peak season. Chances are you may find cheap tickets. Traditionally consolidator travel agents have been offering discounted fares around the world.

Kheri

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