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HOW TO FIND AIR TICKETS
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How and where to find air tickets at an affordable price, avoid getting tourist divorces and not complicate your life while traveling? After all, where do you buy all those € 10 tickets? The answers to these questions seem obvious to the experienced traveler, but are a quest for the beginner. We share the secrets of how to find such air tickets, how and what you can save on.
Booking time
As a rule of thumb, the sooner you take care of your tickets, the better. If you know exactly the dates of your vacation or are going to attend an event with an exact date, make sure to buy tickets as early as possible. This will not only help to save on the ticket price, but will also make it possible to choose the flight time, seat on the plane, book a hotel and prepare the necessary documents. Tips for those not tied to dates:
* pay attention to national holidays and high seasons. Prices for various destinations can rise significantly during domestic festivals, holidays and other significant events. Also, the cost of tickets for sea and ski destinations may increase significantly during the season or holidays;
* try to fly in the middle of the week. As a rule, on Friday and weekend prices are much higher, plus by the end of the week economy class offers end. This is due to the fact that many people prefer to start their vacation or business trip on a Friday or weekend in order to grab more days. Be flexible in choosing the timing of your flights: spend weekends abroad, and fly in the middle of the week;
* one more observation: flights departing in the evening or at night are cheaper. An inconvenient time will help save on your ticket, but may add additional taxi or hotel charges if public transport from / to the airport is not available at this time. Think about these points in advance.
An alternative to early booking is buying air tickets at the last moment. Sometimes carriers cut prices as much as possible to attract passengers and sell off remaining tickets for the flight. Most often this applies to flights to unpopular destinations and flights at inconvenient times.
Low-cost flights and special prices
Low-cost airlines have prices that are an order of magnitude lower than those of conventional carriers, which is due to the refusal of some services. For food, baggage, seat selection and some other services on board (if necessary), you will need to pay extra. Another feature of low-cost airlines is the remoteness of airports. As a rule, flights are not carried out to the main airports and the journey to them may take longer. Popular low-cost airlines offering a wide range of routes: Ryanair, Wizz Air, easyJet, Vueling, Volotea, Air Arabia, AirAsia.
Many airlines, where ticket prices are two and three times more expensive than those of low-cost airlines, often offer special offers for early booking, promotions and sales. You can become a member of their clubs: pay for flights with miles, use bonuses and be the first to know about discounts and sales.
Flights with transfers
Connecting flights may take longer, but it will help significantly to save on the price of the ticket. A bonus can be the opportunity to additionally visit another city during a long docking. You can independently combine tickets of both conventional airlines and low-cost airlines, choose a convenient departure / arrival time and the amount of time for a transfer. In this, aggregator sites come to the aid of the traveler, which monitor all possible offers from carriers and make it possible to draw up a route of any complexity.
Be sure to pay attention to the total flight duration and the time between connecting flights so that your flight does not turn into torment and you have time to collect your luggage and check in for the next flight during the transfer. Do not forget to check the prices for tickets from the nearest cities, which are cheaper to reach by ground transport and do not waste time and money on a flight with a transfer.
Search tickets for all airlines
When searching for tickets, use metasearch engines and aggregator sites. The service of profitable travel TripMyDream processes offers from airlines and low-cost airlines, offering all available options in a given direction. Prices on the site are without commission and extra charges.
Using filters, you can choose a ticket based on your needs and budgetary possibilities. Choose flexible dates, look for bargain tickets through the low price calendar. Monitor prices and promotions using our social networks and Telegram channel. If you are interested in a specific destination or flight, just subscribe to the newsletter for a specific request. We will keep an eye on prices and notify you when prices change.
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Vitaly & Nataly
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