How to Get a Cheap Plane Ticket
Vacations can be pricey, especially if you're traveling during the summer months or around the holidays. For travelers on a budget, it's important to find plane tickets that won't break the bank. Saving cash on airfare can mean having more to spend on hotels and meals as you satisfy your wanderlust.
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Monitor prices. Check newspaper travel sections and discount travel websites to compare prices thoroughly before booking a flight.
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Travel off-season. This might not be an option if you're visiting family for Thanksgiving. However, if you're dying to visit a particular destination and don't care when you get there, it's good to research the location, find out its low-peak season and book tickets for when the destination is least crowded. You're likely to save money on airfare this way.
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Catch an early flight. Tickets for early morning flights cost less than tickets for afternoon flights. Not only that, but morning flights are also less likely to experience delays.
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Travel on a Tuesday. Flights leaving between 6 a.m. and 9 a.m. are potentially the cheapest, according to Time Magazine's "5 Secrets for Scoring Cheap Airline Tickets." This is because airlines make yield-management adjustments over the weekend, just in time for Tuesday morning's flights.
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Book multiple tickets. According to Budget Travel magazine, booking a flight with a connection can be more expensive than creating your own connection by buying two tickets. For instance, if you're traveling from Chicago to Dublin, you could order tickets from one airline with a connection in New York; however, you could save money --- potentially hundreds of dollars --- by creating that connection on your own. Just purchase the cheapest ticket from Chicago to New York from one airline and the cheapest ticket from New York to Dublin from another.
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Tips & Warnings
Give yourself plenty of time to find the best deals on airplane tickets. Shop around to get the best price.
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