How to Find Super Cheap Airplane Tickets

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Super cheap airplane tickets exist for those who are determined to find them. Since cheap flights are offered usually when demand is low and supply is a little too high, you can use a little detective work to find out when those conditions exist. Follow these steps and use the following types of tools and you will become a master at finding super cheap airplane tickets.

Instructions

1. 

   Schedule your flight for weekly ebbs in air travel.

   Super cheap airplane tickets do not usually exist for the Monday to Friday trip. Since this is the classic business trip, and since large companies have budgets built for flying, cheap flights are hard to come by. Business people want to be home on the weekend. As a result flying with a Saturday night stay lowers your cost considerably. Further, avoiding the leisure crowd which flies out on Friday and Saturday also helps, start your trip on Thursday and end it sometime after Saturday.

2. Find a history chart of ticket prices.

   These carts exist on almost every major flight search site. The beauty of them is they let you know when prices are at their peak, and when they will be in their valley. For vacation travel this is especially helpful since tourist destinations have the highest swings in supply and demand seasonally. Fly at the outside edge of the season to get super cheap airplane tickets and still get decent weather.

3. 

   Search all the major airlines at once.

   Finding cheap-o tickets can take a lot of time if you search one airline at a time, or even if you search one discount site at a time. New macro search flight sites, such as kayak, allow you to search across discount sites for all airlines and even multiple airports all in one search. Get a good price for your desired trip in your mind from one of these sites.

4. Double check discount airlines.

   Airlines such as southwest or jet blue do not always show up in macro flight search sites. So check them especially for one way tickets. Compare their price with the major airline prices and you now know a good deal when you see one.

5. 

   Either buy your ticket more than a month out, or wait for last minute deals.

   Both of these options can score you super cheap airplane tickets. For the last minute deals you have to be willing to not travel at that time if they do not show up. So flexibility is a must. If you want to nail down your travel, usually buying over a month in advance gets you the best price.

   * See more tips and information on super cheap airline tickets below.

Tips & Warnings

• Join mileage clubs and save all of your mileage on one airline. They add up and get you free tickets eventually.

• Consider getting a fee free mileage rewards credit card to help compile miles sooner on that airline.

• Once you know what a good deal is, go to priceline and bid a super cheap amount. This only works however if your flight times are flexible and you do not mind red eye flights.

• See related articles above for more information on getting super cheap airplane tickets.