Getting There
How to Book Cheap Airline Tickets1. Auction sites A flight auction site is a site which auctions off their available offers to the person who offers the highest price. You put in a bid as to what you are willing to pay and if your bid is accepted you will end up with the flight.
It is likely that the price you will end up with will be considerably cheaper than a conventional ticket to the same destination. However, you can only specify the destination you wish to travel to and the departure and arrival dates. Things such as preferred airline and the flight times are usually out of your control. Continue reading... Airfare Deals Overseas: Bargains in Local Flying
Dozens of overseas airlines offer deals on local air travel to Americans, Canadians, and other foreign visitors. Some save you money whenever you fly within the host country or region. Others make sense only for extended local travel. Continue reading...
Booking a Charter
Some Common Misconceptions of charter flights are that 1) you must be a member of a larger group who is doing the chartering and 2) you had to purchase the ground package—hotels, meals, tours—to take advantage of the charter fare.
That is no longer the case. In 1987 the Civil Aeronautics Board opened charters to the public and permitted a great deal more flexibility and competitiveness than had previously existed. Now anyone can fly a public charter. You can make air-fare only arrangements, and need no longer adhere to the schedule of any group. You can fly charters into one city and return from somewhere else. You can even buy one-way tickets, known in charter-industry lingo as "half roundtrips." Continue reading... Cheap Plane Tickets to the Philippines
An Air Ticket from a discounter, also known as consolidators, can be the best way to find cheap flights to the Philippines and can often save you 5%-30% off the airline's cheapest airfare to the Philippines. These savings can be considerable, especially when you need to buy a ticket on short notice.
In order to know that you're getting the best deal, you will first need to do some comparison shopping. Call around to a couple of full service travel agencies and your favorite airline. See what the going rate is for plane tickets to Philippines. This will give you an idea about what the fair market value is on airfare to Philippines. Continue reading... Air Courier Travel
With Around 32,000 Courier Flights a year, courier travel is probably the greatest opportunity for getting really cheap (possibly even free) tickets. Although courier travel isn't for everyone, for those people with time on their hands and a sense of adventure, it's a great way to see the world a little bit at a time at a very affordable price. Continue reading...
How to Fly For Free - Getting the Cheapest Possible Airline Flights
The "free flights" mantra has been aggressively advertised by the low-cost budget airlines who are springing up all over the world and are well established in Europe. This has been a controversial issue in the past as the "free" base fares would include a hidden array of taxes, fees and charges - and these could vary quite significantly from airline to airline. Continue reading...
Cheap International Plane Tickets
The best place to buy cheap international plane tickets is online. We've tried travel agencies and they can't compete with the discount ticket websites. You can search Google ("cheap airfare South America", for example), or go straight to one of the well-known sites, like Expedia, Travelocity, Cheap Tickets, Hotwire or Priceline. Continue reading...
Lost Baggage - What Do You Do If Your Bags Get Lost?
Although luggage bags at airlines go missing quite often, only a small percentage of all checked baggage is permanently lost. Most bags will be found within a few hours and if it takes longer, the airline will deliver it to you by courier. However, in the event that you become separated from your bag, there are steps you can take to locate it. Continue reading...
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