The techniques and tricks to find a cheap flight or flight ticket
How book a cheap flight all over the world? This is a heavy case that Toolito is attacking today to finish with the flight tickets Out of price. Finding a flight ticket is easy today, especially on the Internet; but often the amount spent on a flight exceeds the budget you planned. Even if hidden fees (bank card fees, extra baggage, meals, etc.) are finally announced ex officio, there are multiple techniques to adopt to reduce the cost of your flight ticket.
While the flight ticket can represent most of your budget travel , find LE cheap flight ticket can be as important as finding the right hotel or agency for your activities. We have listed some tips that can help you find cheap flights and good deals:
1. Be flexible with your travel dates
Flexibility is the key to finding a cheap ticket – Photo credit: Wikimedia – Paul de Bruin
The prices of the tickets vary depending on the day of the week and even the season. It is cheaper to fly in mid-week than during the weekend; more people tend to travel over the weekend and so prices are higher. It is therefore important to choose the best day to buy a plane ticket .
Of course, the price of flights increases during holidays and vacation periods. Try to travel in hollow periods, apart from vacation periods. Fly early in the morning or late in the night. Night flights are always cheaper because fewer people want sacrifice their sleep .
When you search for your flights, be flexible with the dates, i.e. look at the dates close to the days you are interested in (one, two or three days before/after). Many flight comparisons offer this feature (seeking "on week" or "on month" for example).
2. Find alternatives to your route
Not only does it help to be flexible on dates, but try to be flexible also with the route taken. For example, it is sometimes cheaper to fly to London and then take a low cost to Amsterdam than to buy a direct flight to Amsterdam. There are so many low-cost companies around the world (and especially in Europe) that it is possible to find a cheaper flight ticket on two flights rather than a direct flight. Your journey will be a little longer/perishable, but if you are looking to make an economy, then it is a solution.
On long-haul flights, this can really be used as a "lost" time. Imagine for example that you fly from New York to Paris. A flight to Dublin may be cheaper from 150 to 200€. You can then find a low cost flight to 50€ from Dublin to Paris. So you saved your money for an activity, one night at the hotel or another.
By looking for cheaper tickets with different airlines, you can save a lot. However, this method is not recommended for everyone. Indeed, it requires more research work.
3. Take low-cost companies
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A few years ago, if you wanted to travel between two continents, most of the time you were forced to book at a traditional expensive airline. But this is no longer the case today. Low-cost companies now offer (and more and more) long-haul flights that allow you to travel around the world. The Norwegian Airlines allows you to fly from Europe to Bangkok (and vice versa) for about 220€ in each direction. WOW Air offers very correct rates from Europe to North America from many airports. In Asia and Oceania, Air Asia dominates the low-cost flight market. Indian and Middle East airlines offer cheap flights across the subcontinent and Africa. In America, there are only a handful of low-cost companies. In Europe however, there is a lot more (easyJet, Ryanair, Wizzair, Air Berlin, Hop, Volotea, etc...), and this competition keeps the prices of tickets really low.
Traveling with low-cost airlines is a good alternative to "major" airlines. You get less indirect benefits, and less comfort, but you can save a lot of money in the cost of tickets. But make sure you check how far airports are located from the city center because sometimes the transport from the airport to the city can ultimately return you more expensive. However, in general, these low-cost companies are good business.
4. Look for your tickets on the big flight comparisons
You have to start your search somewhere. Take a flight comparison to start. Ulysses For example. Their site allows for very flexible searches for dates (on week, month, year) and for destinations (everything in the world, or in a country in particular).
You can also use the Ulysses flight comparison. Created in 2017, it is a 100% French comparison! Heartburn of the redac’, Ulysses offers air tickets at the best prices, while worrying about the user experience.
When you found the cheapest flight ticket (taking into account all the advice given here), cross your search with other flight comparisons. Why? Because they are independent of airlines, and therefore display impartial prices.
5. Check your flight to the airline site
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By consulting international airline sites directly, you can find small differences in prices. Also, consider watching in the currencies of both countries (from start and finish). Use one foreign exchange converter to compare prices to the Euro, and it may happen that you find cheaper prices according to the language (and therefore the currency) under which the site is published.
Another trick : cross your flight ticket with the website of your arrival destination. If you are looking for a ticket to Brazil for example, go to the Brazilian extension (usually com.br ) of the site on which your ticket is available (comparator, airline, etc...). Indeed, the purchasing power differs depending on the country, and you can book exactly the same ticket for cheaper via the website of your destination.
6. Create price alerts
It is ideal to book your flight ticket in advance, but if you plan a trip long in advance you can create “alerts” on the different flight comparisons previously cited. This allows you to receive an email when their algorithms think it’s the right time to buy. A site is specialized for this: Algofly . By creating an e-mail alert as soon as possible, you will be immediately informed in case of abrupt price promotion or fall.
7. Check major events in your destination
Look for what happens in the city you travel in. For example, if you go to Munich during Oktoberfest , prices will be much higher than if you had waited a week. Of course, if that’s why you’re going to Munich, you’ll have to plan to go there before the festivities begin. It should also be borne in mind that an important conference taking place in the chosen city can not only increase the prices of the airline tickets, but also bring the prices of the hotel rooms to an end. The study of your destination is therefore essential to get good prices.
8. Be flexible on the chosen destination
This advice is useful only if you want to travel, regardless of destination. Instead of going to a destination with a expensive flight, try to find one with a cheaper flight. The Compare Ulysses proposes for example a feature called « Flexible? » . After choosing your starting city (or country) write « Everywhere » in the destination of arrival (or country name to filter your search). You can see some of the cheapest prices for the selected dates. Google Flights also offers this feature. If you are flexible both on your dates and destination, it is a tool that you need to start using.
What if you literally have the dread to do all this?
Everyone has no time to look to save a few dozen euros to get cheaper. And everyone doesn't necessarily know how to do it. Thus, two sites specialized in the search for cheap airline tickets instead of you. In fact, these platforms work on « flight hackers » , cheap flight search experts, who will find in your place the best price for your flight, according to your criteria and preferences. The first is French, this is about Darjeelin , and the second is Australian, FlightFox .
Conclusion
Being flexible is important when you want to save money on your trip aircraft . These tips are simple and will save you money for booking your flights. Don’t be content with the first prize you see, not only look at a single departure/arrival airport, and cross your results with other companies’ official comparators and sites.
And you, what are your tricks to pay your cheaper airline tickets?
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