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How to find cheap airline tickets: 10 practical tips

Experienced travelers probably know some of these tricks, but for most, we'll reveal some great flight savings opportunities right away!
26 april 2017
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1. BOOK IN ADVANCE... AND NOT ONLY

It has long been known that booking airline tickets early is the key to budget travel. According to statistics, it is most profitable to buy air tickets 8 weeks before the flight for domestic flights and 24 weeks before the flight for international flights. But agree, planning your trip several months in advance is a luxury for a modern person.

Barcelona, La Rambla
Photo author - Expatexplore

That is why there is an alternative (or rather, the second extreme) - buying air tickets just a day before departure. Sometimes carriers simply reduce prices as much as possible in order to somehow attract passengers and sell off the remaining tickets. But keep in mind that for the most "popular" flights there will most likely be no tickets on the last day.

2. FLY FROM MONDAY TO THURSDAY

Another very simple rule that will help you buy cheap air tickets: plan your trip in such a way that you spend your weekends abroad and fly during the week. Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday are considered to be the most profitable days for flights.

But you can book tickets on any day except Friday: firstly, by the end of the week the economy class offers run out, secondly, secretaries usually book tickets for business trips of their managers on this day, thirdly, many people think about vacation on the eve of the weekend - well, adjust to the "rest" mood.

3. SLEEP ON THE PLANE

Another tourist trick is to travel at night. As a rule, night flights are cheaper than day flights (not without reason many low-costers fly at inconvenient times).

Only in this case, you should take into account the cost of cabs to the airport, because at night public transportation often does not work.

4. EXTEND THE SEASON

This advice applies not only to buying airline tickets, but also to planning a trip in general. Do not be tied to seasonality, and even more so to the "high season", because air carriers and hoteliers are very high on prices for those destinations that are popular among tourists in this or that period.

Autumn in Cyprus
Photo author - David Cunningham

Cyprus is an excellent example of this. It is believed that the season here begins at the end of May and ends in September. But you will be surprised that at the beginning of May and even at the end of October (!) the weather here is perfect and you can swim. At the same time the prices for flights and accommodation in this "non-tourist" season are much lower.

5. KEEP AN EYE ON PROMOTIONS

We believe that searching for cheap airline tickets is a real magic, because prices change literally every second, every day some of the carriers launch a promotion or sell tickets at reduced prices, and we are not talking about the fact that low-cost carriers do not fly every day, which means that you need to keep track of their schedule.

In general, if you want to find really cheap airfare - don't be tied to specific dates and destinations. tripmydream regularly publishes all the best deals on flights at the moment. Often the more favorable the price, the faster all tickets are bought out, so in 1-2 days the offer is not relevant, so we advise you to keep a close eye on our promotions.

Also, when monitoring flights always look at prices for the next 3-4 days - sometimes the price can differ twice.

6. TRAVEL LIGHT

Many people know that low-cost low-cost airlines set low prices for tickets also because the price of their tickets does not include baggage allowance. It is paid separately and increases the price many times over. So, many regular airlines also have a reduced fare without luggage.

But for each additional suitcase you will be asked to pay extra, and a considerable amount. So - travel light!

7. SIGN UP FOR FARE CHANGES

Do you know where and when you want to fly, but you don't have tickets at a favorable price yet? Trust us ;)

Sign up for price change and we will notify you as soon as tickets for your destination are available at the lowest price! We constantly monitor airfare prices, which allows us to find tickets to all destinations at the best discount.

8. EXPLORE ALTERNATIVE AIRPORTS

When traveling in Europe, always research flights to neighboring cities and non-main airports. You'd be surprised, but you can save half your budget this way.

For example, you can get to Brussels via Brussels Airport, and a Kiev-Brussels ticket in this case will cost about €190. Or you can fly to Brussels-Charleroi airport, which is 46 km away from Brussels, and the flight there will cost €65 (Wizz Air flight with a short connection in Vilnius). The difference is obvious.

9. GET CREATIVE

Many people know that connecting flights are often cheaper than direct flights. But there is a way to save even more money - to manually connect the flights yourself. From Ukraine Wizz Air flies cheaply to Vilnius, Budapest, Katowice, Warsaw, Wroclaw and other European cities. From these cities you can build a route with low-cost carriers - Wizz Air, Ryanair or Easy Jet.

Low-cost carrier Wizz Air
Photo author - Björn van der Velpen

Kyiv - Katowice - Corfu, Kyiv - Vilnius - Oslo... there are a lot of destinations, so you are not limited by anything but your imagination.

For example: tickets from Kyiv to Barcelona cost about 200 euros, but you can fly to Budapest for a couple of days and from there fly to Barcelona with Ryanair at a promotional price. If you think it through, the flights will cost around 100 euros, and you'll get the extra opportunity to see beautiful Budapest.

10. DON'T OVERPAY FOR COMMISSIONS AND SURCHARGES

Buying tickets through agencies and intermediaries, you pay not only for the tickets themselves, but also for the cost of the agency itself. On tripmydream you can find tickets at the lowest price, without commission and surcharges.

We also recommend you to watch 10 video tips on how to find and buy cheap airline tickets from Andrei Burenok, the founder of tripmydream service.

We wish you the brightest, most interesting, unforgettable and most importantly - profitable travel!

Using our website, tripmydream, you can find airline tickets starting from 15 EUR. Look for the cheapest flights in the Flight Discounts section. To do this, select the departure point, and the service will find the most advantageous offers for you.


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