Buy a low-cost air ticket 1. Determine the travel schedule as early as possible, and remember the "eight-week principle"+"mid-week".
Generally speaking, the earlier you buy a plane ticket, the cheaper it is, except in the peak season (summer vacation, year-end, holidays). Economist Makoto
Watanabe pointed out that through calculation, he thinks it is best to book tickets two months before the trip, that is, the "eight-week principle." Scott, a travel columnist for The Wall Street Journal, said.
Mccartney found that booking tickets was the cheapest in the middle of the week, that is, Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday. Usually, booking air tickets on weekends is the most expensive. In addition, it is cheaper to buy air tickets in the afternoon than in the morning, because airlines usually think that business travelers will arrange work and book air tickets in the early hours of the morning, while leisure tourists prefer to go home and book air tickets after work in the afternoon. If you have to book tickets during holidays, tickets that leave on Monday before holidays or on Tuesday, Friday and Saturday after holidays will be cheaper.
2. Always brush the airline official website
Major airlines often have preferential information in official website, but usually the promotion lasts for a short time and the number of votes is limited. Therefore, if you want to buy ultra-low-cost air tickets, you have to spend some time paying more attention to official website, such as British Airways, Air France and Cathay Pacific, which often engage in preferential activities. Buying a plane ticket costs money and gains.
3. Shop around; Shopping around
In addition to booking tickets directly on airline websites, or booking tickets at airports and official website of departure and destination, regular airline ticket comparison websites will be a better choice (beware of scammer websites). Enter the starting point, destination and time on the price comparison website, and the tickets will appear in descending order. If you have enough time, you might as well use several price comparison websites, because each website gives slightly different ticket information. After selecting the ticket, you can buy it directly from the price comparison website. It should be noted that most price comparison websites will charge booking fees, credit card or debit card fees, etc. According to the fare. If you don't want to pay this money, spend more time to open official website, the airline of your choice, and buy tickets in official website. However, sometimes after purchasing a plane ticket once on the price comparison website, there will be a preferential price or discount when purchasing the plane ticket again for a period of time, so you have to finally weigh where to buy it.
The regular price comparison website introduces several commonly used regular price comparison websites. Go to the website to check the air tickets when you are free.
Skyscanner Sky Tour
The world's leading travel search website provides real-time online price comparison, car rental and hotel reservation for millions of routes. With flexible search options, you can browse the flight prices for one month or even one year. One of the great benefits of SkySky is that the website provides flights, hotels and car rental services in more than 30 different languages, and you can also choose different currency units for inquiry and payment.
Expedia
The world's largest online travel company has discounted air tickets from more than 450 airlines, as well as more than 80,000 hotels and 4 million rooms for you to choose from. Catway Eagle is also a brand of Expedia, which is the largest tourist community in the world and has an absolute leading position in hotel and scenic spot review services. ELong Travel Network is the first China Internet company acquired by Expedia.
Opodo
The European travel service company in the UK has more than 500 discounted airline tickets and more than 1.5 million hotel properties for you to choose from, and you can also search for cruise flights and car rental services. There are often promotions. According to previous search experience, the price of this website is lower than the same ticket search of Skyscanner and Expedia. You can try.
Electronic book reader
The leading European online travel agencies have more than 250 kinds of discounted air tickets and more than 1 10000 hotels for you to choose from. Their family often has various discounts, including air tickets and hotel discount information.
Last minute
Britain's leading online travel and leisure retailer, with more than 6.5438+0.65 million people visiting the website every week, provides one-stop booking services, including air tickets, tickets, hotels and car rentals, in the best way to let customers go further in their spare time.
Virginia holiday
The most successful trans-Atlantic tour operators and market leaders in the United States and the Caribbean mainly provide holiday services in the Far East, the Middle East, the Indian Ocean, Mauritius, South Africa, Canada, Australia and New Zealand. There is an award-winning customer service team that provides special services for disabled tourists.
Precautions It's good to buy a cost-effective air ticket, but you can't blindly pursue low prices. When buying, you should also choose according to your own specific situation. If you accidentally generate more expenses, it will not be worth the loss. Generally speaking, the following aspects should be determined before buying:
Refund and change of air tickets: Many cheap air tickets cannot be returned and changed, or they have to pay a lot of money (sometimes even more than the air tickets themselves) before they can be returned and changed. Therefore, before buying a ticket, you must first confirm the regulations for returning and changing the ticket, and buy it carefully.
Departure and arrival time: The fares of flights departing/arriving in the early morning or midnight will be relatively cheap. When buying, you need to check the mode of transportation from the city to the airport or from the airport back to the city. If it is too early or too late, there may be no public transport to arrive. It costs more to take a taxi or live near the airport. When you go out in the morning or in the middle of the night, you must consider your personal safety.
Baggage restrictions: Take flights in Europe as an example, the price is relatively low, but almost all of them have baggage restrictions. If it exceeds, you will have to pay a high baggage fee, so read the baggage restrictions of the flight carefully before buying a ticket.
Special regulations: In addition to the above, some airlines may have some special regulations on air tickets, such as online check-in in advance. If you can't do this, you will bear more expenses. Please read these rules carefully before buying.
It is said that United Airlines, American Airlines, Northwest Airlines, Virgin Atlantic, Swissair and Cathay Pacific often provide student tickets. Most students buy air tickets directly from airline sales offices or ticket agents. While some airlines sell student tickets in official website, although there is no difference in price, the number of kilograms of checked baggage will be more. So you can ask if there are any student tickets before you buy tickets next time.
Finally, everyone needs to understand that it takes more time to buy cheap air tickets. Some students concluded that booking tickets is like speculating in stocks. If you have nothing to do, just visit the price comparison website and official website. I hope everyone can grab low-priced air tickets, and the money saved can be used for other things!