How to find a good Flight price?
Do you fly often? Are you looking for a good deal on flights? The reality is that the market for flight seekers is increasingly monopolized by a few groups. What does that mean? That a price found on one search engine will be the same or similar to a price in most other search engines. You will invest much time searching from website to website getting the same results. In the end, frustration will possibly lead you to make an uninformed purchase.
What to do? TipsbeforeTrips will guide you better in your searches of cheaper flights or better deals.
1- Avoid Peak Search Hours
Avoid searching for flights during increased web traffic times throughout the day. Airlines are aware of these peak hours, and this may affect the advertised price on their flights.
Recommendation: Look for flights in the very early morning hours, late morning hours before noon, and mid-afternoon hours. This may not guarantee better prices every time, but it has proven to work in many cases. Let us know your experience.
2- Flexibility on date
This works quite well. Many travelers find better priced flights by flying at a day and time different from the vast majority of travelers.
Recommendation: Avoid flying on Mondays because it is the day that most business travelers fly, as it is the start of most work weeks. Avoid Fridays since it is the start of the weekend, and attracts many travelers. Avoid Sundays as most people are returning home from their weekend travels. Also in most countries weekends are non-workable and are ideal for short breaks.
3- Clean Your Browser History
Browsers retain your search history including the cookies from your visited pages. A cookie is a small data file specific to the user based on the information entered on these visited pages. When a traveler searches for a new flight within the same browser, often times the results will reflect old search prices because of the retained cookies.
Recommendation: Clean your browser history, including the cookies, often.
4- Use Alternate Airports
If possible, avoid the larger and major airports in a city or region. These airports have higher operating costs, which are partly covered through airline fees. The airlines, in turn, tend to price their flights higher at these larger airports to cover these fees.
Recommendation: Many major airports in large cities have alternate airports nearby. Some may even have them at only 30 minutes away. Some websites even offer searching for ‘nearby’ airports, which is a good option for those that are flexible. When using this ‘nearby’ option, always verify airport name and location prior to final purchase.
High season of flights Advisor before Flying
Make a Plan
Plan with time where you are going and how many travel. The demand to visit cities and countries increases double and even triple in a plane ticket. Avoid, if possible, dates with less demand.
Travel with kids
Check with your airline before flying if there is a priority for those traveling with children. investigates at the airport if TSA security allows those traveling with children fast access, some airport permit.
Bag
If possible, pack all your things in a small bag that you can take with you. Many baggage are delayed to be delivered. Better, if possible, pack a small carry on that you can place into the aircraft overheard.And it saves a lot of time.
Cheking online
Most airlines offer checking online at least 24 hours before the flight time, some 48 hours before flight. If you do, you will avoid the setbacks and the long lines of cheking at the airport. Even some airlines offer to download your boarding pass on your smartphone.
Traffic
Some airports are located in large cities and generate a flow of a lot of traffic, take precautions to avoid risk of losing your flight.Use the GPS of your smartphone and in advance put the date and time you plan to go to the airport. Many GPS have updated accident information and will help you calculate the best route.
Seat more at front into airplane
Sit more ahead has the advantage that the landing of the plane will be the first to leave. In high season of flights the planes are full of travelers. When you arrive at the Gate of your flight, ask the attendant with a lot of courtesy if there are more seats in front so you can change it.