How to get a Bargain Flight Deal
Posted by Peter Brady on Mon 18th September 2006 at 08:07 AM, Filed in Travel Tips
Trying to secure that cheap flight deal has been made a whole lot easier in recent years with the advent of the internet. But there are other ways to secure a bargain.
Teletext
Week in week out, tour operators distribute details of the their latest special deals, many of which appear on teletext. Some of the deals appear nowhere else so it’s well worth taking a look.
Travel agents
Travel agents have long been the place of choice to book your flights and holidays. That’s not so much the case anymore. However, they do still buy considerable numbers of flights on which they negotiate competitive bulk deals, so there is a possibility that you might still get a cut price bargain. It’s always worth a visit or a phone call at the very least.
Standby
If you’re willing to go for a last minute deal then that can cut costs even further for you. You maybe going at unsocial hours and there’s a slim chance that you could be waiting a while for a flight with a spare seat. Nonetheless, you might be saving as much as 25% on your flight.
Internet
Of course there are the independant, no frills airlines offering online booking, but you may also want to check out other sites that offer flights from all sorts of carriers. For example, ebookers purchase large ticket allocations (at discount) from airlines and then resell them on through their web site. In theory, this gives you the possibility of a heavily discounted offer on a scheduled flight. Don’t forget that charter flights tend to suffer more delays.
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