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Authors: Nicholas Depinto
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When you get this report, you will be able to find the city pairs you’re interested in. For each city pair, the report tells you the average fare, and the airline with the biggest share of the market and its average fare, and the airline with the lowest average fare. You will rarely see that the airline with the biggest share of the market will have a good deal. Instead, you’ll notice that the best deal is usually offered by the airline with just 10% market share.
Each report also has a “special feature” at the end, which focuses on low-fare airlines. This special feature should be of special interest to you.
TICKETING Secrets
Here’s what you should keep in mind, first and foremost: favorite days to fly are Monday, Friday, and the weekends. As a result, flights that depart midweek tend to be cheaper.
Secret # 1: Book early
I know I told you before that booking early doesn’t always get you the lowest fare…but if you’re trying to get supersaver fares, there’s no other option other than booking early.
There are usually several advance purchase deadlines, which require that you book 30, 21, 14, 7, and 3 days in advance. Most airlines offer more than one advance fare for any given route, but it’s better to book as soon as you know when you’re going to go.
Secret # 2: Buy in bulk
Airlines sometimes offer bulk tickets. For example, you can buy a book of 10 airline coupons for the price of 9.
Did you know there’s a group of 16 European airlines with destinations in 26 countries that offers an AirPass program that lets you fly individual flight segments for $99 per flight. More on this later!
Every now and then an airline will announce an “unrestricted fare” with no minimum stay requirement, and NO expiration date! That means you can get that fare, and you don’t have to use the airline ticket until you want to fly! It’s one of the best ways to get cheap fares!
I’ll give you an example, in case I’ve confused you. Let’s say Continental Airlines announces a great fare for $129 from Newark, NJ to Orlando, FL. Let’s say you live in Newark but have family in Orlando. You go there several times a year. You can get your travel agent to book you ONE TICKET with as many coupons as you’d like flights. The ticket will read NEWARK-ORLANDO-NEWARK-ORLANDO and so forth for as many roundtrips as you’d like to take. The ticket will cost $129 multiplied by as many roundtrips as you want to buy.
The best part of this is that you do not need to lock yourself into specific dates. The only date that has to be on the ticket is on the first coupon. You have to take that first flight! And of course, you’d probably know your return date on the first trip to Orlando. And on the remaining coupons, you leave the date “open.” When you decide when you want to fly, you can call the airline and book the flight. There is no extra charge. You are protected even if the fare increases, or the airline cancels the fare code for which you booked. You get that fare at the same amount even though the person next to you on the same flight may end up paying hundreds more than you did!!!
Here are the exceptions to the open segment rule: sometimes, fares with no expiration date will ALSO prohibit open segments. You can use this trick with fare-war fares as well. The only exception in that case would be that you would have to complete all your trips within the time restrictions announced along with that fare war. That typically means completing all your travel within several months. Keep in mind this trick will work with family travel and business travel!
Secrets # 3: Time your travel well
If you can be flexible in your timing, you can often see BIG savings!
Seasonal Fares:
This is going to sound obvious to most, but I still felt it is worth mentioning, since
When you get this report, you will be able to find the city pairs you’re interested in. For each city pair, the report tells you the average fare, and the airline with the biggest share of the market and its average fare, and the airline with the lowest average fare. You will rarely see that the airline with the biggest share of the market will have a good deal. Instead, you’ll notice that the best deal is usually offered by the airline with just 10% market share.
Each report also has a “special feature” at the end, which focuses on low-fare airlines. This special feature should be of special interest to you.
TICKETING Secrets
Here’s what you should keep in mind, first and foremost: favorite days to fly are Monday, Friday, and the weekends. As a result, flights that depart midweek tend to be cheaper.
Secret # 1: Book early
I know I told you before that booking early doesn’t always get you the lowest fare…but if you’re trying to get supersaver fares, there’s no other option other than booking early.
There are usually several advance purchase deadlines, which require that you book 30, 21, 14, 7, and 3 days in advance. Most airlines offer more than one advance fare for any given route, but it’s better to book as soon as you know when you’re going to go.
Secret # 2: Buy in bulk
Airlines sometimes offer bulk tickets. For example, you can buy a book of 10 airline coupons for the price of 9.
Did you know there’s a group of 16 European airlines with destinations in 26 countries that offers an AirPass program that lets you fly individual flight segments for $99 per flight. More on this later!
Every now and then an airline will announce an “unrestricted fare” with no minimum stay requirement, and NO expiration date! That means you can get that fare, and you don’t have to use the airline ticket until you want to fly! It’s one of the best ways to get cheap fares!
I’ll give you an example, in case I’ve confused you. Let’s say Continental Airlines announces a great fare for $129 from Newark, NJ to Orlando, FL. Let’s say you live in Newark but have family in Orlando. You go there several times a year. You can get your travel agent to book you ONE TICKET with as many coupons as you’d like flights. The ticket will read NEWARK-ORLANDO-NEWARK-ORLANDO and so forth for as many roundtrips as you’d like to take. The ticket will cost $129 multiplied by as many roundtrips as you want to buy.
The best part of this is that you do not need to lock yourself into specific dates. The only date that has to be on the ticket is on the first coupon. You have to take that first flight! And of course, you’d probably know your return date on the first trip to Orlando. And on the remaining coupons, you leave the date “open.” When you decide when you want to fly, you can call the airline and book the flight. There is no extra charge. You are protected even if the fare increases, or the airline cancels the fare code for which you booked. You get that fare at the same amount even though the person next to you on the same flight may end up paying hundreds more than you did!!!
Here are the exceptions to the open segment rule: sometimes, fares with no expiration date will ALSO prohibit open segments. You can use this trick with fare-war fares as well. The only exception in that case would be that you would have to complete all your trips within the time restrictions announced along with that fare war. That typically means completing all your travel within several months. Keep in mind this trick will work with family travel and business travel!
Secrets # 3: Time your travel well
If you can be flexible in your timing, you can often see BIG savings!
Seasonal Fares:
This is going to sound obvious to most, but I still felt it is worth mentioning, since
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