BOOK DIRECTLY WITH THE AIRLINE
Moreover, some airlines — including Delta, American, United and Continental — are offering compensations like a $50 or $100 voucher for a future flight if passengers find an online fare lower than the one they are offering on their own sites for that flight.
SIGN UP FOR PRIVATE PRICE CUTS
Airfarewatchdog.com, which monitors such deals and posts the codes on its Web site, reports that it has noticed an increase in deals recently, including new promotion codes in Alaska Airlines newsletters every few weeks with savings typically of 20 percent.
BUY ONE TICKET AT A TIME
Every flight normally has a range of price levels. When you shop for multiple tickets, and there aren’t enough seats available at the lowest ticket price, the reservation system automatically kicks bookings up to the next price level.
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Nearly every online travel site these days, including Travelocity.com, Kayak.com, Orbitz.com and Expedia.com offers its own version. Some airlines, including American, Southwest and WestJet, a Canadian airline, offer their own deal-alert software, which must be downloaded onto your desktop.
There is also a new Web site, Compete4yourseat.com, which encourages travel agents, who often negotiate contracts with airlines, to find you a low fare. BUY A PACKAGE DEAL
Orbitz.com estimates that travelers can save an average of $228 by booking a five-night air-and-hotel package instead of buying those components separately. The same trip booked separately costs $1,130 a person.
SEARCH FOR FLIGHTS AT ALTERNATIVE AIRPORTS
The lowest price for the same trip from O’Hare International Airport was $321 on United.
Travel sites like Travelocity.com and Zuji.com offer flexible date searches that show the lowest airfare for your route as much as four months out.
TIMING IS EVERYTHING
To help evaluate prices, Kayak.com offers a trend chart (after a search), which shows whether prices for a particular flight have been going up, down or holding steady.
DON’T WAIT IF YOU SEE A DEAL
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