How to Find The Lowest Airfare Online - Comments Page 1

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southwest airlines usually has the lowest price. The earlier you book, the lower your price will be. If you can, book months in advance. Also, check priceline. I wanted to go to Costa Rica. The USAir site wanted over $1000 for the round trip tickets. Priceline had the same exact tickets for under $600.

You should add Airfarewatchdog on Twitter.

Once you've booked your flight, a fabulous site for helping you choose your seat is "SeatGuru", www.seatguru.com First, find out the type of plane you will be flying on. You can get this information by checking your airline's website. Then go to www.seatguru.com, where you will find a list of pretty much all major airlines worldwide and the kinds of planes they fly. Find your airline and plane, and voila....SeatGuru will tell you which are the best seats on the plane, which are the ones to avoid, and why.

I've always had good luck using a site called Airfarewatchdog. You put in your city you fly from and choose which airport destinations you are interested in. They will periodically will send you which airlines and travel sites have the best deal at that particular time.

I've been searching for some time for a good price on tickets to Honolulu, from Atlanta. I found Priceline to offer the best price. It wasn't an amazing deal, but it beat all the other sites.

Good article Bob, except to point out that once again, North America is not comprised soley of the good ol' US, but Canada's in there too! The drop-down menu doesn't include any airports outside of the US.

The most important thing to remember is :-

GET YOURSELF A GOOD TRAVEL AGENT -

Key for me is to learn how to take a deep deep breath - before you make your booking, while you're packing, on the way to the airport and then in the inevitable lines that await. Chill out, relax and enjoy the moment (people watching is great entertainment). Nothing is going to change because you're anxious and panicky so save your energy for when you get to where you're going but do pay attention to details in your preparation. It will pay off in spades.

I've found that non-stop flights were significantly LOWER than flights with layovers. But perhaps it depends on where one is flying out of and the destination?

I agree completely with Rick, on Canada, we are often left on the dark, as those deals go!
Nicky

Also check the airline's web site directly. I have sometimes found a better deal that way.

Beware Priceline. Used them twice when flying to vacation. The last time (a couple years back) I hesitated on their first quote and quotes received after increased the rate. Don't know if it was the time of year price increase or Priceline Bait and Switch. Sure appeared to be the latter. This was months in advance and the beginning of September time of the year. Also as time became closer to vacation rates barely changed. This was coordinating flights with a timeshare vacation. Trips with a stopover are usually cheaper. If you're flying long distance such as to Hawaii from the eastern U.S., you may relish a stopover. Don't forget, Mexicans are also North Americans.

@Michelle - As long as the base rate is the same, a non-stop will always be cheaper than taking a connecting flight or one with stops, as there are departutre fees for the other airport(s). Now you may find that a particular trip has a cheaper connecting flight as the non-stop route is either sold out or not available on that particular promotion.