Accommodation and plane tickets are the two main expensive areas during travel. To save on holiday cash, you must be wise and follow these 5 hacks to buy dirt-cheap plane tickets
Buy dirt-cheap tickets early
If your date of travel is pretty much set on stone at least six months ahead, then it is best to buy tickets early. Airfare prices generally spike up two weeks before the date of departure. Booking at least six months before helps you get the best prices for your trip. A 50-dollar saving is a big deal.
Watch out for fare sales on Tuesdays
Airlines generally release promotion sales on Tuesdays. With the use of the Internet, window shop in as many airline website as possible. You'd be surprised that sometimes a discounted ticket from a premier airline is much cheaper than a regular ticket bought from a budget airline.
Avail of Your Frequent Flyer free miles
Are you a frequent traveler? Are you loyal to one airline? If you answered "yes" to both questions, then you must avail of the Frequent Flyer membership of that airline. There will come a time when you'd need the free miles. Just remember to redeem your miles early, for every trip allots only a certain number of passengers paying via Flyer miles.
Follow budget airline on social media accounts
Follow the budget airlines on their Twitter and Facebook accounts. Airlines usually announce big sale promotions through social media. When you subscribe to their feeds, make sure that you set your mobile gadget to receive notifications when these airlines post.
Extra tip: Check ticket fare price in different currencies
Sometimes, a ticket is cheaper if you pay in euros instead of American dollars. Play around with the currency settings of the airline's booking site. The general rule is you'll pay less if you use the currency where the airline is based (e.g. cheaper to pay in Malaysian ringgit if flying with Malaysia Airlines).
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