Cheap Airline Tickets: How to Save Money with Increasing Airlines' Prices

Staying with the topic of tips-and-tricks on how to fly cheap, today's tip: sometimes booking two tickets instead of one can actually save money.

Why?

It is simple-one must be a "cheapskate."

Meaning, scan flight websites and airlines' personal websites-one might be surprised with the deals within the deals that are available.

Some airlines not only give rate decreases midweek, and offseason, for two tickets, instead of one, but airlines also have discounts for arriving in certain states and/or cities.

It is true.

For example, if a couple wants to go to London, from New York and books the flight three months in advance, for a departure time in October, a through search would find the per-person prices for all tri-state airports into Heathrow (London, England).

However, diving deeper into the search, a trained eye could spot that on that certain day or month, a certain airline, desperate to fill up seats, will offer a discount on a multi-ticket booking on a flight departing from LaGuardia instead of J.F.K. or Newark and having a connection, instead of a non-stop flight, landing into Gatwick (London, England), instead of Heathrow, could save more than going non-stop.

Or, it could be the opposite, maybe, on this day or month, a non-stop flight, instead of a connection, from Newark or J.F.K. could save more than flying out of LaGuardia.

Some airlines, domestic and international, cut their fees to entice customers or build a reputation.

"Turkish Airlines, trying to expand more in the U.S., has driven prices as low as $409 round-trip between Washington, D.C., and Istanbul, including all taxes, fees and fuel surcharges," according to the Wall Street Journal.

For the extreme savers with energy and time at their hands, booking a trip, with a discount airline, with several stop-overs could save even more money.

A trip from Miami, Florida, to L.A.X., stopping in New Orleans, Dallas, Phoenix, Seattle and then L.A.X., the saving could be in the hundreds.

However, with all of these possibilities, there are catches:

Instead of booking one complete flight, one would have to book separate flights, with different airlines, one connection at a time:

Miami-New Orleans, New Orleans-Dallas, Dallas-Phoenix, Phoenix-Seattle, and finally, Seattle-Los Angeles.

Another catch could be, having to check bags at each stop, at the different airlines' courtesy desk.

The possibilities are endless, but the savings are out there for all to grab.

So, why let someone else fly for cheap? Do the research, be patient and rake in the benefits.