Finding Discount Airline Tickets
There are all kinds of websites on the internet where you can find good deals on airline tickets, as well as make hotel, car rental and airline reservations. So which one is the best to use? The truth is that most of the huge online travel agencies, such as Expedia or Orbitz, are likely to have just about the same prices for airline reservations.
I was trying to plan a trip to Seattle, Washington and thought I would simply swing by Orbitz and find the cheapest airline tickets possible. I mean the prices must be nearly the same at all the big online travel agency sites, right?
If you’re willing to dig a little deeper using an internet search engine, then you can find some lesser known airline reservations sites that will have somewhat better discounts on airline reservations. But, many people don’t have the time or patience to find out which of these travel agency websites have the best ticket prices.
I searched throw possible flights and connections, then did the same at a few other of the hugest airline ticket websites on the net. And yes, the prices were nearly identical. Though the extra fees and some other minor flight details were different, the prices and itinerary were pretty much the same.
If you’re really looking for a bargain and have some time before your next trip to bargain shop, you may wish to check out some of the travel oriented auction services, such as Priceline. Sometimes you can have very low bids accepted for hotel, car and airline tickets as well, and save several hundreds of dollars on your next leisure or business trip.
I was less than impressed with the results of these so-called bargain airline tickets sites. I mean I’m used to being able to find the best bargains on the web and sincerely thought I would have turned up a better airline ticket deal in the two or three hours I spent pouring over the biggies like Expedia. The thing that irked me is that the prices weren’t that much lower than buying them directly from the airlines no matter how far in advance I tried to book flight.
Finally, after adding copious amounts of secondary search terms to my Google search, I found a handful of travel websites that had lower prices. I quickly determined that there existed a somewhat lesser known circle of travel websites that offered the same range of somewhat lower airline ticket prices than all the big sites.
