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Northwest Travel Planning
Cheap Airfares
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FINDING TICKETS
As mentioned in the overview, the
do-it-yourself approach requires research. Read on for tips on
finding air tickets on the web.
Step 1.
To get some background on the the air
ticket market (online and offline), read
the FAQ by
Edward Hasbrouck about airline tickets, which is posted monthly to the Usenet newsgroups
rec.travel.air and rec.travel.marketplace. Hasbrouck is a travel agent who specializes
in international airfares. Here you will learn that domestic and international
airfares are entirely different markets (with the exception that flights between the USA
and Canada are similar to domestic USA flights), and "the optimum consumer strategies
for dealing with them, have nothing in common". It also explains how
consolidators, which is how our affiliate Economy
Travel  describes itself, can actually offer international
airfares at a lower price than the airlines themselves.
Step 2.
Next you will want to find out which
airlines serve your destination airport. This is subject to change
as airlines add services to cities, and discontinue other services, so be
sure to check each time you are planning your travels. Search via the
airline on sites such as
Fodor's
Air Travel Tips, and
All Airlines
of the World found at
Yahoo
Airline Directories, or search via the airport (at either end of your route)
found on sites at
Yahoo
Airport Directories. See the Go Northwest! travel planning page on
Airlines for those serving the
Northwest, as well as information on Northwest airports.
Money-saving tips:
- Be creative when choosing a
route between you and your destination. For example compare the
cost of changing flights at a major airport, with taking a direct
flight. Determine for yourself whether the associated hassles
are worth it.
- For international travel, be
aware that those airlines underwritten by their national governments
(non-U.S.), may offer better prices.
Step 3.
You might also wish to stay abreast of discounts and special deals
offered on the airlines, web sites:
- Look for a section on vacation packages. These might include
accommodations, cruises and car rentals.
- Look for a section on specials.
- Look for a section on
"e-saver fares". Airlines are using the internet to
increase leisure travel on the weekends, and other low times.
Business travelers, who make up the majority of passengers, usually
travel Monday through Thursday.
- Sign up with their email newsletters by which airlines alert customers about their
special deals.
Step 4.
Now you will want to comparison shop on your chosen route/
itinerary. Looking around on various web sites is the only way to
know if you are getting a good rate. You will go to the same web sites, where eventually you
will purchase your air ticket online, so bookmark your favorite web sites
as you go. Try the following types of web
sites.
- Airline home pages
See the Go Northwest! visitor information page on Airlines
for homepages of those serving the Northwest. Try
All Airlines
of the World found at
Yahoo
Airline Directories
U.S. domestic travelers note: Airlines are prohibited from offering special deals to
Internet customers only, in a Senate bill passed September 15, 1999, as well as in
voluntary service improvement pledges filed by individual airlines with the U.S.
Department of Transportation and which take effect December 15, 1999. Also included
in the program is the promise to offer customers the lowest fare for which they are
eligible.
- Web-based ticket sales robots, on reseller and
consolidator's pages.
Such as
1Travel.com,
Cheap Seats Travel, Cheap Tickets,
Economy
Travel, Expedia,
Fare Finder, GetThere.com, Internet Travel Network (ITN), LowestFares, Travelocity, Travelscape,
Trip.com, Web
Flyer.
These major online reservations web sites will probably be
using one of four airline-fare search engines: Sabre, ITN's Flight Rez,
Galileo/Apollo, and Microsoft's Flight Wizard. These sites aim to
make it easy for you to find and compare airfares, but you might want to
supplement their information with the other types of sites.
- Auction sites
Such as Priceline and Travel Bids.
- Traditional travel agents with
web sites.
Compare prices across the above
types of web sites. Also, be sure to compare the final
cost, and not just the price of the ticket itself.
And remember, if you do have
contact with a "live person" in any part of the process, you can
always ask if they have any special deals, or if the price will be cheaper
if you change your travel dates.
Read on for tips on
buying air tickets on the web...
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by Carlos A. Schwantes (Editor), Evelyne Pickett (Editor)
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September 1998, Paperback,
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February 1995,
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July 1998, Paperback, 132 pages,
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