| The Internet provides us the ability to see exotic | | | | 4. If you are flying domestic in the United States, |
| locations and plan trips to them. If you are planning | | | | keep in mind that Southwest Airlines does not |
| such a trip, here are some ways to fly to countries | | | | participate on the big travel sites. You must book on |
| on the cheap. | | | | the web site for Southwest. It is usually very cheap. |
| Flying to Another Country on the Cheap | | | | If you are looking to go international, but really need |
| Undeniably, the best and cheapest tickets for air | | | | to save money, the best answer is a chartered flight. |
| flights can be found online. The various travel sites | | | | Chartered flights are small airlines that only operate |
| have a distinct advantage over travel agencies. They | | | | during certain periods of the year. They usually fly |
| are selling in massive volume, so their overhead per | | | | out of major cities once or twice a week. A bevy of |
| sale is much less. That being said, there are a few | | | | them are active during the summer months and offer |
| ways to find the best deals when trying to fly cheap. | | | | flights to Europe. Because they are unknown, don't |
| 1. Search for a range of go and return dates. Don't | | | | have high labor costs and can't compete with big |
| get fixed on particular dates. A flight leaving on | | | | airlines, they will offer round trip tickets for half of |
| Thursday may be 30 percent less than a flight leaving | | | | the going rate. It is definitely a no frills option, but it is |
| on Friday. | | | | very cheap. |
| 2. If you are willing to rough it a bit, look for flights | | | | Finally, you have one really cheap option if you only |
| leaving around midnight or later. International flights | | | | need to be somewhere for a week or two. The |
| out of San Francisco to Asia are 25 percent cheaper | | | | infamous air courier system exists and is extremely |
| if you leave after midnight. It might sound brutal, but | | | | cheap. If you are close to a delivery time, air flights |
| it actually works out pretty well since you | | | | can be free. Realistically, you should expect to pay |
| immediately go to sleep and knock eight hours or so | | | | about 20 percent of a normal ticket. The only |
| off the flight time. | | | | drawback is that you can only visit the location for |
| 3. There is no "best" site when trying to fly on the | | | | roughly 10 days before you have to come back. |
| cheap. They all have different ticket allotments at | | | | As you can see from these tips, there are a couple |
| different times. Don't be lazy. Check across all of the | | | | of different ways to go if you are trying to fly on |
| major sites. You'll be surprised to find you can save | | | | the cheap Show a little flexibility and you can save |
| as much as 50 percent. | | | | some big bucks even in high season. |