There are a great number of online travel sites that make the search for low price plane tickets much easier than ever before possible. Years ago, airline ticket prices were exclusively domain of the airlines, perhaps certain travel agents had access to the prices but they had little or no clout when it came to pricing. Today, to compare international flights all you need is a computer and access to the internet.
To find the best information on flights and pricing the best can be found on the airlines own web site. To get full information, this means that you have the visit the sites of whatever carriers you think may go where you want to go. The carriers own sites will often let the visitor flag a particular flight that is of interest and when a cheaper price comes up, the potential traveller will be notified. There are other online sites that do the work for you, but to get the cheapest flights you may be faced with odd hour departure and arrival as well as multiple layovers.
You can compare international flights with a call to a travel agent. Many times a travel agent can offer excellent prices on airline tickets if the ticket is bundled with hotels and even car rental. Usually this is the case for popular holiday destinations overseas.
It’s possible to save considerably by looking at flights that don’t go where you want to go, but go very close to it. It is possible that flights to a nearby destination will be cheaper, if you are willing to drive a little it may be well worth it. It never hurts to check regional airports as well as the major metropolitan airports.
Although the practice is frowned upon, there are those flyers who know that they can get a better all-in price by overflying than going direct. Overflying is where you book a ticket to a destination which includes a stopover where you actually want to go. This usually only works when you want to travel the hub city of the airline. There are also certain classes of travellers that are granted special discounts, government employees, students and military personnel are among those who often get lower prices when they ask.
