Tips and recommendations to buy cheap tickets

In this new guíto leave my tips for buying cheap tickets, applies to any élittle of theñor and included país.

¿Thought cófind the best ticket prices on domestic flightséaesthetic and international? Hereí I share with you some tips that will help youístill serve to save some daysóhomes, Sure, of these guíThere are many on the Internet, but I will tell youé from my perspective and experience.

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Tips to buy cheap tickets

To plan

Before buying, try to keep one or two destinations in view from your país so you can be attentive to the promotions that Aerolílocal or foreign companies can launch over time. For instance, if you want to travel to Punta Cana, have tooén a plan B New York, así you can have two options, do not set your purchase goal in a single destination.

Do not take vacations from your work until you have the ticket at the correct price.ñado, ya que la variationón of prices caníto change your plans and you caníhow to lose those daysírest or end up paying más.

buy with time

Once you have your defined destinations, treat as much as possible, make the purchase with at least 3 months in advanceón for international routes and 1 month to sunéstatic. This purchase time mayíto shorten or lengthenún Aerol promotionsíseasons or high/low season.

Sé flexible with dates, that will allow youá find better promotions.

Always pay attention to promotions

One of the best ways to find prices más lows is to always be attentive to the promotions that the aerolíneas generally release regularly. These promotions usually come out in low season, black friday, cyber monday, anniversaries, etc. For what to beíwell that tooén fix an aerolínea with which you likeíto travel and know those dates that do not changeño a añO.

You can always find the promotions on Aerol's social networks.íneas o en sus newsletter, so it is good to be registered to them.

look for low dates

The low dates are the low seasons, that many times change for país, but you can notice that one éLittle down time is when everyone returns from summer/winter vacation or it's back to school in your country.ís. On those dates the occupationón is less, so the aerosolsíneas usually (it's not a rule) lower your prices.

For instance, always on close dates and on a holiday the costs will beán más high, so avoid those already known dates.

Special dates

It is said that, that for example buy or fly the díTuesday to Thursday between 15 hours or midnight the tickets are más cheap, is something thatúI have not been able to agree despite having tried, but it is notá by más try it, couldíso be lucky.

Another option is to look for flights on dates likeñor new, when almost no one flies and the airplanesícompanies need to fill those slots so as not to lose money, couldíso be lucky.

Use automatic alertsáethics

Many search engines such as Despegar.com or Hopper (it's an app) allow you to record custom alerts based on a value for which you areás willing to pay for a ticket. It can generate infinite alerts and as soon as the tickets drop to the price you are looking for, they will reach you.á please notify usón your email with the details so you can buy immediately.

Don't just search the Aerol websiteínea

Personally, I can say that at least the 90% Of the tickets I buy, I do so through the airline website.ínea since it is más cheated, but this rule can change and mayíhow to find passages mácheap s in Despegar, Kayak, Booking o similares.

Buying a ticket on fashion search engines will almost always beá más expensive in my experience, since these add their profit or commission to the value of the ticket.ón that goes from 5 to the 40 dóhomes or más.

The exercise that I do is always to search first in a passage search engine, I find the ticket más cheated, I see the airíline and route, With that detail I go and immediately compare it on the official Aerol websiteínea, it has always beenáIt's cheap to buy directly.

search más at once

Always look for passages in más of a search engine u aerolínea, don't stick with the first result until it isés 100% I'm sure it's the optionón máit's cheap, but remember that cheap, couldíto alsoén be the más largo.

Remember that the aerosolínetworks use algorithms, so from a first búsecond time the price is almost certainly going to increaseá, pero máIt's afternooníto go back down, it's a questionón luck and play a little.

Spaghettién check the bústays in various airídenies, couldíso you will get a good surprise.

travel with scales

If you want to pay lessún, search engines allow you to find very crazy routes with 2 o más scales, which generally translates into lower cost, but yesí on a flightáIt's long because of the stopovers and the waits.

Once I foundé a ticket from Quito to Pekín for alone $580 dóhomes, but with 3 díone way trip and others 3 back with 3 scales each ¿valíto the penalty? By priceí, but for time, maybe not.

Buy online not in office

If you buy your entry ticket officially, it will beá más expensive so the aerosolsíneas call the Emisi Feeón, which is a value that they charge for printing the paper and for the person who assisted youó, on the web there is no such charge.

¿CuáHe is your secret to finding passages más cheap? Compáshare it with everyone in the comments.