Tips On Cheap Airline Tickets

When planning to take a flight at a busy time of the year, reserve your seat as soon as you can. The busiest times are during school holidays (in particular, in July, August, late March, April and December). Public holidays are very busy, especially the days around the Christmas, New Year, Easter and August bank holidays. It may be easier to buy cheap tickets if you can avoid these times.

Sometimes cheaper tickets are available if you stay abroad on a Saturday night.

Some tickets have limits on the maximum length of your stay.

Cheap flights may be "non-refundable", which means that you cannot get your money back if you need to cancel. However, if you cancel you should be able to receive back your tax and airport charges - you will need to write to the airline to claim this money back.

Note than many of the flights made by the discount airlines leave from the smaller airports such as Stansted, Luton or East Midlands.

When comparing prices, remember to consider the cost of travel to and from the airport.

There are usually no paper tickets for these flights (you should print out your internet booking if you want a receipt).

To obtain the lowest possible prices, you should generally try to buy tickets two or three months before travelling.

Note that sometimes the prices that you see advertised only apply to a very limited number of seats (later bookings can be much more expensive). Check carefully to see if there are other conditions, for example a minimum stay requirement.

Remember the other costs you need to pay which are often not included in the price which is shown in the advertised price.