| FMany people think that there is a secret to finding | | | | Now if you have been following the prices of flights |
| really cheap flights from say the USA to Asia, there | | | | to your destination, and been looking for air ticket |
| are a few tricks, but the main thing to do is give | | | | deals, then you should all ready have a good idea of |
| yourself lots of time before you are going to fly, | | | | the price range that you think that you should be |
| that is the best tip you are going to get when it | | | | able to get. |
| comes to consistently finding cheap flights anywhere. | | | | One would think that if you bought airline tickets |
| Preparation is the key. | | | | more than 60 days out that you would get a better |
| Find a good aggregation program like Kayak or | | | | rate, the reason that you don't I think, is that the |
| Sidestep and load your itinerary into it as soon as | | | | airlines are not going to know what the price of fuel |
| you think that you have a solid idea of your travel | | | | will be. The airlines use to do a lot of hedging on fuel, |
| dates. Wednesdays are usually the best days to fly | | | | but after the last run of gas prices last July I am sure |
| on as far as getting the cheapest tickets Asia to the | | | | that a few of the airlines that got burned are not |
| USA. | | | | leaning on this strategy as heavy as they were |
| 60 days out seems to be the other magic time. Very | | | | before. |
| early on Wednesdays, right around 60 days out, is | | | | To review time is your friend. Pick your travel dates |
| when the travel aggregation reservations sites | | | | as far out as possible to check as many different |
| release their tickets back to the airlines, so there is a | | | | sources as possible. Remember that Wednesdays are |
| block of tickets that get put back into the pool for | | | | usually the day of the week that has the lightest |
| sale, this is the reason I have been told that this is | | | | loads on the flights and book the cheap airline tickets |
| the important date. | | | | 60 days out. |