| Tired of paying outrageous prices for airline tickets? | | | | some time before you book your trip you can set an |
| This article explores three ways to save money by | | | | option to get email alerts on cheap flights and price |
| finding cheap tickets and discusses comparative | | | | changes (even down to certain dollar amounts) to |
| shopping, using Travelocity or Priceline. It also | | | | your upcoming destination. It is very convenient to |
| discusses frequent flyer programs and credit card | | | | book a flight through these websites as it will save all |
| airline reward programs. | | | | of your information, like credit card numbers, in your |
| For most people in this age, flying to destinations is | | | | profile. Just a few clicks and you are on your way. A |
| the most common way of traveling longer distances. | | | | word of caution though, when you find your cheap |
| Business takes people all over the country and the | | | | flight, check the official airline's website to see if the |
| world. Families settle down and spread out, often | | | | identical flight is cheaper booking directly from them. I |
| moving far away from parents or siblings. The price | | | | have found this to be the case on occasion so it's |
| of gas is making car travel look less appealing. Who | | | | worth looking into. |
| wants to spend four days in the car and hundreds of | | | | Second, if you fly a lot, register for airline's frequent |
| dollars in gas to travel across the country when you | | | | flyer programs. Obviously this pays the more you fly |
| can fly in just two or three hours and save money? | | | | and if you consistently use the same airline. |
| While in comparison to car travel air travel can be a | | | | Businessmen and women find this most helpful in |
| lot less expensive, airline tickets are also feeling the | | | | traveling to constant business trips as well. |
| effects of the rising fuel prices. They are charging | | | | Lastly, look into credit card options that reward |
| more for the "extras" like checked baggage and | | | | spending with points toward airline tickets. Some of |
| snacks on the plane. Ticket prices are also rising. How | | | | the major credit card companies, like American |
| can we save money on airfares? | | | | Express, have some sort of airline or travel credit |
| First, use comparative price shopping. Websites like | | | | cards so you can save big! Visa contracts with airline |
| travelocity dot com, orbitz dot com, and priceline dot | | | | companies and provides customers with airline-specific |
| com will compare flight prices from most of the | | | | credit cards such as a Northwest "Worldperks Visa" |
| major airlines. Travelocity, which I've used on | | | | or a "Southwest Visa." |
| numerous occasions, gives you the option to "search | | | | There are options! You do not always have to pay |
| nearby airports" and compare prices. You may find | | | | outrageous prices for airline tickets. Do some |
| yourself flying to your destination on one airline and | | | | research and start saving today! |
| back on another because it is cheaper! If you have | | | | |