plane tickets

United States
March 21, 2007 1:04am CST
Does anyone know any secrets on how to get cheap plane tickets? My husband and I want to visit his family. We live in South Carolina and they live in Portland Oregon. We really want to go see them but the tickets are outragous. Got any suggestions?
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@winky73 (1404)
• United States
21 Mar 07
Most of the time last minute flights are a lot cheaper....because the airline will try to get a full flight.Sites like cheaptickets.com and hotwire will find you the lowest prices for any time you want and you can check to see when it would be cheapest without a lot of effort. Flying during the offseason is always cheaper and you can auqire that information from any Travelagency. You may also want to contact the airlines directly and see what they have available. That's about all I got for you.....good luck!!!
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• United States
22 Jul 08
Thank you I am going to try this.
• United States
24 Mar 07
Hi bvlacklady, Have you tried orbitz.com? They are suposed to have the most reasonable proces on such things.
• United States
22 Jul 08
Well I think you type better then I do. You done fine
• United States
24 Mar 07
please excuse my type os. I am legally blind and I don;t always catch them.
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• United States
22 Jul 08
Thanks. Have a blessed day!
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@slickcut (8141)
• United States
23 Mar 07
They do have a place online called cheapflights.com... have you tried that..I don't fly but i have seen lots of places on the net where you cna get cheaper rates..That is the only way i know...Travel agents are out ragous...I would look under airlines and search out every one until i found one that was reasonable..I hop this helps some.wish I could tell you more...
• United States
22 Jul 08
You are always alot of help
@mssnow (9484)
• United States
21 Mar 07
Ebay some times has special deals. I live in Portland so if you come up please stop by and say hi. We could meet for coffee or something. Have fun and Good luck on finding cheap tickets.
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• United States
22 Jul 08
If I ever get there, I most certainly will.
@chakotay (240)
• Romania
21 Mar 07
i observed is cheap to get a reservation with 10 days earlyer
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• United States
22 Jul 08
Thank you!
@mamasan34 (6518)
• United States
29 Mar 07
I don't know if you have tried this, but priceline.com sometimes can beat most other discount travel sites. My brother in law bought a ticket from Georgia to Germany for his wife at a rock bottom price. Anywhere else it was $1200 but he put in a bid for $500 and he got it! The only problem with this is that you have to go by their guidelines, and fly only what they have available. So, give that a shot, maybe you will get lucky and the offers they have will meet the criteria for your trip!
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• United States
22 Jul 08
Wow I will have to try that. Thanks
@TerryZ (22076)
• United States
21 Mar 07
Try going on the interent sometimes they have cheap tickets you just have keep looking to see what comes up.
• United States
22 Jul 08
I finlly found a great web site that will send me deals to my email address.
@AmbiePam (92828)
• United States
21 Mar 07
My local news channel did this money saving bit for one of their newscasts. They said the cheapest time to buy an airplane tickest is at 2am on Wednesday morning. And just to clarify since 'morning' is often thought of at night, I mean 2 hours after after Tuesday is over. Some people interpret 'morning' differently. My dad tried this because he needed tickets to Chicago for a conference, and he noticed he saved about $150 dollars. And this is generally what all airlines do, is slash their prices at that particular time. Also, you might want to check out www.sidestep.com, or www.cheaptickets.com. Hope you have a good trip!
• United States
22 Jul 08
Thanks! I am going to keep that in mind
• Philippines
2 May 07
i have a friend who loves to travel. she goes about in the net searching for the cheapest way to get to her destination. i am not good at it, but i am sure that you know your way around the net well and good. try it. good luck, bicklelady.
• United States
2 May 07
i have always found that going directly through the airline you wish to fly is the cheapest. All those cheaptickets.com sites and ones like it jack up the prices a bit because they get a commission.
@callarse1 (4783)
• United States
2 May 07
Yes, try orbitz.com, priceline.com, expedia.com, cheaptickets.com (the website that has already been listed). Well, the good thing is that priceline.com you can name your price that you are wanting to pay. The bad thing is that they choose the times when you do that. You get to pick the dates but not the times. So you could have some crazy flights, but I know my brother does that because it is much cheaper. If you don't mind that and your relatives are pretty flexible, then just go on priceline.com and bid for your tickets. I would suggest doing it many months ahead of time. The sooner you do it the cheaper it will be. You could also take the Greyhound bus if you are into that. You may also consider driving a rent-a-car. Those are other options that may not be as much as plane tickets. Have a nice day. Pablo