Airplane tickets step-by-step (beginners) - Revision history

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-<li>'''Even if a single flight looks like the best choice, write down any other flights that are about as good'''. There is a small advantage to booking all your flights with the same airline and depending on the options for your return flight, you might decide to use one of the nearly-as-good options.  Also, if you are booking for multiple people, you might find that the cheapest option becomes more expensive for some of the people in your party and the next best option might become the better deal.</li>
+<li>'''Even if a single flight looks like the best choice, write down any other flights that are about as good'''. There is a small advantage to booking all your flights with the same airline and depending on the options for your return flight, you might decide to use one of the nearly-as-good options.  If you are booking for multiple people, you might find that the cheapest option becomes more expensive for some of the people in your party and the next best option might become the better deal. And you may consider buying "backup tickets".</li>
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 <li>'''Make sure to use a credit card that gives you good rewards on airfare purchases'''. Even if you have the airline’s co-branded credit card, you are usually better off using a credit card that earns great rewards on all your airfare or travel spending. {{Link|Travel Spending}}. </li>
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	<li>'''If you are flying outside of North America, we find that it is worthwhile to search Kayak / Momondo'''. [//www.kayak.com/flights Kayak.com] and [//www.monondo.com Momondo] share the same backend and search some discount airlines that Google does not. They also sometimes find slightly better prices on the flights you found on Google Flights, usually via smaller “online travel agents” that are competing aggressively on price.</li>		<li>'''If you are flying outside of North America, we find that it is worthwhile to search Kayak / Momondo'''. [//www.kayak.com/flights Kayak.com] and [//www.monondo.com Momondo] share the same backend and search some discount airlines that Google does not. They also sometimes find slightly better prices on the flights you found on Google Flights, usually via smaller “online travel agents” that are competing aggressively on price.</li>

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 You can quickly search other dates using the date control at the top of the results. Unfortunately, you need to reset the sort order each time.
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 <li>'''For trips in North America, it is often worthwhile to check [//www.southwest.com/ Southwest Airlines]'''. You probably need to change the sort order to easily view the most direct or cheapest flights.</li>
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 You can quickly search other dates using the date control at the top of the results. Unfortunately, you need to reset the sort order each time.

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 In our example, if we switch to Saturday morning, the price drops by $20. If we are willing to miss out on being in San Diego on Saturday morning, you can save $20 per person on the flights and also the cost of the hotel room on Friday night.
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 <li>'''Check other weeks that can work'''. Sometimes you have more flexibility for when you might travel. If so, you can repeat the process for other weeks. While you can't depend on the calendar to show the price you'd wind up paying, it can be helpful to focus your efforts on days where you are likely to find lower prices. In this example, it looks like shifting the travel dates out by a few weeks is unlikely to help, but shifting backwards by a week might save a considerable amount of money.</li>
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 <li>'''Potentially check airports that are further away'''. Before moving on, it can be worthwhile to check if it might be worthwhile to take advantage of a more far-flung airport.</li>