| Looking at the oil prices lately you may | | | | |
| decide to skip this year's vacation because | | | | The key for cheap travel is to plan you trip |
| the flight tickets will cost you a fortune. | | | | early and monitor the prices for some time |
| But what about flying for free from London to | | | | before you buy. If you go to Rynair's web |
| Barcelona or for just 130$ from US to | | | | site for example you can even find tickets |
| Germany? This will be perfect deal if you | | | | for free depending on when you want to fly. |
| know how to find it. | | | | If you have planned your vacation early you |
| | | | may find really good deals with traditional |
| It took almost a decade after the European | | | | carriers too. Look for flights at least |
| Open-Sky Treaty of 1992 enabled airlines to | | | | couple of months before your schedule your |
| fly anywhere they wished in the EU without | | | | vacation. Also subscribe for the airlines or |
| government approval to see the business | | | | travel sites newsletters because then you |
| booming. But this phenomenon is observed not | | | | will receive timely information for deals and |
| only in Europe - low-cost airlines are | | | | offers. |
| available all over the world and you can find | | | | |
| a comprehensive list and traveler's tools on | | | | Also keep in mind that the travel search |
| | | | engines do not comprehensively search the Web |
| The low-cost airlines are also known as | | | | and retrieve the lowest prices. Some airlines |
| budget, low-price, discount or no-frills | | | | do not permit third parties to book their |
| airlines. In order to keep the prices low | | | | seats and others are launching a lobbying |
| they provide ticket-less travel, online | | | | effort intent on overturning the regulations |
| ticket sales and have no offices | | | | to advertise the actual price they would |
| internationally; most of them don't provide | | | | charge the customer. |
| free food or beverages as well as in-flight | | | | |
| magazines; also they don't participate in | | | | Buying the trip from two different carriers |
| frequent flyer programs and don't have club | | | | may make sense sometimes if the overall price |
| lounges. One of the main characteristics of | | | | is lower that the combined price for both of |
| the low-cost airlines is that they have | | | | them. Very often for example you can fly very |
| limited coverage and use secondary airports, | | | | cheap in one direction and need to pay |
| which are less convenient for commuting. | | | | expensive ticket on the way back. Look for |
| | | | prices from other carrier in this case and |
| Although the price looks really attractive | | | | just combine the whole trip. I personally |
| there are also some catches and you need to | | | | combined trips from Condor and Continental to |
| be careful with the low-cost airlines. For | | | | fly from Frankfurt/Main to Seattle and the |
| example there is no possibility to reschedule | | | | overall fair was less than 300 $ while the |
| the ticket and you will lose all the money if | | | | traditional carriers like BA, Air France or |
| you try to cancel it; the baggage limit can | | | | KLM would have charged me 4 times more. |
| also be lower than on the traditional | | | | |
| carriers. In all the cases you need to | | | | Also one good source for checking air prices |
| calculate the price for transportation to the | | | | is which compares the airline tickets and |
| secondary airport and plan for the additional | | | | makes projections of the prices. They base |
| time you will need to get there. | | | | their algorithm on a comprehensive analysis |
| | | | of prices from the past. They are pretty new |
| One of the oversea carriers that offer cheap | | | | start-up and their coverage is not very |
| flights is Condor. They offer discount | | | | comprehensive at the moment but you may |
| flights from Frankfurt to many destinations | | | | consider using them in the future. |
| around the world. You can fly with them to | | | | |
| Las Vegas, Orlando or LA for around 130$ (99 | | | | Don't take the conservative approach and rely |
| €). There is one more ThomasCook company | | | | only on one source of information, Internet |
| that offers cheap flights oversee while most | | | | allows you to do the research you need to |
| of the low-cost airlines like Rynair and Air | | | | find the best offer and take the most of your |
| Berlin offer only intra-continental flights. | | | | vacation. |