| Very often, when you want to get good deals on | | | | Atlanta, and another from Atlanta to Boston. This |
| airline tickets, you wait for the ads to tell you that | | | | depends on the airline and where its connecting cities |
| the "airfare price warfare" times are on, or for your | | | | and hubs are located. In the Southeast, the major |
| travel agent to tell you more about bargain fares. | | | | airline hubs are in Nashville, Atlanta, and Raleigh. It is |
| To be sure, there are great bargains to be made | | | | usually cheaper to drive or fly to these cities and |
| during the airfare price wars. When travel volumes | | | | depart from them. Regional airlines are an economical |
| are slow, airlines frequently slash their regular rates to | | | | way to get you to a major city where fares are |
| entice people to buy tickets. During such times, the | | | | cheaper. A good travel agent should help you check |
| best deals often go to the early comers, so it pays | | | | all possibilities and find the best deal for your needs - |
| to track Internet fares, regularly scan business and | | | | but be sure to tell the agent if you are willing to fly |
| travel sections in the newspapers, and leave word | | | | out of other cities or airports to save money. |
| with your travel agent to always alert you when | | | | Â- Use an online service to help you compare. |
| special fare offers are in effect. | | | | You enter destinations and relevant dates, and the |
| In the meantime, you may want to consider the | | | | online service searches dozens of affiliated regional |
| following ways to get good airline ticket deals. | | | | and international airlines to come up with the lowest |
| Â- There may be cheaper fares available | | | | price. These online services enable you to bypass |
| when you call airlines between midnight and 1am | | | | SABRE-powered services, which account for |
| during weekdays. Airline agents usually recalculate and | | | | approximately three-fourths of all travel bookings |
| load new fares into the computer networks at | | | | worldwide. Since the airlines and agencies do not |
| midnight. During that one-hour window, a handful of | | | | have to pay for using SABRE, they can offer you |
| rock-bottom fares can be up for grabs. | | | | cheaper fares. Warning: these fares are not always |
| Â- Fares are cheaper for mid-week flights. If | | | | lower than other sources. |
| you can fly out any day between Tuesday to | | | | Who has the best deal on airline tickets - Internet |
| Thursday, and stay over a Saturday night, you can | | | | travel sites, airlines, or consolidators? This is a very |
| save considerably over fares on flights departing | | | | common question, but realistically a pat answer is not |
| Friday, Saturday, Sunday or Monday. | | | | forthcoming. Most of the time, consolidators |
| Â- Arrange to check into alternative airports. | | | | (whether Internet or otherwise) will be able to give |
| Many major cities, such as New York, Los Angeles, | | | | you the cheapest fares. |
| San Francisco, Dallas, Washington, and London have | | | | However, there are times when add-on airfares |
| two airports. Additionally, nearby cities also have | | | | offered by tours or cruise ships turn out to be the |
| airports. Compare fares for carriers (regional airlines | | | | best deals. And sometimes, airlines provide |
| included) that fly into all these alternative airports to | | | | unbeatable vacation packages during non-peak travel |
| find the lowest price. | | | | seasons, or when it is time to engage in airfare price |
| Â- There are instances when purchasing | | | | warfare. In order to get the best deals, make it a |
| one-way or split tickets turn out cheaper. For | | | | habit to check all the possibilities before you buy an |
| example, a Raleigh to Boston trip may be cheaper if | | | | airline ticket or book any other type of travel. |
| you buy two separate tickets - one from Raleigh to | | | | |