There are many ways to save two or three times the cost of travel on tickets, and tourists should know about them in advance. Thanks to well-thought-out strategies for searching and booking tickets, many tourists fly for symbolic money.
Spending almost nothing on tickets is not a dream of many travelers? Vacation for a large family with children becomes very difficult, since a significant "piece" of the budget is eaten up by the payment of flights and travel. If you buy tickets the old fashioned way, for example, at the box office of the nearest agency, then there is a chance to overpay a significant amount, and part of the vacation budget will go nowhere. That is why it makes sense to know in advance about the full potential of opportunities to save money.
Looking for tickets from mega search engines in the evening is profitable!
Large aggregators such as momondo.ru, skyscanner.ru, aviasales.ru and others and not only allow you to quickly find tickets in the right direction, but also buy them much cheaper. They evaluate offers from hundreds of airlines and formulate the options that best suit you. It is important to keep in mind that the offered tickets can quickly disappear or change, so sometimes you need to log into your account more often or even choose night or evening time to select tickets.
Last minute deals
If, for some reason, the tour operator or travel agency still have unredeemed tickets, they may appear on sale. Usually they are "thrown out" for free sale 1-3 days before departure at a fairly low price. In this case, not only air tickets, but the entire trip will cost several times cheaper.
Subscription to shares
For any airline, a loyal customer is more valuable than a casual customer, so if offered to sign up for an airline's email newsletter, it's worth it. The airline will inform about promotions and discounts, as well as offer individual promotional codes for a discount, according to its internal promotions calendar. As a rule, all discounts and sales are tied to the peaks and troughs of the tourist season, national holidays. For international holidays, you can even find tickets to other countries several times cheaper. Note that usually all discounts are valid for direct flights, if the route is connecting, then the conditions of the promotion may not apply.
Create a personal account
Experienced travelers recommend setting up a personal account with the airline of your choice, or even several. If you need to quickly navigate the offers (and often “super low” tickets are available on the site for a very short time, since they are instantly disassembled), then the saved personal data in your personal account will allow you to make a purchase in just a couple of minutes.
Fly just for "thank you"
Do not give up programs and like "thank you" from Sberbank. By participating in such bonus programs, you can accumulate payment for tickets, either partially or in full. Moreover, recently Sberbank introduced a limit on the term of use of bonuses, now they are valid for 1, 5 years. This means that if you have accumulated bonuses, then feel free to pay part of the ticket price with them and the flight will be cheaper for you.
Do you fly a lot? Earn miles
Airlines provide an opportunity to earn qualifying miles. The principle is that the more often and more expensive you fly, the more miles you accumulate for future flights. Flight miles can be earned by paying with a special alliance card with partner banks or related companies. Miles give a tourist an opportunity to improve in-flight service and increase their status. With miles, you can transfer to business class or pay for a purchase in the duty-free zone.
Low-cost flights
In order to find cheap tickets, you can safely consider flights from airlines - low-cost airlines. In Russia, one of these companies is called Pobeda. However, when choosing a low-cost airline, you should carefully read the rules of the chosen airline, since all additional services, for example, breakfast and lunch on board, seat selection, excess baggage allowance and even printing of a boarding pass are paid.
