How to buy a plane ticket cheaper?

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Buy tickets in advance

It may be the cheapest to book domestic flights 3 to 6 days in advance, that is, one or two months before departure. At this time, domestic flights will monitor the billing rate, and the price will be adjusted to ensure that the tickets can be sold out.

international flights are booked about 17 days in advance, that is, 5 to 6 months in advance.

TIPS: returning from Thursday to Monday may be the cheapest combination of international airlines, which is 2% cheaper than other time periods. (I found the little rule myself, so don't hit me.)

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Always pay attention to the airline company's official website

Special fares and preferential activities will be released in official website as soon as possible, which is not available on other agency websites. In addition, airlines usually have a quarterly promotion/annual promotion/membership day, and the frequency of low-cost airline promotion will be greater than that of traditional airlines.

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Use multiple websites to compare prices

When you are very sure about your destination and travel time, using the price comparison website is a way to improve efficiency. But you have to check at least two price comparison websites to find the lowest price.

1. SkyTour-covering more than 1,2 airlines and travel websites, it is the most comprehensive website, and supports fuzzy search (this function can be found anywhere), but it is more troublesome to search.

2. Take me to fly-the route is mainly in Asia, but it is convenient and directly displays the lowest price and departure time, and there is no need to change the time to search, and there is no need to download. WeChat also has an entrance to buy tickets.

3. Ali traveled-Ali got official website activities in time.

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Choose low-cost airlines

Some airlines are cheap even if they are not special, which is what we call "low-cost airlines". However, many people have misunderstandings about low-cost airlines and think they are unsafe. Low-cost airlines are cheap because their services (such as plane meals and baggage check-in) need to be purchased separately, and the threshold of "refund, change and rescheduling" is relatively high, and all you give is air ticket+tax+machine fuel.

Chunqiu, Jixiang and AirAsia are all famous low-cost airlines.

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to take X and go to the special area of large OTA such as X.

But I want to remind you, don't expect too much, because the ticket here either doesn't have your destination or doesn't match your travel time. Some of them didn't come back for more than a month, and some came back the next day. Anyway, the time was awkward.

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Note that major airlines have their own membership days

On this day, the ticket price can be almost the lowest in the whole network.

Step ①, register members in advance

For most airlines, there is no threshold for registering members. Just go to official website to register members, and you can book special air tickets for member days.

Step ②, keep in mind the member days of airlines

Under normal circumstances, official website of each airline will release the information of member days in official website at least 2 to 3 days in advance.

step ③, don't panic if you can't get the ticket, and you must check it for many times!

Members' ticket grabbing activities usually start at : on the same day. However, if you don't get the tickets, don't panic first, then wait, and check for multiple periods. Sometimes some people grab the tickets but don't pay, or they can miss them.

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Try changing the starting point

If time and energy permit, you can try changing the starting point to the surrounding cities.

There are some unwritten general rules. For outbound travel, air tickets departing from Hong Kong or Macau will be cheaper. Tianjin will be cheaper than Beijing.

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You can try "* * * to enjoy the flight"

* * to enjoy the flight. That is to say, if A and B establish * * * to enjoy the flight, you can book a flight to B on airline A, which often has a lower discount. When you book a flight, be sure to check the price in official website. Because their prices may also be different, Baidu knows that people have posted such questions in the world.

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Buy a tail flick ticket

The "tail flick ticket" is the ticket that has not been sold out before departure.

Generally speaking, the ticket on Tuesday before departure may be the cheapest for domestic flights, because airlines usually check whether the flight is full or not on the Tuesday before departure, and if there are still many empty seats, they usually reduce the price on this day.

TIPS: but this does not apply to outbound tourists who have a definite travel time/need a visa.

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Group tickets can be considered if there are many people.

Group tickets refer to the booking of air tickets by more than 1 people, and generally need to be applied in advance. Airlines will arrange and confirm discount cabins and fares according to the sales situation of flights at that time and the number of people in the group. Most of the time, it is cheaper than individual tickets, and it is convenient to take the group channel when checking in.

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Use the mobile terminal to buy air tickets

In order to get customers from the mobile terminal, the air tickets of some websites will be slightly cheaper than those from the PC terminal when searched by APP, or there will be some small discounts/gifts/vouchers. But the price difference will not be particularly far. This is not a way to buy special air tickets, but a small way to save money.