Posted on 01/08/2010 8:30:15 AM PST by brianhumeck
Everyone wants to save money when they travel, especially with the economy these days. The travel experts at CanuckAbroad.com have come up with 5 tips to get the best seats for the lowest fare – simply by using a few tips that many travellers have known for years.
While these tips aren’t advertised to the public, anyone can certainly take advantage of these tricks to getting the best seat and cheapest flights.
(Excerpt) Read more at up.zachshouse.org ...
5 Tips for Better Air Travel (including how to Upgrade to First Class for as Little as $50)
Ummm..., I don't know if they included this tip for upgrading to First Class, but I believe it works...
Get five Muslim-looking men to come on board, yelling in Arabic and bowing down in the aisles, casting furtive glances at each other....
Wait for a few minutes for First Class to clear out... and then upgrade to your new First Class seats... LOL...
Is there any way the admins could get this moved into breaking news?
Is there any way the admins could get this moved into breaking news?
I often can get a free upgrade to business class (if it is available) for free just for asking. If there is an available seat, AA often will give them to the frequent fliers first come first serve at no additional charge. It never hurts to ask.
One thing to note, know the type of aircraft before requesting an exit row. Some (like older regional SAABs) don’t have a seat in front of you to put your bag so you are forced to put it in an overhead bin.
I always fly out of a small regional airport instead of a major hub. I find that it costs the same to fly out of a regional and connect from a major hub versus driving to the hub. Security is faster, there is less problems with lost luggage and you can save a drive.
When you are at an airport or terminal that you don’t have ‘Admirals club’ membership for, and you don’t want to pay for WiFi, just sit close to the entrance to the club, often the WiFi network is open just enough to connect. In some airport restaurants, they include free WiFi.
The ‘multiple airline’ sites DO NOT necessarily offer the lowest fare despite their claims. I will be taking a long haul flight in April and I have been monitoring every website that has been created since the savings can be in the $ hundreds. Lowest airfare - the airline’s own site consistantly for two months now.
Also I have noticed a trick that is used of quoting a low, low airfare but adding unitemized ‘fees and taxes’ that bring it back up to the level of all the other sites. Maybe there are intermediate layovers/stopovers that attract extra taxes but it seems fishy to me.
Caveat emptor!
save for later...
I am a Travel Agent and the sites always list the fares before taxes and fees. Those are all added once you click purchase and then they will also add a service fee just because your using their site.
Is there any way the admins could get this moved into breaking news?
Definitely..., we need to push out some of that other breaking news... :-)
I try not to fly. My explosive underwear is always overheating and causing embarrassment for me.
Thanks for the extra tips.
later look.
The next time I fly, I’m definitely going to just ask if I can be upgraded. It always helps in hotels, why not try it with an airline.
However, with those new full-body xrays, I’m going to be working out a lot before I go through a TSA screening again : )
Not all of them do. The ones I am looking at list fares, extras and totals right off the bat. Also it is obvious that many of them are either ‘the same’ company or they use the same software such as ITA because they present their results in the same format. One thing is CERTAIN - many of them present very different total $ answers for exactly the same flights - possibly their fees that you mentioned.
I have the Verizon for my high speed internet, phone and FIOS-TV. And at the highest internet speed I get free wi-fi in many locations, including airports, restaurants, hotels, etc. They gave me software to locate the hot spots.
Thanks Richard for those links. Before they began advertising on Drudge, I had a friend tell me about kayak.com. It’s a pretty cool site too.
Two words: Asbestos Depends.
I took a two-hop flight on Delta (Northwest) back home after Christmas.
The ticketing kiosk offered me an $85 upgrade to first class. It was for the initial, 150-mile leg, and not for the second, 1500-mile leg.
I passed on that one.
Using these a combination of these ‘’secrets of air travel’ will certainly provide a better travel experience and will actually make trips to the airport pleasant again.
LOL,
Dear article author, let me introduce you to the TSA.
Their whole existence is aimed at ensuring that all your trips to the airport are really, really pleasant.
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