How to always find cheap flight tickets!

It's a given that flight tickets are perhaps the biggest expense of your trip – so a cheap ticket or an offer can be considered just as important as your destination!

If you're constantly searching for flights but can't find cheap prices and keep postponing that trip you wanted to take, then here you'll discover the best ways to always find cheap flight tickets!

You should know that there are several reasons why air travel is now quite expensive. Airlines have reduced available seats – having cut routes – and so when supply decreases while demand remains high, there is no reason for prices to fall.

Even if international oil prices have dropped, airlines haven't reduced fares as much as they should have.

But that doesn't mean everything is against you and you can't find cheap flight tickets! With the right search and hunting for deals, you'll be able to travel affordably to any destination you desire!

Here you'll find the 12 most important ways you should follow to find cheap flight tickets!

• Ignore the myths

There are many myths about finding cheap flights, such as booking flights early, making your reservation on a specific day of the week, paying in a specific way, and so on.

Our travel experience has shown us that you should ignore all these myths if you really want to travel cheaply!

Search several days in advance, and if you find cheap prices, book your flights immediately. However, this doesn't mean there's no chance of finding a better price a few hours before departure! If the plane still has empty seats, the airline will be forced to offer cheap flights!

• Be flexible with your travel dates

If you're travelling for leisure, then it's likely you can adjust your travel dates slightly! Flight ticket prices change depending on the season, holidays, public holidays, and so on.

For example, August is the holiday month, so it's a natural consequence that flight – and hotel – prices are particularly high during that period. If you can shift your dates slightly – meaning taking your trip in September – you'll save a lot of money from your total budget and be able to find dates with cheap flights that suit you!

If, on the other hand, you plan to travel when everyone else travels, such as during holidays, then be prepared to pay more for your flight tickets and also book them well in advance, as availability will decrease rapidly!

Finally, don't forget that it's always cheaper to travel on weekdays than to fly on the weekend. Because most people travel on weekends, airlines keep prices particularly high on those days, unlike weekdays where demand is lower!

• Be flexible with your destinations

As with dates, you can also be flexible with your destination. If the selection criterion is the combination of price and location, then you can search for several destinations that will offer both cheap flight tickets and be worthy of what you are looking for.

Flight search engines have now made travellers' lives incredibly easy. You can simply enter your travel dates (with a margin of ± 7 days) and your departure airport, and the engine will show you the best and most economical destinations!

At airtickets you will find many options when searching for your tickets for different destinations and flexible dates. Before you give up your search because you can't find affordable holidays, take a look at airtickets and its advanced search engine!

• Fly with low-cost airlines

Low-cost airlines offer flight tickets at a lower price than conventional airlines but with fewer services. For example, Ryanair offers flights from just €16, which include one carry-on bag up to 10kg as well as a personal item such as a personal bag or laptop/camera bag.

Conversely, coffee and food on the plane are charged extra by the airline! But if you can find cheap flight tickets, who would think about not having free food or coffee?

Discover the excellent prices on Ryanair flights and experience a new way to travel affordably worldwide simply by reducing the onboard services you would receive from another airline!

• Don't look exclusively at direct flights

Certainly, direct flights are the most relaxing and shortest. But what would you say if, instead of a long 5-hour flight, you broke it into 2 different flights, lasting 7 hours with a difference of €300 in flight tickets?

When searching for flights, always look at all the alternative options you have, such as different airlines, other routes, routes via third-party airports, etc.

By booking with 2 different airlines and 'breaking' a route into two, you can save a significant amount of money on your tickets!

A good website to find such routes is Skyscanner. This website will help you discover all the airlines that fly to your desired destination and even 'cut' the journey into 2, with 2 different routes!

On our website, you can find cheap Skyscanner flights and book your desired route immediately, at the best possible price!

• Not all websites display the same prices!

Almost all travel agencies may 'buy' the same wholesale prices from IATA, but this doesn't mean they sell at the same prices. Some agencies may work directly with airlines and thus have better prices on certain routes.

On the other hand, each travel agency sets its own selling prices based on what it deems correct and fair, as well as current supply and demand.

On the travel website airshop you will find cheap flight tickets, every period of the year. The company has done a very good job in the field of aviation and strives to offer the best possible prices every day.

• Are you a student? Save more!

Take advantage of discounts if you are a student or young person under 26! Most companies offer discounted packages for young people and/or students to encourage them to travel!

• Join mileage programmes

If you travel more than 3 times a year, then you should seriously consider joining a mileage rewards programme. These programmes reward frequent travellers with free flight tickets and/or other benefits.

So, the more you travel, the more you earn!

In Greece, the most popular mileage collection programme is Aegean's, where you can collect miles on all Star Alliance airlines!

• Participate in social media pages

Like travelo.gr's Facebook page to be immediately informed about new flight ticket offers. Offers are announced quickly, and the booking time limit is usually 2-3 days. Why miss an offer because you weren't informed in time?

• Search for flights individually

If you want to book tickets for several people together, it's a good idea to also do a search individually, for each person separately. When airlines see a search that includes several passengers, they usually increase the ticket price, without any obvious reason.

On the other hand, if you make separate bookings for each passenger, there's a good chance you'll save a lot of money from the total cost!

• Consider the total cost of the trip

Quite often – especially with low-cost airlines – flight tickets are quite cheap, but with extra costs such as transport to the city because the airport is far away, food on the plane, etc., the ticket price ends up being similar to that of a conventional airline.

So, it's always a good idea to consider all the data and calculate the final cost until you reach your hotel.

• Book early, but not too early!

Certainly, booking too early will not bring you any benefit. Your booking should be made approximately 30-45 days before departure for domestic destinations in low season, and 50-75 days for international or domestic destinations in high season.

Don't try to book 180 days in advance because the prices will be the same as they will be 100 days later – although perhaps the chances of them being reduced are greater if demand is low!

Follow these tips and you're sure to find cheap flight tickets for your next trip.

What tips do you follow to find cheap tickets?