| Q. | What airline offers the best military travel discount? | Related Search:
Air Travel | | | I'm trying to find a cheap flight from San Diego, CA to Boise, ID, does anyone know of an airline that gives a great military discount? Or anywhere to find super cheap tickets? thanks =)
| | A. | We use [Link]  For travel(see links to kayak). You can also try Southwest directly. | | | |
| Q. | Airline Ticket Discounts? | Related Search:
Air Travel | | | I want to travel abroad to the LHR for only about 2 weeks to visit my boyfriend, but flights are sooo expensive. I've looked online & couldn't find anything super cheap. Does anyone know any codes or know someone who works for an airline who could get me discount tickets from SFO to LHR for August.
or do you know of any airline who will lower their offer below the lowest airline available?
| | A. | You've picked the most expensive time of year for transatlantic flights. A good offer in summer would be around $1000 USD. Do better than that, and you've done very well during peak season.
I do see seats available starting at $864 total if you travel midweek after the first week of August. This with Delta. USAir, American and Northwest are just a little more. I found these with [Link] but it's best, and cheapest, to book direct from the airline.
Please, check other sources for seat availability before choosing a best answer. If you find something cheaper--that is actually available for your travel dates--then that's great, but remember that I've given you available seats with all taxes and fees included. I've also sorted through a lot of other sources and tactics to only give you the best offers. Good luck with it!
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| Q. | Where can I buy cheap airline tickets (on internet) for flights into the UK from Bangkok? | Related Search:
Thailand | | | I have tried all the usual outlets (expedia, cheapflights etc) but all the discounted tickets are for flights from the uk. Maybe anyone might know of a Thai based travel agent?
| | A. | Try Kayak.com. They pull flights from over 100+ travel websites. Not only that, my experience with them is I can always find a flight with low fare from them. I just did a quick search on flights from Bangkok to London (don't know if you are going to London), there are over 300 results. | | | |
| Q. | What is the cheapest way to buy domestic airline tickets in China and Southeast Asia? | Related Search:
China | | | I am going to China, Thailand (hopefully!), Vietnam and Cambodia from October 12 to January 3. We will be travelling in those countries extensively, and are on a somewhat tight budget. The less money we spend on travel, the better. We are flying into Hong Kong and will book our domestic inter-city chinese flights there. We are going from Hong Kong to Shanghai to Beijing to Xi'an to Guilin, then back to Hong Kong. We are looking for any tips to get these flights cheap. If anyone knows of a discount travel agent in hong kong, that would be great. Similarly, We are flying into Bangkok from Hong Kong, and will need to book our southest asian flights there. Any tip for that? Thanks Alot!!!
| | A. | Cheap air tickets in China are available by waiting until a few days before your travel date, then buying the tickets in the town where you're departing from. Tickets are usually available at steep discounts, 30%, 40%, even 50% off. Ask around at different agencies because they don't all offer the same discounts. It is very difficult for Internet outlets to match the prices of storefront sales agents so I always buy my tickets in person.
NOTE: Do NOT TRY THIS near the start and end of holiday periods, the start and end of the school year, and other popular travel dates. The worst days are probably around Oct 1, Oct 7, May 1, May 7, and two weeks on either side of Chinese New Year. If you want to travel during those times, buy your ticket way in advance and be prepared to pay full price.
During non-peak seasons, it would be very rare for all seats to be sold out on all flights on the day you want to travel. Major routes like Beijing-Shanghai have dozens of flights daily. There is almost always something.
During summer holiday times, popular vacation spots like Lhasa are frequently booked solid but often empty seats will appear the day of the flight because agents have book-blocked groups of seats and end up with smaller groups than they expected, hence last minute cancellations. | | | |
| Q. | Are you looking for CHEAP Airline tickets??? | Related Search:
Air Travel | | | Ok...here's the deal. Everyone seems to ask the same question 10,000 times...so here is the answer.
You can start with the travel websites to compare and see what the airlines are offering. ALWAYS go directly to the airlines website to compare. Usually you can find better deals and avoid booking fee's. Also you will have a better choice of schedules and connections as well as non-stop flights.
BEWARE of websites that advertise cheap or discounted fares. These are potential traps. These websites have restrictions on their tickets above what the airlines are. They are not changable for any reason and if there is a problem the airline will not touch them. Air travel is cheaper than ever and barely pays the cost to fuel the plane in the gate. So...quit asking where to find it and go look yourself. Find the airports website to see what airlines service the city you are departing from. Not all airlines use these travel sites like Southwest and Jet Blue for example.
Ive used Kayak, Booking Buddy and other aggreigate sites and I still find better deals on the airlines website. Start with Orbitz, its owned by the airlines. Then go to the airlines website. Vacation packages can also be purchased through the airlines themselves as well and sometimes are cheaper and have better options.
You have more flexibility booking with the airline itself should something come up and you need to change your flights for any reason.
Pay attention to booking fee's if you use a travel site. Some rip you off!! You will NEVER pay these fees on any airlines site. Most are charging ticketing charges for calling reservations to book/pay or if you go to the ticket counter as well.
If you are travel or computer illeterate and would like some help finding fares or flights, send me an e-mail and ill see what i can find. Include the cities, dates and a budget you are trying to stay in. I'll see what i can find and send you in the right direction.
Sometimes Southwest is cheaper, but you have to act early to get their super cheap fares. Most times I find better deals on the major airlines.
Book 30 days in advanced to have the best option for the discounted fares. The closer to departure time the more expensive the fare will be. If the flights fill up, expect to pay closer to a full fare.
There are discounted First Class Fares that are sometimes cheaper or not much more than coach, so keep that in mind when looking especially if you are last minute shopping.
And...CHEAP can come at a cost when it comes to the restrictions on these travel sites and be more hassle than its worth. There really isnt anything secret about fares. There are several offered, once the cheaper ones sell out...they go to the next fare level...its pretty simple. So...book early to have access to these fares.
When booking, always choose non-stop, the fare difference usually isnt that much. It prevents any delays along the way or risk losing or delay or baggage. Saving $50 for a connection isnt worth it in the long run. You lose half a day in travel and then you'll spend more money because you will be buying food or shopping, well most of us do anyway.
Try not to mix and match airlines especially if you check baggage, thats where it falls through the cracks. NEVER book Southwest and another airline to connect. They do not have ticketing or baggage agreements with any airline and if one flight is delayed, you are on your own for a back up.
The fare sales will normally be out of high tourist cities and hubs like Atlanta, Dallas, Denver, Cincinatti etc. Smaller cities that are the spokes dont go on sale. Know what airports are around your or within a driving radius. Check them as well. IF the cost of gas will supplement the difference in fares, consider those options as well. Also, know what airports are close to you incase there is a delay and you can be rerouted as a back up to get you to your destination or back home. For example San Francisco is co-terminals with Oakland and San Jose. Flying in and out of Toronto, you can save $100 in International fee's on top of the fare difference by flying out of Buffalo or making the treck to Detroit. Just weigh the cost of fuel vs the difference in fare cost.
I stress going to the airports website to see who services that airport. Again, several low cost carriers do not participate in these travel sites b/c their fares are discounted enough, or so they think.
And finally, no matter what website you use ALWAYS READ THE FARE RULES so you know what you are agreeing to before you pay for it. Yelling at the ticket agent, "I wasnt told that!" does you no good when its in writing, you just chose not to read it.
Yes an airline can charge you for an extra seat if you obviously take up the size of more than one seat. Not all of them are strict about enforcing it because its a sticky situation. Southwest does however enforce this rule to the letter of their rules. Lost baggage...the airline has 7 days before you are entitled to any compensation. After 24 hrs, you can get $25 a day for necessities...not a full wardrobe. Wheels and handles are not covered as damaged items if they break off and yes your bag will get dirty or wet if its raining. Lock your bags and place a copy of your itinerary inside with all contact info including phone numbers and addresses. Check out the airlines contract of carriage if you feel you got bad service.
| | A. | Good guidance. True.
I'd reiterate that Travelocity, Orbitz, etc, don't even list some airlines like SW that often have the lowest fares.
That is even more marked for Europe where Easyjet, Germanwings, BMIbaby, etc offer incredibly cheap flights at times. But you have to 1) know who the discount airlines are and 2) go directly to their sites. As the poster so correctly noted. | | | |
| Q. | This is an Economy question about changes in the airline industry.? | Related Search:
Economics | | | Turmoil in the Airline Industry
Even before the September 11 terrorist attacks, the major airlines were flying into stiff head winds. Slim to nonexistent profits, bankruptcies and buckets of red ink, poor service, late arrivals, overexpansion, frequent air-traffic control breakdowns, some of the worst labor-management relations in business, high fuel costs, a full-blown economic downturn, and the collapse of business travel had cast this industry into one of the worst periods in aviation history.
Road Warriors Get Smart
For years, the major airlines had succeeded in getting business travelers (road warriors) to pay premium fares by pampering them with special business-class seats and other perks. Business travel was their lifeblood. Sales of unrestricted fares and last-minute tickets generated about two to three times as much as economy fares and contributed about 70 percent of a major airline?s revenue. But with corporate profits hitting the skids in late 2000, companies put the brakes on travel spending.
The corporate exodus hit the major airlines hard. Resourceful business travelers used substitute products such as videoconferencing or other transportation modes ? even if it meant putting up with inconveniences ? to reduce travel expenses. Some turned to the Internet to find cheaper airfares. Others moved their business downstream to discount airlines such as Southwest and Jet Blue. Major airlines tried to raise round-trip leisure tickets to make up for their lost business revenues, but fierce competition from discounters prevented them from doing so.
Air Travel is ?Wal-Marted?
Just as Wal-Mart did in retailing, the discounters of the air such as Southwest and Jet Blue are squeezing the major airlines from all ends. Low-cost carriers now account for nearly 20 percent of the U.S. domestic air capacity, up from 6 percent in the early 1990?s. They can afford to sell travel tickets for less because they have many cost advantages over full-service rivals. To begin with, they have younger fleets, which require less maintenance, and younger labor forces that aren?t tied to complicated, inefficient labor contracts. Moreover, low-fare carriers typically fly one airplane model, thus minimizing maintenance, operating, and training costs. By contrast, big carriers typically fly six or seven types of aircraft. And unlike the big guys, the discount airlines don?t operate expensive hub-and-spoke systems.
Caught Between a Hub and a Hard Place
Using a hub-and-spoke route system, major airlines scoop up traffic from smaller cities (the spokes) and funnel it through a few gathering points (the hub). This practice allows airlines to serve small markets and offer passengers more destinations and more frequent flights. But is also presents a logistical nightmare. It forces major airlines to schedule lots of flights to arrive and depart within narrow windows of time in order to minimize passenger layover times. This means that ground crews, such as gate attendants and baggage handlers, often sit idle between waves of connecting flights. By Contrast, point-to-point carriers, such as Southwest and Jet Blue, schedule flights as if passengers are moving to their final destinations. Instead of having planes and crews sit around and wait for passengers, point-to-point carriers maintain fast-paced schedules, which means minimal downtime for aircraft and fewer personnel on the ground.
Turbulent Skies for the Bid Carriers
Today, one in four tickets sold is on a discount airline. As pressure from low-fare carriers mounts, major airlines are reevaluating every aspect of their operations. The major carriers are undergoing radical change just to stay in business. They are experimenting with changes in costs, capacity, pricing, and product features in ways they haven?t seriously contemplated since the industry was deregulated in 1978. They are stripping billions of dollars from their operations by revamping their hub system, cutting jobs, eliminating flights, ending food service, and removing first-class seats, and by simplifying their fleets to cut training and maintenance costs, Some are replacing agents with self-service kiosks. Others are wrangling concessions from unions for huge pay cuts to reduce labor costs ? a major differentiating factor when you consider that in 2002 a United Airlines captain earned $9,000 to $11,000 more a month than a Jet Blue captain. Still others, such as U.S. Airways and United Airlines have filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection to reorganize their outstanding debt and lower their operating costs.
In spite of their efforts, questions loom as to whether all the major airlines can survive. Even with huge cost cuts, all airlines remain susceptible to possible terrorist attacks, economic turns, or employee unrest. As experts claim that this is just the beginning of an industry-wide shakedown. After all, no airline can fly forever losing billions of dollars.
Critical Thinking Questions
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1. What supply and demand factors have changed the equilibrium point for airline tickets?
2. How has information technology affected the airline industry?
3. How are complimentary products affected by problems in the airline industry?
4. Take a closer look at the airline industry by logging on to [Link] , and type in Airlines for your search. List six domestic (U.S.) airlines and their locations and six international (global) airlines with their locations as well.
5. Why do U.S. airlines form alliances with overseas partners?
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| Q. | does anyone know about special travel discounts for veterans? | Related Search:
Other - Destinations | | | I would like to take a trip with my family to Hawaii, however because I was medically discharged from the Army I don't qualify for space a flights. The cost of airline tickets is staggering. I am 100% disabled veteran and live on my VA pay. I don't think Im gonna have another chance to take a vacation due to my health and I want to make memories now. Should I wait till last min. to see if flights are cheaper? Or does anyone know of a place where I can make payments on vacations?
| | A. | I am so sorry to hear about what you are going through. While I don't know if anyone offers the travel discounts you are looking for, I would recommend checking out the website BookMe dot com. You can compare ALL the reputable travel sites, and save money. Best of luck. | | | |
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