Tips for Finding the Lowest Airfare

Booking flights with a 21-day advance purchase will usually get the lowest air fares.

Tickets with less than a 7-days advanced purchase will cost as much as $900 or more, because it is considered a last minute reservation.

Make holiday reservation 6-months in advance, but be sure of travel dates. Changing travel dates can be very costly.

Begin travel on Tuesday-Wednesday-Thursday and stay overnight on a Saturday.

Many airlines have RED-EYE flights which depart late in the evening or early in the morning. Ask for these special flights when calling the reservation department. Most of these flights will return to their hub-station, so they can reduce airfares by as much as 25%.

Avoid departing on Fri-Sat-Sun and Mondays. Airfares could be 25% - 50% higher on these popular days.

Even if you are traveling one-way check to see if it's cheaper to purchase a round-trip ticket. Most airlines will charge more on a one-way reservation.

Bidding for airfares? Unless you know the current market, it could turn out to be going once..twice..gotcha!