How to BOOK CHEAP FLIGHTS (Tricks that ACTUALLY work)

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Always pay for everything on a credit card. Any issues where the airline is at fault can be claimed back through the card supplier.

I’ve literally cleared history and refresh my browser and seen flights prices dropped

I use incognito mode when I'm searching for flights. If I don't I always get an e-mail saying something like: Are you still booking a flight from ... to ...? Also I've had problems where the site locks up in the middle of booking and I switch to incognito and it works fine. Another cookie issue, I'm sure.

Just a few things to add, 9/10 times its easier and cheaper to take a positioning flight to then fly direct to your destination, there are also some airports in Europe (where I live so not sure about the US but there will be some there too) which are dirt cheap to fly out of. Budapest, Oslo, and Cairo are probably the biggest ones that come to mind. I saved $5000 USD by flying to Budapest then backtracking to Heathrow, onto JFK and then finally to Honolulu. That fare only costed me $1300 return in business class. Cairo is good for Asia/Australia or South America also, I recently snagged a business class ticket to Sao Paolo with Qatar Airways for $1200 return. That's 36 hours in Q-Suite for $1200. The value can be insane if you are mindful and careful about where you fly from. Just those two examples have saved me $12,000+ if I had've flown from London instead of Cairo/Budapest. Also I'm not sure about in the US, but here in Europe fares are normally cheaper midweek and a lot more expensive at the start of the week and especially the weekend.

My opinion and observations about the incognito mode point: My impressions are that the airlines themselves are not using cookies to bump up prices for searching customers. I agree with that. However….I strongly get the impression that the big online travel brokers (the ones selling flights, hotels, rental cars, the popular ones used by so many!) ARE doing just this. Just saying my observations. For this reason I don’t typically use these brokers anymore (with a few special deal exceptions) and prefer to go directly to airline or hotel sites to book. I use the brokers’ sites for comparisons and ideas only.

Hell yeah. Planning on booking a few months in advance, Goldilocks 👍

Whenever I fly within north america, if I depart on a Tuesday there are usually cheaper options. And I only book 2 weeks in advance

travel to many destinations over the years, yes, the price will increase for multi seeks over few days if you do not use different internet connections. Some searches Chang in my pass over an hour 25%.

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Not so sure about the goldilocks time frame. I book my own UK tp USA flight and UK to South east Asia flights for work. What I found was about 10 days before I am about to fly, if an airline has not had much luck in selling a certain class (Premium eco seems to be this most of the time) It sells them all on to a agent/tour operator and they then offer them online. My last flight LHR to LAS direct with the airline was £1400 10 days before £.790 online with an agent I Would only advise this on popular destinations that are very well serviced such as UK to USA.

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Finding the cheapest flight - my technique is to book ahead of time like 8 months or more before your desired flight. Unless otherwise its an emergency. Thanks for the tricks, Mitch! 👍👍👍

On the incognito thing; I travel a lot, and I mean, a LOT. And it is patently obvious that if I am hunting fares, when I return to the cheapest carrier to book a flight, they ALWAYS cost more than when I first looked, even if it was only a few minutes ago. I don't know how they do it, but they certainly do do it. You will not convince me otherwise.

not sure about incognito window, but i saw once that the price was cheaper when I search on mobile than desktop

I purchesed my ticket for my trip 7 months in advance. Ive seen the prices only steadily increase.

Thanks for you video. Do you or does anyone have any ideas to save money on refundable airfares, or more flexible fares for travel to and from Europe. It seems like the the cheapest flight comes with no refunds or changes and you have to pay extra, like $300 more per ticket go any flexibility. Thanks for any ideas you have.

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Question: Is it cheaper to book flights and hotels separate or as a package? The reason I ask is because I always tend to find better prices when looking for packages that includes both the flight and the hotel, but I have never heard you speak about package. What are your thoughts about this?

Hi , even I booked free seats why Expedia asked me select seats and each seat from 34$ up? 4 people aer up to 1000$ is that a trick? Thanks