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MisPandora -> RE: Tickets (9/13/2006 1:28:59 AM)
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ORIGINAL: Steelriven
Eh, this is probably not the best place to ask this. But here goes anyhow. I'm trying to find cheap airline tickets From MN to TX. I, and my Sir have never traveled via airway before. We've been trying to find a good ticket price... Does anyone know of a good link? Or if it is best to reverve a flight, or try and grab a flight the day before... I don't care about flying coach. How about online security? Is it safe to order a ticket online? Please, any information will be helpfull.
I fly often for work and personal, including a vast number of scene events. I book predominantly through Continental, my preferred airline. I also have started using www.kayak.com to price out flights, and if needed, I'll chase the sites they reference independently hoping for a better price.
Know where you're going locally and see if there are other airport options other than the big majors. There are times that the little commuter airports, or driving 50 more miles to another airport might give you a $50 or better price advantage.
DO NOT WAIT until the last minute to book flights. The prices are insane and they are that way because they can get significant bucks from corporate travelers who have no option to book earlier. Generally, domestic flights should be booked with a 14 day advance, with 21 day advance or better on any holiday/blackout period. Internationals, start looking 3 to 6 months out and be booked by the 30 day point when those prices start to jump again.
These airline sites, including Expedia, Travelocity and Orbitz, use encryption on their end. However, no system is completely safe. If you're a person who doesn't have a good, secure site at home with a firewall and spyware killers, you have a slight chance that you could be phished for personal information. I can't say that I've personally had that problem though.
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