How to Find Cheap Plane Tickets ?

If you have Fixed Dates and a Fixed Place:
These sites search hundreds of sites find the cheapest flight:
Kayak
Sidestep
Farechase
Mobissimo

It is ok to try a few traditional online travel agencies : Orbitz, Expedia, and Travelocity.

If you have Fixed Dates and a Fixed Place, and your dates are within the next few weeks also check Site59 which finds package deals within the next two weeks.

If your dates are very flexible :
Use Fare Compare, Farecast, and Travelocity .
All have searches available by the month.

If your Destination is Flexible:
Use these sites to find cheap airfare to many places from your originating location.
Kayak Buzz
Airfare Watchdog
Farewatch
Mobissimo
Farecast

If you want to see a Price History: Fare Compare, Farecast, and Kayak
A really cool feature: You want to Search by Activity: Check out Mobissimo Activity Search Mobissimo lets you search by activity.
You can search for flights by region (Europe, Asia, Latin America, Carribean, Middle East/Africa) or by other activities like beaches, spas “forgotten wonders,” opera houses, wine tasting, and more. It’s truly amazing.

Also, check Southwest.com. For some reason, Southwest Airlines isn’t searched by the flight Aggregators.

If you are flying somewhere that they fly to, check their website for prices.
Be flexible. If you are able to leave on Thursday and return on Monday you will often get better prices than if you fly Friday to Sunday.

(Update)
Check out Farecast. They have a cool little tool called Faregaurd. Farecast predicts whether an airfare that you are looking at (for only select cities in the next 90 days) will go up or down. They are so sure of their predictions that for $9.95 you can buy “insurance” which will protect your fare for 7 days from the day you buy Fareguard. You can find out more about how it works here.

from : Al Cheng
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alcheng@usa.com