Cheap flights are at the top of the things that matter most to those who love to travel and have made it a way of life. As you know, bringing down the cost will let you spend your money on different activities at your destination. All travellers have written posts on this; I've gathered their small but important pieces of information and will try to pass them on together with my own experience.
Is the right thing to book early, or to chase last-minute deals? Let's look together..
1. WHEN SHOULD YOU BOOK?
According to the information and statistics gathered, the best flight deals are caught with a 90% probability by booking 56 days in advance. It sounds like a dream, but it's not that impossible. Believe me, 56 days pass quickly among your plans, and the plane ticket and holiday getaway even turn up as a pleasant surprise. Best to buy the ticket and forget about it ☺ Of course, questions like how we'll count 56 days may come to everyone's mind, and keeping track of it isn't that easy. For this, first the departure date is set and then the search for the best ticket price begins with date calculator apps.
2. WHICH SITES ARE USEFUL?
With flight search sites everyone is familiar with, like Skyscanner, Trivago, Enuygun and BiletBayi, you can catch the best ticket price by setting up alerts for the routes and cities you want. Thanks to these sites' nice apps, price increases or discounts send you an email instantly and give a notification in the apps. Or if your flexibility is not just time but place too, you're very lucky: when you mark Skyscanner's everywhere option as your destination, as you'd guess, the cheapest of all destinations pops up in front of you.
The Hooper app, on the other hand, is a wonderful app that gives the best flights to the city you're going to for all times!
Pegasus is the leader especially for travel from Sabiha Gökçen, and because of its affordable fares in the market, it's the choice for many people. If you're a Pegasus fan too, the Pegasus system is a bit different. For Pegasus, you can benefit from cheap fares by following the dates when it opens tickets for the next season. Finally, one more small tip: sign up to the newsletters of all the airlines you'll use and follow these companies' newsletters by email.
3. WHICH DAY SHOULD YOU FLY?
If you can be flexible with time, you can choose Tuesday or Thursday. According to research, it's worth staying away from Saturdays, the most expensive day to fly. On the return flight, travelling on a Tuesday means starting work on a Wednesday, which for employee motivation actually means there's not much left until the weekend ☺ Still, for flexible times it's best to leave at least an afternoon to unpack the suitcases and do the laundry. You should think carefully about the time each person needs to adapt to real life.
4. WHEN SHOULD YOU FLY?
Of course flying in the evening is cheaper. In general, instead of flying in the morning, flying in the evening between 18:00-00:00 means cheaper flights. Looking at the data from past years, while the cheapest time was the evening, the most expensive time was midday. This can save you on average %5 . Since the time will change depending on where you're flying from and to, we can't know whether you'll gain or lose in terms of the time of day. The one thing we're sure of is the fact that evening flights can save quite a lot.
As for season, from my own experience, touring a city out of season is cheaper in every way, including flights. Central Europe in winter or America in spring are among the cheap tickets. In Turkey, whatever the season, holiday seasons are very popular. During the semester break and summer season tickets are a lot more expensive ☺
5. INSTEAD OF RETURN, LOOK AT ONE-WAY TICKETS FROM DIFFERENT AIRLINES
Buying return tickets from one airline can generally stop you from getting a cheap flight. Looking at alternative airlines and buying one-way tickets from different companies can make ticket prices a lot cheaper. Various search engines will give you these airlines' one-way ticket prices. To sum up, keep track of flight prices at all times! There are places you want to go, and when you find promotional tickets on offer to these cities, decide quickly. Using technology, choose the mobile apps of the companies or airlines. With a mobile app you can buy tickets both quickly and more cheaply.
To stop the price going up on the ticket you're looking at, not forgetting to clear the history of the web browser you use while searching for a ticket for your flight is very useful for us. Otherwise you may end up buying the ticket at a higher price.