Good afternoon, travelers!
Today we'll talk about where to look for discounts on air tickets, special offers and airline sales. What discounts are offered, how and where to buy an air ticket for the promotion - I will tell you in my new article.
The best way to save money on your upcoming trip is to buy discounted air tickets.
The reduced price of the flight will also help you choose the carrier company and the country of departure with a wide variety.
What are the discounts?
Usually they launch promotions that are valid for economy class fares; they do not apply to business class.
In addition to seasonal airline sales and super offers, you can take advantage of discounts by age and social category:
- Children under 2 years old can reduce the ticket price by up to 90%, for older adults 2 - 12 years old - up to 50%.
- Young people under 24 years old can purchase a ticket up to 25% cheaper upon presentation of a document confirming age. Each country has special rates for young people and rules for their use.
- Students from 26 to 31 years old receive a discount on the international student rate ISIC.
- Pensioners 55 - 65 years old can reduce the price by 15 - 25%.
- The family tariff entitles one of the spouses to receive a 50% discount, but it can be used a limited number of times.
- A special fare for a group of 7-10 passengers flying together on the same dates and on the same route.
Airlines usually arrange ticket promotions 45 days before departure, thus attracting passengers with low prices. After that, their cost begins to grow, but if closer to the departure date the plane is still not fully equipped, there is a chance to buy a ticket much cheaper by 30-50%.
It must be remembered that all profitable promotions are quickly sorted out, since there are few offers, and there are many who want to save. Therefore, if you see a favorable price, hurry up to buy or book a ticket.
Always have with you the data of your passport and your card for prompt payment. If you are registered on the carrier's website or use a browser with autocomplete, then many of your data will be saved from past purchases, it will be easier and faster for you to fill out a new form.
When a new promotion is launched, the terms of the ticket purchase and its validity are indicated. That is, you can and should buy it at a special price in the near future, but use it within a certain time and fly away in a few months.
As a rule, they are irrecoverable, which is why such a low cost. Therefore, buying such a ticket, you should be sure that you can fly these days, having a planned vacation or a free work schedule.
If you want to always be aware of promotions and discounts, subscribe to the airline's newsletter.
When searching for special offers, it is convenient to use the calendar and a map of low prices, which are available on many search sites. You will be able to see on which days and in which countries the best cost is, and choose the appropriate option.
Websites with promo tickets
Sale tickets can be purchased online at many sites.
1. Official websites of airlines
Discount tickets are indicated with a promo icon. Most often, sales are launched during times of low demand for flights - in spring, autumn and after the New Year holidays. But no one can predict the exact start date of the action. It depends on the companies themselves, which analyze the congestion and popularity of flights, compare past and current prices for transportation.
In the event of a shortage of passengers and deviations from the sales plan, air carriers use promotions to attract new customers and fill the plane with them. To be always aware of the best prices, just subscribe to their newsletter, and you can always be one of the first to buy cheap tickets online.
Flights within Russia and to other countries:
- Aeroflot
- Victory
- Lufthansa
- airBaltic
- Pegasus Airlines
You can find more low-cost airlines and low-cost airlines in our article.
2. Mobile applications of airlines and search aggregators
Since many people use the Internet most often from their smartphones, most sites have their own applications for mobile devices. The advantage in this case is the ability to quickly receive push notifications about when profitable options will appear.
3. Search aggregators, each of which has a section with special offers from air carriers:
- Skyscanner
- Aviasales
4. Specialized sites that collect discounts from all airlines in any direction:
- Pirates
- Vandrouki
- Vezdelet
- Skydiscounter
- BudgetWorld
5. Sites of travel agencies
Sometimes it is more profitable to buy a hot tour, which will be cheaper than buying an air ticket. This applies to long flights to the countries of Southeast Asia, for example. Plus, you will have a bonus hotel where you can stay or find another more convenient option.
Check out the sale tickets from these operators:
- Tez Tour
- Fly off.ru
6. Travel forums
For example, Vinsky's forum. Here you can not only find low prices and useful information for yourself, but also communicate with travelers, find a travel companion or ask questions about the destination and airline services of your interest.
Use all of these services and fly more often with great discounts on air travel. If you find an interesting offer from an airline or a ticket sale, share with our readers in the comments below, and also ask your questions. Until next time.
Purchase of inexpensive air tickets and information at the Vinsky Forum.
You can buy any air tickets using the website portal. The modern system will allow you to quickly find and book tickets for any directions of regular flights.
Low fare for e-tickets.
To choose a plane ticket, on the website, in a special form, you need to specify some information: the city of departure and the destination of the trip, dates, number of seats and class. After filling out the web form, click on the "Find" button, and in a few seconds the computer will select the best offers according to your criteria.
You can also set flexible selection of air tickets by dates, even approximately. You just need to put a check mark next to “± 3 days”, which will make it possible to see the schedule of aircraft both for a specific date and for the next 3 days after and before it.
Often, the system delivers results within minutes. Do not forget that processing a request can take a longer time, since different indicators affect the speed of a search engine: the quality of the Internet connection, the speed of data arrival from carriers, the power of your PC. Using the "Add to favorites" button, which will appear in the search result, you can save suitable tickets.
To the right of the search are filters, thanks to which you can easily select tickets according to several parameters: transfers, departure time, ticket price, transfer and flight times, airline, payment methods, city for transfers.
Selection of the best offers for this month.
The search engine has a functional calendar. If desired, a link is placed on the page with the search result, clicking on which will open a table of ticket prices for each day in the period. Thus, you can see how much the ticket will cost on different days. If the time does not matter, you can correct the flight date by choosing the optimal cost.
Direct purchase of tickets takes place on the pages of the partners of the portal site. The service works without any commissions and other types of payment for ordering tickets and booking. That is, you get absolutely free access to the service database. After clicking on the Buy button, the system will redirect the user to the website where they can complete the purchase.
Sometimes it happens when the tickets you are interested in for a specific route and cost are not available. In this case, the service offers inexpensive tickets that are on sale.
Since we told you on which portal you can easily and profitably buy plane tickets, you just have to pick up the document. Purchased e-tickets are sent directly to the e-mail that you indicate when paying. Check the correctness of the address and mailbox. If you have not seen the message with the ticket, check the "Spam" section. Print the document and show it at check-in at the airport.
How to find an inexpensive plane ticket (Vinsky Forum).
There are many indicators that significantly affect the ticket price.
If you listen to the following recommendations, you can get cheap air tickets.
- Purchase or book an air ticket in advance
- Travel in Economy Class
- Find routes to nearby cities
- Track specials
- Order an air ticket online
- Best round trip flight orders
- Watch the seasonality
If you are still wondering where to buy an air ticket, use the website portal. Save time!
Many acquaintances are surprised how I manage to buy air tickets 2-3 times cheaper than others. Some do not believe that tickets abroad can be bought much cheaper than within their own country. Yes, there are some tricks here. I've been going to write this post for a long time and collect everything you need to know to buy cheap tickets. And finally :)
In this article I will not tell the platitudes about airline mileage programs, and that it is better to buy tickets in advance at sales - everyone knows about this. I will try to give more practical advice. But I'll start with the obvious ... Many independent travelers ignore charters, but in vain - it can significantly save money.
Life hack 1.The first and most obvious is to take cheap tours or charter tickets when traveling overseas. But keep in mind that in this case you are limited either by the number of days of stay, or if you use a ticket only “there” you can buy a return ticket very expensively.
Once I was lucky to buy two tours for the price of one “there” flight - this happens especially often in regions from where there are not always direct flights even to Europe, but charters do fly.
On the tour, you can only use the flight, and settle already where it is more convenient, or arrange your own trip around the country. You just need to make sure that the return plane does not leave without you - after all, charters are often transferred. To do this, arrange for the travel agent to keep you informed, or return to the base hotel the day before departure.
It is better to plan a trip in advance and buy a single round-trip ticket immediately - usually such tickets are non-refundable and all changes can be made only for an additional fee, so the trip must be planned without changes.
Life hack 2. Round-trip tickets are usually cheaper than round-trip tickets only, so always check round-trip tickets, not just one-way tickets.
But keep in mind that having bought a round-trip ticket, if you do not fly there, the return ticket will be lost. However, you can get sick and not go at all, and then what? Then even the non-refundable tariff can be returned by additionally purchasing insurance.
Life hack 3. Fearing that you will not be able to fly, buy the insurance for the trip, which includes not only medical services, but also “trip cancellation” - it is cheaper than buying additional insurance on the airline's website. But read carefully in the terms and conditions what is insured - usually the insurance does not compensate for losses if you simply change your mind, but if you get sick and present a certificate from the hospital, the money will be returned even for a “non-refundable” tariff.
I have already written about the best travel insurance.
In the photo: S7 specialists skillfully work with each passenger It is believed that it is best to subscribe to the “ticket price cut” mailings on airline websites, but this is just an airline trick to get your e-mail. Thus, you will only receive advertising and news about promotions, which are already known to everyone. Therefore, it is enough to subscribe to news and promotions from the airline in social networks.
Life hack 4. It is better to monitor low prices yourself, because really cheap air tickets are usually few, they are quickly sorted out and such information does not reach the mailing lists.
But what is the right way to search? If a lot of airlines fly from your city, then it is quite difficult to monitor all sites in search of cheap flights. I tell you:
Which website is better for cheap flights?
You can buy cheap flights on the airline's website, or you can use aggregator sites. Where is better? If the price is not as important as the airline, we are waiting for sales on the airline's website; if it is important to buy cheap air tickets, and at the same time you do not care which airline, we use aggregator sites, which are also called cheap flight websites... Moreover, on these sites you can find low prices, and in the end you can buy on the airline's website - such sites also show prices in airlines and even low-cost airlines! Below I will show you how and where to look.
Many people know, for example, Yandex.Avia, but not everyone knows sites where you can not only compare tickets of different airlines, but also choose the cheapest month; and if you have already chosen the month, then the cheapest destination to fly to. It's very convenient when you want to fly somewhere, but it's cheap :)
Life hack 5. With the help of cheap flight websites you can find cheapest citywhere to fly and also cheapest month, not just a day!
Where to looking for? I tried many different aggregators, but settled on Skyscanner - it is most convenient to search not only for cheap flights, promotions and discounts, but also for the cheapest month for a flight or the cheapest destination. Moreover, you do not need to go through all the cities, but you can simply ask:
Imagine that you would like to travel inexpensively .... somewhere in Europe. Which city to choose, where is it cheaper to fly? Is it really necessary to sort out all the cities and dates? Not! I will explain in detail how this is done. But first, I'll show you how to use such a website in general, using the example of finding a cheap air ticket within one country.
How to buy cheap flights domestically
We are looking for the cheapest direction using the instructions below. For example, consider searching for tickets from your city within one country. Let's see where it is cheaper to fly and in what month.
Instructions on how to find cheap flights, step by step
Lifehack 6... To fly cheaper:
- take only hand luggage with you so that you don't have to pay extra for your luggage;
- check in online on the airline's website, not at the airport;
- get on the plane well fed :)
What is included in carry-on baggage? Read in detail:. And also keep in mind that different airlines have different conditions - you can only find details on the airline's website.
If you are flying with a family and you have a lot of luggage, then first calculate how much money will be in the end: ticket price + seats to sit next to + luggage + food on the plane. Perhaps a flight on low-cost airlines is ultimately unprofitable for you, then choose the next airline in the list (Step 4) and see the conditions.
Lifehack 7... Use filters when looking for cheap flights. For example, you can exclude unloved airlines from the search results, or search for direct flights only.
In other cities and countries, you need to look for air tickets in the same way as in the instructions. Here are some other useful links to the cheapest places to fly:
– from Novosibirsk cm.
– from Kiev for Ukraine see
– from Alma-Ata for Kazakhstan see
If it is not clear how to search, ask in the comments, I will help.
What is a low price calendar
If you know exactly where you want to fly, then the easiest way to find the cheapest dates is according to the calendar of low prices, as described above - Step 3. Or click on the link Moscow - Sochi, where instead of Moscow / Sochi type in your cities “from” and “ where".
- the cheapest flights from Moscow to Simferopol
- the cheapest flights from Kiev to Odessa
How to buy cheap tickets for direct flights
Most often, connecting flights are cheaper than direct flights, but this is not always convenient. Therefore, if you want to save money, but still fly a direct flight, then you must start looking for a ticket 6 months in advance, using the low price calendar, as in the instructions above. Or the city that you need is to be found among the Hidden City (intermediate city). This travel hack is based on the fact that connecting tickets are cheaper than direct ones.
Life hack 8. The passenger is not obliged to fly to the end, he can get off at an intermediate stop! Such flights are sometimes more profitable than direct flights. This trick is called Hidden City.
Let me explain what Hidden City is. For example, you need to go to Paris, and the tickets are very expensive. However, you learned that there are cheaper flights that go somewhere else but stop in Paris. We take such a ticket, but we check in luggage only to Paris, and we leave in Paris. Done!
Please note that this only works for a one-way ticket !!!
Example.
I'll show you how it looks and where to watch Hidden City.
We need to take a direct flight from Moscow to Paris. We look - the lowest price is 6348 rubles, here:
Photo: calendar of low prices for direct flights Moscow - Paris If we look for flights from “hidden city” (we look at the cheapest flights from Moscow with one change - check the box “1 change” as in the picture below), then we find that a flight from Moscow to Frankfurt with a stopover in Paris costs 3781 rubles.
In the photo: the price of a ticket Moscow - Paris using the "hidden city" We just check in the luggage to Paris, well, and leave, respectively, in Paris! In total, we bought a direct flight to Paris almost 2 times cheaper.
Finding Hidden City is not easy, but possible - for example, on the Skiplagged website or in Russian - Skyscanner.
How to fly abroad cheap
We look for flights in the same way as described above in. Selecting the required country:
Just take into account that tickets to popular cities can be much more expensive than to unpopular ones, from which you can comfortably take a bus for a penny, and at the same time see another city and.
In the photo: on the way on the Flixbus, wifi even worked By the way, such bus trips are especially popular in Europe.
Life hack 9. Combine air travel with bus travel. If you are planning to visit a city where there is only expensive air travel, check the ticket prices in the nearest cities, and you can get to the main city by bus - so you can save up to 70% on air tickets!
For example, you want to fly to Vienna. Air tickets to Vienna are usually expensive. We open a regular map and find the nearest cities where air tickets are cheaper - Bratislava, Budapest (usually the flight is 2 times cheaper than to Vienna). From Bratislava to Vienna it takes 1 hour by bus FlixBus, it costs 5 euros. From Budapest to Vienna it takes 3 hours by bus, it costs 14 euros.
FlixBus is quite a convenient low-cost bus in Europe, I traveled a lot with them. See instructions,
Sign up for airline notifications
Do not forget to monitor carriers' sites. Usually, sales are organized in February - March and October - November. During such periods, the servers may be down. But with a little patience, you have a cheap ticket in your pocket. And some airlines also offer to send messages if the price drops. Agree to have time to buy the required ticket.
Subscribe to Telegram channels
Use Telegram channels to find great deals. Information about discounts comes in the form of a personal notification. It is better to subscribe to several at once and monitor them by comparing prices. Here are three useful channels for cheap flights: Samokatus, Travelradar and PassOnBoard.
And of course, use cheap flight aggregators such as Aviasales, Skyscanner, Momondo, OneTwoTrip. They are not tied to a specific airline, but compare prices from different sites and give you the best option. These search engines also have convenient price charts and calendars. With their help, you can shift the date of your trip and save a significant amount.
Most of these search engines have mobile apps.
2. Clear cookies and cache
If you've already searched for cheap flights, the aggregator or the airline's website remembered both the country of departure and the approximate cost of the road. As a result, you may display the old price, even if the tickets are cheaper. In addition, the site will rush you and assure you that there are almost no seats left on the plane. Even if it is not at all true.
5. Buy tickets in advance
It is more profitable to buy tickets in advance. Airlines usually open sales 330 days in advance. But, as practice shows, the most optimal booking time is 50-60 days before departure.
The fact is that at the start of sales, the program focuses on the prices of the previous year, and then demand forms the cost and, as a rule, it decreases. There are not many bookings a couple of months before departure. And the more free seats on the plane, the lower the price.
When buying a ticket, it is worth considering the time of day. Most buy tickets in the middle of the day. So book your flight late at night or early in the morning. There are not so many visitors on the aggregators, demand is falling, prices are starting to creep down.
6. Keep your documents close at hand
Have your passport details with you at all times. It is not necessary to carry a passport with you. It is enough to take a photo of the necessary pages or write out the data in notes. Special offers usually come at the most inopportune moment. And cheap tickets probably won't last until the evening. So when planning your trip, be prepared to book your tickets whenever you want. And, of course, don't forget about the money on your bank card.
The ticket price directly depends on the flow of tourists. During holidays, school holidays and high season, the cost of flights usually increases. Therefore, be sure to check prices for other dates. Sometimes a flight with a difference of a couple of weeks is several times cheaper.
For example, a ticket to Asian countries with a departure at the end of December is almost twice as expensive as at the beginning of the month.
And don't hesitate to travel in the off-season. First, it is much cheaper. Secondly, there are no crowds of tourists and no queues for museums. For example, everyone goes to Europe for the New Year holidays. It is much more profitable to fly there at the beginning of autumn.
8. Buy round-trip tickets
Buy tickets in both directions at once, do not postpone it. Firstly, when buying round-trip tickets, you save about 20%. Secondly, remember: the closer the departure, the more expensive the ticket. For example, tickets Moscow - Paris and back cost 14,000 rubles, and if you take them separately, you will have to overpay more than 2,000 rubles.
9. Don't be limited to the capital
If you want to go to France, for example, you don't have to fly directly to Paris. Check tickets to neighboring cities: sometimes you can get there much cheaper than the capital.
Further you can move on trains, electric trains, buses or planes. Just remember: it is better to book tickets for intercity trains and buses abroad, at least a couple of weeks in advance. It will be cheaper this way. In Europe, this can be done online, through carriers' websites.
