Very Very Cheap Flights

Comparing cheap flights online

Airlines sometimes offer the best deals directly to customers.

Agents usually bag those bargains and sell them at low prices.

Get on the web and do some comparison shopping. The Internet does not guarantee you get the cheapest flights. Internet operators are travel agents and as with all travel agents you may not get the best deal from this one. You will still need to compare the quoted price with other agents.

Thankfully there are plenty of flight price comparison web sites out there and they will all show you the cheapest available flights in real time. Cheap flights don't have to mean a 'cheap' holiday. You can find luxury travel at cheap prices if you take the time too seek them out. Also they may offer the chance to buy two one way fares at a fraction of the price of a return fare package.

Check with a budget airline directly. Excel airways are one airline who regularly discount tickets as loss leaders which means they make no profit from those cheap tickets and you and I pick up amazing bargains.

Newspaper holiday flight giveaways

British newspapers have been selling whole holidays for less than ten pounds for the last few years. Vouchers must be collected over a week to make you eligible to claim a very cheap flight indeed. However, read the small print. Some offers are only valid if you fly from some pretty out of the way airports.

Location, Location, Location

Suppose you want to fly to Hamburg in northern Germany. Well the flights into Hamburg Main are rarely discounted (Hamburg has a large business confrencing centre and so may companies send executives there on a regular basis. However the small town of Lubeck (lovely old town and the best marzipan in the world) is only 40 minutes from Hamburg by train (and the German trains always run on time) and Lubeck airport is a cheap destination. Every major city has its own equivalent to Lubeck.

So, when looking for a cheaper flight, think about destination and bag a bargain.

Package Holidays offer Cheap Flights

Package holidays are sometimes sold off so cheaply that it becomes a cheap option to buy a complete holiday just for the cheap flights. Once at your destination, get the contact number of the holiday rep (just in case there is a problem with the return flight) and head off under your own steam to enjoy the holiday you really want.

Cheap flights - summary

So, in summary there are many ways to get very very cheap flights, as long as you do the research, do the maths and are prepared to be flexible.