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cheap airline tickets:
all about them
· book a ticket
travel agents
· travel auctions
· using airline websites
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These fall into two categories: the typical auction
and reverse auctions. At an auction site, the seller (either a
company or an individual) puts an item up for sale to the highest
bidder. At reverse auctions, individuals specify the price they
will pay for a seat and the airlines either agree to the price
or not.
Reverse auction sites include www.priceline.com and www.expedia.com,
a Microsoft-owned travel site that has a feature enabling customers
to name their price. These sites are fantastic because you can
choose your own price, and you might get the ticket. So all you
do is sign on, say where you want to leave from and where you
want to go, what dates you plan to travel on, and how much you're
willing to pay. The drawbacks are that: 1) you have to put in
your credit card number before you know about the exact times
of flight, so you're stuck with whatever you get, and 2) you often
have to fly at crazy hours. But if you're looking for cheap and
you're flexible, this is a great way to go.
Regular auction sites include http://auctions.yahoo.com, which
sells available airline tickets and vacation packages. While you
can't punch in your destination of choice, the sellers may have
tickets to the very Caribbean island you have been dreaming about
all winter.
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