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Cheap Flight Ticket Travel Tips
My name is Craig Moore and my hobby for the past 35 years is travelling. Here are a few tips to help you plan your next adventure.

Long Haul Flight Tickets
Think ahead when planning a long haul flight to the other side of the world. The major airlines release the flight tickets 11 months before departure. The first batch of tickets are normally the cheapest. The nearer it gets to departure time the more expensive the ticket will be. I have found that companies like www.e-bookers.com manage to get their hands on the very cheapest first issue tickets.

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Long Haul Flight Tickets to USA and Canada - Save money fly into a hub
A family of four can save about £1,000 on flights to Florida if they fly into a Hub and then get an internal to Florida. America has lots of internal budget Airlines like Europe's Easyjet or Ryanair. A Hub is an Airport that is very popular because of its location. Because of competition flight tickets are cheaper. So find out what is the cheapest place to fly to in America, (This is normally New York) and then get a connecting internal flight. I wanted to drive through the Rockie Mountains visiting Grand Teton and Yellowstone National Park, Up to Calgary and then across the mountains again to Seattle via Vancouver. I managed to save £200 flying to New York and then getting an internal flight to Salt Lake City against flying straight to Salt Lake City from London. I saved £150 flying internal from Seattle to New York and then New York to London. To my surprise Icelandic Air was the cheapest company flying to New York. The only disadvantage was that you had to change planes in Iceland. I decided to do a stop over in Iceland for a couple of days at no extra cost. I also spent a few days in New York before I caught the internal flight to Salt Lake City. It felt like I had had two holidays before my main holiday had started. Other hubs are LA, Las Vegas and San Francisco.

Research the weather pattern of where you are going to visit.
Think about when you are going. If you go to Florida or the Caribbean June to October and you may be hit by a Hurricane or if it hits near by, you will have a week of bad weather. If you are lucky it will only rain every afternoon. Monsoons and Typhoons will also spoil your holiday. Another consideration is the amount of daylight available. Iceland has 24hrs of daylight in the summer where as in the winter it has 24hrs of darkness.

How to Protect Flights & Holidays
Package holiday and tour operators go bust. Make sure the company you book with is protected by ATOL. If it does goes bust you will get a refund or a flight home if you’re already there. Make sure you book all other flights and holidays that cost more than £100 with a credit card NOT a DEBIT CARD. If the airline goes bust you should get a refund from your credit card company as your contract for the tickets is with them and not the airline. You will not get a refund if you use your debit card or if the ticket is under £100

Credit card companies REFUSE to pay Holiday refund
If you are the main credit card account holder. DO NOT pay for you holiday or flights with your spouses credit card. You will not be covered if the travel company or airline goes bust. The banks are using a loophole in the consumer protection law to avoid paying out. Make sure the main credit card account holder pays for everything.A husband and wife were out of pocket when they tried to get a refund from their credit card company for tickets and holiday accommodation paid for on a Travel company’s website using the wifes credit card. The Travel Company went bust. The bank said that they did not pay out in these circumstances as the secondary card holder was not covered as the contract for the holiday was not with the principle card holder. We have the credit card contract with the principle card holder only. Therefore as the principle card holder has no claim against the travel company because they did not book the holiday they cannot make a claim against the credit card issuing bank for a refund.

Internet Flight and Hotel Comparison Sites
Comparison websites do not search the same sites. So what one site says is the cheapest flights available for a particular location may not be true. Another comparison site that checks different companies may find a cheaper flight. Always use at least two. While www.Kayak.co.uk only searches main airlines it has a lot of filters that can help you find the best deal. You will notice it searches other comparison sites and pools all the information it finds. It also displays a calendar to help you see which is the cheapest day to fly out and back on. It is a very powerful piece of internet software. www.travelsupermarket.com includes many budget airlines and flight brokers. It is very easy to use. I also like www.foundem.co.uk www.ebookers.com www.expedia.co.uk www.travelocity.com www.travelocity.co.uk www.Lastminute.com www.netflights.com (for long haul)

IMPORTANT book Ryanair and Easyjet flights direct from their official websites and not via another tour operator's website as some tickets purchased this way have not been honoured at check in. Comparison sites make money from lead fees, meaning if you go to a flight website from them they're usually paid a small fee. A great website is FlightChecker (http://flightchecker.moneysavingexpert.com) It searches the budget airline websites but in a very different way. Enter the maximum you want to pay for your ticket. Tell the site where you are leaving from and enter the travel dates. You can select the 'I'll go anywhere' button or specify a location like Nice.

Charter Flight searches
Package tour operators like Thompson who own the airlines they use to carry customers to their destinations some times have spare seats and offer cheap flight-only deals. Check out www.flightsdirect.com

Package deals may be cheaper than flight only
For destinations like Sri Lanka, Goa, Florida or Vietnam it may be cheaper to book a package deal. You do not have to use the hotel that comes with the package. If you are going to travel around the country this may be a way of getting a cheap flight

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