Where can I get Cheap Airline Tickets

Overall fares were $1,265 in the economic classes of one of the two airlines. $1,265? Business Coach? Now some people can't beat an lash on a $1,265 tickets (in economics class!), but I beat several, especially since customers pay and I want them to know that I'm watching their bottom line.

Since there must be a better way, I went to Kayak.com and found "hacker rates" on the same tracks for less than half the prize. This is the trick: These were offered as one-way tickets on a combined carrier. Equipped with this information, I went back to United and American and looked for three one-way tickets instead of a three-way itinerary.

Sum total: much tastier 535 dollars, it could even have been about 100 dollars less if my travelling hours were more variable. Thankfully, as I was for the lower price, I was also upset. Aren't one-way tickets meant to be more costly? $1,265 or $535? "Historically, multi-city might have been cheaper," says Billy Sanez, VP of DM at farcompare. compare, which calculates the price of several different on-line agencies.

Today, he says, carriers are "actively striving to increase their revenues, so they're looking for ways like yours," even travellers with complex routes. "Anyone planning multi-city trips is a corporate customer with tight schedules," says Prof. Senthil Veeraraghavan of the Wharton School, "which means lower pricing sensibility. "You bet this multi-city won't be compared to one-way streets," says Sanez.

As Sanez says, the tariff structure of airlines is known to be complex, with up to "two to three tens of tariffs for one flight". They are generally known as travel money containers. "The tariff category is usually indicated by a one-letter reservation key that often appear next to the number. The problem is that reservation numbers are very tricky: the allocated mail often looks accidental (full-fare commercial grade is J - why?), depends on a variety of variable (class of services, reimbursable or non-refundable, upgradeable, etc.) and can vary from airline to airline.

For example, if you're looking for a non-standard reservation like my three-way journey, Sanez says that the airline rating algorithm that you think is less price-sensitive can take you to a higher fares group. Why then the cheapest tariff for one-way journeys, which are usually more costly? Given that there is less individualised route like mine to compete with, there is less need for airline companies to charge competitive prices.