The biggest cost of travel is accommodation and transportation. So today, when the plane is so simple, how can you book the cheapest air ticket?
The current network is so convenient that paper air tickets have been basically cancelled in China. Many large airports can board the plane by themselves, and there are more and more ways to book cheap air tickets.
In addition to cheap airlines, many websites such as Taobao and Paipai.com can book super cheap special air tickets. Even when the website launches promotions, you can also find a 1 yuan air ticket.
Many people asked me how to book cheap air tickets. Here I will tell you a few big websites for booking tickets. In fact, in many cases, you can buy 10% off air tickets even in the peak season. It mainly depends on whether you are good at utilizing these resources. If you can make good use of them, then your plane may be cheaper than trains and cars!
1. First of all, QQ Tenpay has a cooperation with China Southern Airlines. Basically, the special tickets of Tenpay are less than 10% off, especially the international tickets that China Southern Airlines has, which are really great value and can reduce your travel burden.
China Southern Airlines Tenpay (you can’t send it to Baidu by yourself), I bought a plane ticket here last time I went to Japan and the United States, Guangzhou-Osaka, round trip of 380, plus the tax is only 1,100. It's really super cost-effective!
But there are not so many special air tickets now. Generally, you will announce the special air tickets one time in advance, and then grab the tickets on time. At that time, it depends on whether you are fast enough!
2. I would like to recommend a search engine for cheap air tickets: Qunar.com, which is a big platform for air ticket search and is also the search and booking website I use the most.
The website almost lists air ticket information from major websites and is a very practical search engine. The 10% discount is to predict at least one month in advance, and there are 20% discounts for less than one month.
Even if you don’t book tickets on this website, it can be used as a good reference. You can know what the lowest price you can get in the air tickets at that time. Then go to the portals of major airlines to search for the special air tickets at that time, which can save you a lot of time.
3. The most famous domestic low-cost airline is Spring Airlines . This airline belongs to Shanghai. The prices in many cities are fixed, such as between Qingdao and Shanghai, between Wuhan and Shanghai, etc., which are priced at 99 yuan.
Spring Airlines is a cheap airline, so you must be mentally prepared when booking your air tickets. The plane is often delayed, the seats are small, and the plane is also very small. The service above is self-service, no airplane meals, no eye-catching flight attendants, and limited luggage weight, in short, it is a typical low-cost airline. The advantage is that it is very cheap.
4. HNA also often throws out cheap air tickets (official website)
Finally, let me tell you two search engines for cheap air tickets: Xianxian.com and Kuxun.com . In it, you can find the cheapest air ticket time and the cheapest air tickets on all specified dates.
The general procedure for booking air tickets is to first go to the Qunar website to search for the general air ticket situation, then look at Xianxian.com and choose the one with the lowest fees.
You can always save as much as you want when you travel. Besides, if you search more online, you won’t waste a lot of time. Even if you have a lot of money, you can save on other more meaningful things.
Finally, remind everyone: bank cards need to open online banking, and the cheap air tickets on it basically require you to pay online.
1. Based on the experience of predecessors on the Internet, we have collected and sorted out the ticket booking website. Everyone is welcome to correct and modify it and give their opinions!
Domestic special air ticket inquiry website:
Qunar
Xianxian.com
Spring Airlines
Shanghai Airlines
Shanghai Airlines
Kuxun.com
HNA Network
2.Sales air ticket monitoring query, as its name suggests, help you monitor super special air tickets appearing on the Internet, http://www.appinn.com/ticket-special-offer/
3.Airline website
Hainan Airlines
Shanghai Airlines
Shanghai Airlines
China Eastern Airlines
Xiamen Airlines
Sichuan Airlines
Shenzhen Airlines
4. The following lists the website and introduction of the global "low-cost airline" company inquired by individuals: Asia:
Malaysia
AirAsia: http://www.airasia.com/site/cn/home.jsp
Thailand
Bangkok Air: http://www.bangkokai.com/en/
Nok air: http://www.nokai.co.th/
Thai Orient: http://www.orient-thai.com/web/home.html
Singapore
Asian Jetstar: http://www.jetstarasia.com
Tiger Airlines: http://www.tigerairways.com/
Huilai: http://www.valuair.com.sg/
Singaporeair: http://www.singaporeair.com/saa/app/saa
Indonesian Lion Airlines: http://www.lionair.co.id/ Ga-citilink: http://www.ga-citilink.com/ Garuda: http://www.garuda-indonesia.com/ Bouraq: http://www.bouraq.com/ Mandala: http://www.mandalaair.com/mandala/ecms/index.cfm Philippines Cebu Pacific: http://www.cebupacificair.com/ India Air Deccan: http://www.deccanair.com/ Express: http://www.expressindia.com/ Jet: http://www.jetairways.com/ Cultures/en-US/HomePage.htm Air India: http://www.indianairlines.indiatimes.com/
Americas:
1) If you compare flexible in time, www.priceline.com, you can bid by yourself and see if any airline accepts it.
2) If you have a school email, that is, a mailbox with .edu, and you are under 35 years old, go to www.studentuniverse.com to register and buy a very cheap air ticket. The advantage is that you can choose your own time, flight, etc.
3) often go to the Internet to find tickets and buy them immediately as soon as you see the price within your acceptance range. Usually, tickets that take off on Wednesdays and Saturdays are cheaper than those on weekends. Sometimes the air ticket prices change a few times a day, so when you see what you want, you should start immediately, otherwise you will regret it.
4) http://www.kayak.com/ (The host told me that if you search for all linked airlines, the list will be released)
1. Jetblue: http://www.jetblue.com/ (Cheap air tickets in the United States, a low-cost airline based on JFK Airport in New York, the destination of flight is often the second-level airports in big cities, such as Long Beach Airport in Los Angeles, and Oakland Airport in San Francisco . One-way air ticket prices were once as low as 10 yuan.) 2. Airtran: http://www.airtran.com/Home.aspx (Cheap air tickets in the United States are mainly Eastern United States) 3. Southwest: http://www.southwest.com/(The largest and most well-known low-cost airline in the United States does not reserve seats, depending on the time when Check-in is scheduled. Services are not limited to the Southwest of the United States, but also include Florida and Bahamas .) 4. Frontier Airlines: http://www.frontierairlines.com/frontier/index.jsp (Cheap air tickets in the United States are an airline headquartered in Denver . The destination includes major U.S. cities, mainly serving the western U.S. and also serving Mexican resorts.) 5. Flyted: http://www.flyted.com/index.html (Cheap flights within the United States) 6. ATA: http://www.ata.com/home.html (Cheap flights within the United States and Hawaii) 7. Spirit Airlines: http://www.spiritair.com/welcome.aspx (Cheap flights within the United States, airlines with flight bases in Fort Lauderdale and Detroit, Florida.) 8. Sun Country: http://www.suncountry.com/SCA/index.jsf (Cheap flights within the United States, airlines with flight bases in Minneapolis, Minnesota, and flight destinations are all over the country.)
9.Vegin America (virginamerica.com): The famous Virgin Atlantic mainly operates American West Coast routes based in San Francisco, such as Las Vegas, Seattle , Los Angeles, etc., and also has routes across the American continent to New York, Boston , and Florida. (It turns out to be cheaper)
10.Westjet (westjet.com): an airline based in Canada and mainly operates routes in Canada and between the United States and Canada. The price is relatively cheaper than Air Canada Air Canada.
11.Go Air (Iflygo.com): A low-cost airline that operates between the Hawaiian Islands.
Europe: Germany 1, AIR BERLIN Air Berlin http://www.airberlin.com/ Based in Germany, there are quite a number of routes, almost all , Western Europe, and southern Europe's major tourist cities and resorts, and free drinks and newspapers are available on board. Price reduction activities are often launched. Generally starting from 29EU. 2, GERMANWINGS German Wings http://www.germanwings.com/ HK Holdings, flying to all parts of Europe, with a luggage weight limit of 8kg and no children's tickets. However, since it is a subsidiary of Lufthansa, Germanwings' services, especially air service, are better than other airlines. Based on the three cities of Cologne, Stuttgart and Berlin, there are many routes, starting at 19 EU every Thursday, but if you don’t book in advance and encounter discounts, the air ticket price is relatively expensive. 3. GERMANIA EXPRESS http://www.gexx.de/ Most cities in Germany have flights with destinations in Italy, Greece and Mediterranean resorts. It is worth mentioning that there are cheap flights to Moscow. 4. HAPAG LLOYD http://www.hlx.com/ One of the largest low-cost airlines in Germany has many routes. Mainly flying to Italy, Spain and some islands in the Mediterranean, with discounts every Tuesday, and the price generally starts at 19.99 EU. Departure is mainly the main airports of some major cities, which are relatively close to the city, which is good. 5,dba www.flydba.com Based on Munich and Dusseldorf, it mainly flies to major German cities and Greece, Italy, southern France and other places. The price is average, around 40 EU. 6,LTU http://www.ltu.de/ Haha, LTU travel agencies have more charter flights and a large number of flights. In the RUHR area of Germany, there are sometimes special tickets, but the number is limited. There were also flights to Chongqing, China before. I don’t know if there are any more now. 7,LowFareJet http://www.lowfarejet.de/ Fly from Hannover to Luton and Glasgow and Paris. It is one of the few low-cost airlines that offer air miles program. I forgot to say that the previous DBA also provides mileage points. 8, CONDOR http://www.condor.com/ a subsidiary of Thomas Cook. Very favorable prices are often found.Two discount tickets are often provided, 29EU short-haul routes and 99EU long-haul routes. The flight destination is mainly resorts. The tickets for 99EU generally start from Frankfurt and go to Maldives , Bangkok, Canada, the United States and other places, which are quite valuable. The biggest disadvantage is that the flight search system is relatively bad 9, LUFTHANSA http://www.lufthansa.com/ Hansha often has special tickets of about 100EU, and travel to major European cities. Although it is more expensive than ordinary cheap airlines, considering Hansha's service and flights to central airports, it is also OK. UK and Ireland 1, Ryanair http://www.ryanair.com/ The most famous cheap airline in Europe has a good reputation, there are many airports in Europe, and there are many discounts and promotions. From 17 airports in the UK and Ireland, flying to more than 50 cities in Europe, and providing many flight services between inland European cities. The advantage is that the price is low, and its cheap tickets are the easiest to buy. The disadvantage is that they are almost not the central airport of the city. Most of them are small airports that are dozens to one hundred kilometers away from the city he calls. Generally, it costs 10 to 20 EU from the airport to the city. Because of this reason, I think RYANAIR is not as good as EASYJET, HLX, etc., because the transportation fee to the city is often more expensive than other airlines. 2, EASYJET http://www.easyjet.com/ One of the largest low-cost airlines in Europe has 203 routes, flying to 61 cities in Europe, covering major cities on the European continent and the Baltic coast. The prices generally start from 20 EU. Booking in advance is usually between 30 and 60 EU. Flying in major airports is good and worth recommending! 3, AIR SCOTLAND http://www.air-scotland.com/ Air Scotland, there are many flights to the United Kingdom, Spain, and Greece from Edinburgh, Glasgow and Aberdeen to Palma, Barcelona, Tenerife, Alicante, Malaga and Fuerteventura. 4,JET2 http://www.jet2.com/ is a new low-cost airline flying from Leeds Bradford to 10 cities in Europe. 5.BMIBABY http://www.bmibaby.com/ One of the three largest low-cost airlines in the UK, mainly flying to southern Spain, the Netherlands, Czech and domestic flights from the UK, starting from 20 pounds. 6. FLYGLOBESPAN http://www.flyglobespan.com/ Scottish low-cost airlines mainly fly from Edinburgh to Mediterranean islands and resort cities along the coast, as well as flights to Prague and Switzerland. Group tickets for more than 20 people are provided. 7.MY TRAVEL LITE http://www.mytravellite.com/ Based on Birmingham, similar to FLYGLOBESPAN, it flies to Mediterranean islands and resort cities along the coast (mainly Spain). 8, THOMSONFLY http://www.thomsonfly.com/ mainly flights to Germany, southern Spain, Italy and Paris, as well as the United Kingdom and Ireland, air tickets start from 15EU. 9, BUDGET AIR http://www.budgetair.ie/ Ireland's low-cost airlines, from Dublin to Spain and southern Portugal, price is about 50EU. 10, MONARCH http://www.monarch-airlines.com/ Low-cost airlines in the UK mainly fly from London and other places to Spain. 11, britanniadirect http://www.britanniadirect.com/ Malta, Malaga, Naples, and Venice from all over the UK. 12,AER LINGUS http://www.aerlingus.com/ Ireland airlines mainly fly from Dublin to major cities in the continent, with prices ranging from more than ten euros to more than one hundred euros. 13,Flybe http://www.flybe.com/ Flybe was formerly British European, and flew from 20 airports in the UK and Ireland to all Europe and New York. The luggage weight is 20kg. 14,Jetmagic http://www.jetmagic.com/ Based on Cork, it has few routes to the European continent, with about 10 or more 15, Now http://www.now-airlines.com/ Luton's second lowest-priced airline started operating in the summer of 2003, flying to 7 cities, Manchester, Hamburg, Jersey, Rome, Lisbon, Ibiza and Tenerife, with ticket prices of about 35 to 75 pounds. European students can use: www.jetcost.com, where you can book a one-euro flight ticket from Paris to Frankfurt.
What should I pay attention to when choosing a low-cost airline?
Budget airlines, an emerging operating model that reduces airfare prices through reduced transportation costs. The reduction of transportation costs mainly depends on two means: one is to reduce unit costs by increasing aircraft utilization (high-density seats and flight time); the other is to control its overall operating costs by reducing maintenance costs (single aircraft model and very low man-to-air ratio, etc.).Therefore, when choosing a low-cost airline, you should pay attention to the following things:
1. Avoid changing the itinerary: "Cheap air tickets" is also called "planned air tickets". Therefore, it is best to carefully consider the itinerary before purchasing the ticket, because if the time and location are temporarily changed, the airline will request an additional "processing fee". Sometimes the value of the "processing fee" exceeds the "all fees" (air tickets and various taxes) purchased at the beginning, so don't change it as much as possible, otherwise the "cheap air tickets" will become "not cheap"!
2. No refunds can be made after buying: Most low-cost airlines do not have a "refund service", mainly because the airlines themselves provide a much lower price than the "market price", and sometimes even "free air tickets" (how should airlines refund you?), so this type of airlines do not provide "refund service". Of course, some airlines will require customers to convert their "refunds" to "customer credit limit", and they can deduct the money from them next time they purchase the ticket (after all, this is a minority). If you really cannot continue planning the itinerary, it is either a waste or a recommended change of the itinerary (just an additional fee, it is better to buy it again). As for tax expenses such as "airport tax", "military insurance", etc., of course, they cannot be refunded. This is a reminder.
3. Early check-in: The services of low-cost airlines are treated equally, and there is no service with "cabin, etc.", open seating options, first enter and first choose seats. Therefore, if you want to have a comfortable seating space and avoid choosing the front seat, it is recommended to check-in early. Usually, there are fewer people sitting at the back. After the plane takes off, as long as there is no one in the seat next to you, you can "lie down and rest" and sleep all the way to the destination!
4. Baggage weight allowance: The most troublesome thing about low-cost airlines is the problem of "baggage weight allowance". Baggage weight allowance is around 15-20KG (in fact, it is similar to ordinary airlines, but it is less flexible). Once it is overweight, it is necessary to pay an additional fee to handle the shipping, so it is best to pre-plan the weight of the luggage.
5. Online ticket purchase security: Most of the "cheap air tickets" are made through online transactions (the consideration of airlines reducing costs), so the "safety" of online ticket purchases is something that many backpackers are worried about. Most low-cost airlines have certain ways to handle "online transactions". Of course, there will be accidents (hackers intrusion). If you are really worried about the security of online transactions, I personally recommend that you contact (or email) yourself to ask how to pay in cash. This approach is relatively unavailable for online ticket booking, which can only be said to be a matter of opinion!
6. Fei'an Accident: Many people have the myth of "cheap" = "unsafe" about low-cost airlines. Strictly speaking, this is probably too much to worry about. Although low-cost airlines may purchase older models in order to reduce costs, life is at stake. No airline will joke about the lives of passengers. Fei'an's problem is not whether the model is old or not, or whether the "safety maintenance" is implemented thoroughly. Therefore, the myth of "cheap" = "unsafe" should be broken. Provide an interesting value for your reference: the current global low-cost air crash rate is only 0.7 parts per million (the safety is unquestionable), but the recent crash of "Adam Air" in Indonesia (2007 01 01) casts a shadow on "Low-cost Airways" Flying An.