Between the return of demand (due to the lifting of travel restrictions) and rising operating costs for airlines (kerosene, airport taxes, etc.), we will have to expect to pay more for plane tickets .
Moreover, in December 2021, the Ministry of Ecology announced a 4.9% increase in the price of plane tickets departing from France compared to December 2019. A price increase which is even described as
"inevitable for
the next few months by the management of Air France-KLM.
The opportunity to remember that some tips exist to find the best offers and sometimes make big savings on the price of your ticket and therefore your vacation.
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Search in Private Browsing
To find out which flights interest you, airlines scan your navigation data… And use it to inflate the rating.
If you perform the same search several times in a short period of time, everything indicates that you are about to book.
If the price of your flight has suddenly increased, clear the cache and delete cookies and browsing history from your browser.
If necessary, also modify your IP address (
for example by changing the network with which you connect, editor's note
) or computer or telephone to make your reservation.
A good reflex: favor the private browsing mode of your browser to allow you to browse without cookies.
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Go through a tour operator and an online travel agency
Another good way to pay less for a plane ticket: turn to online travel agencies and to the offers and packages offered there by tour operators.
Benefiting from prices negotiated with the airlines (thanks in particular to commitments on a number of seats per season), they regularly offer discounted offers and last-minute promotions online.
A few examples: tui.fr, voyage-privé.com, lastminute.com, or even the websites of large retailers (Carrefour voyages, Leclerc voyages, Lidl voyages, etc.).
If the prices can be attractive, you will not be able to choose the dates or the duration of your stay.
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Be flexible in travel dates
If your vacation dates aren't fixed when you buy your plane tickets, select the "all month" or "cheapest dates" option.
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Precisely, for air-only flights that you buy directly from the airline, flexibility in dates is undoubtedly the first saving factor.
Within a day, the price of your ticket can sometimes be halved.
The calendar function offered by search engines, Google flight in the lead, is a good way to realize this.
Remember the obvious first: favor flights during the week rather than weekends, travel (when possible) outside school holidays, in the middle of the day for short-haul flights... And certain studies, such as the one carried out in February 2022 by luggage company Bounce, remind us that the most expensive months to travel are July, May and September.
Conversely, the month of January concentrates the cheapest flights of the year.
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Low-cost, secondary airports,
travel hacking
…
Beyond these basic principles, smart travelers also turn to comparators and other
travel hacking pages,
listing special offers, see carrier pricing errors.
Among the most used: Skyscanner, Kayak, Liligo, Momondo, Fly4free, Secret Flying, Voyages Pirates... You can also turn to low-cost companies that operate from secondary airports: this sometimes reserves good price surprises.
Ryanair, Wizz Air and other Volotea regularly drive travelers crazy with flights below 20 euros.
You still have to pay for a bus or train ticket to get there… Airport taxes can constitute a good part of the ticket price, but they vary according to the airports.
Cross-border travelers will therefore think of comparing offers abroad.
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Upgrade: what you need to know
Finally, who, from a cramped economy class, has never dreamed of spending the night traveling lying on a
full flat bed
in business class?
Again, there are several tricks.
First, by being loyal to a company and by accumulating
miles
, you will be more likely to receive attractive upgrade offers and to be given priority for moving to the front of the aircraft in the event of
overbooking
.
Finally, do not hesitate to ask how much a last minute upgrade costs.
Some companies sometimes offer online auctions to get a seat in business, others like Ethiopian Airlines, offer their passengers, a few hours before departure, to make an offer themselves.
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