How can I find bundled air fare discounts?

3/28/2014 9:35:57 PM

I was one of the flight experts on flightfox when it was contest-based last summer. Just didn’t have time to do it anymore.

In the era of priceline, kayak, cheapoair, itamatrix, etc, searching for airfare online is much easier than before. If the journey is simple (e.g. roundtrip without any constraints), then simple search in one of these sites will result in the cheapest airfare. Multiple searches depending on dates, etc might be required. There are some tricks like not all airlines are available through online travel agent (e.g. priceline). If you are US-based, southwest is an example.

If the journey is more complicated, multiple cities, fixed or variable order, etc then it might become impossible for automated/exhaustive search engines to evaluate all of the possible options. Although, the human travel agent cannot try all the possible options, but he/she can find a solution.

Yes there are some tricks but you need to know how to search and be patient in trying out different options.

3/6/2014 9:02:25 PM

I can’t give you a single tip that would work for you or anyone else. Ticketing and air fares are a serious business and there is no single tip that can give you the kind of knowledge to find these fares.

Not every ticketing agent is qualified to come up with these nice prices, you can visit a travel agency and two different agents would give you two different prices (I had first hand experience). They need to have deep knowledge in many things, including the reservation system, IATA rules, airlines` rules, etc. This kind of knowledge has no single source, it is an academic knowledge (rules and regulations) combined with technical knowledge (reservation systems) combined with real life experience.

If you have the will and the time (and some money), you can always join one of IATA’s courses on the topic, they will give you a good starting knowledge on the topic. Then you can continue reading online about fares and ticketing. Also, you need to have a course on one of the ticketing systems (like Amadues), this will give you a solid knowledge on how the real life ticketing and fares process is done. From this point you will be able to come up with better fares.

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