| My friends ask me all the time what are my secrets | | | | can surprise you! |
| to finding the really cheap flights, as they know that | | | | Another place to look is in your local paper, lots of |
| I like to travel and that I was not born with a silver | | | | times travel agents will buy allot of tickets to a place |
| spoon in my mouth, as The Who sang so eloquently. | | | | in a block and then resell them; as the block gets |
| Ben Franklin had it right when he said a penny saved | | | | close to expiration, they have to discount what they |
| is a penny earned. | | | | have left otherwise they lose all the money on the |
| The biggest secret to finding discount airfares is look | | | | tickets that they have bought but haven't sold. The |
| in allot of places and start looking early! AND not all | | | | travel agents will often use them in packages that |
| of the places that you should be looking at are on | | | | they put together, so when you buy them they will |
| the internet! I have looked up deals on the internet | | | | push certain hotels, sometimes if you need a hotel |
| and then went with the information to a travel agent | | | | with the flight you might get a really cheap hotel |
| and see if they can beat it, and sometimes they can, | | | | room that is a couple of stars higher than you would |
| as they get spiffs from the airlines, or the airlines are | | | | normally stay at the price you would normally pay, so |
| special promoting a destination to the travel agents, | | | | you don't save direct but you get better value and |
| and they can pass the savings on to you, if you ask. | | | | spend the same as you would have otherwise. |
| For instance, China Airlines ran an age special for the | | | | Crazy but true I always look at the travel agents |
| travel agents and they would give you your age off | | | | windows when I pass them, you might see a last |
| the fare, normally the travel agents would have kept | | | | minute LA to London special for $499 promotion, |
| it but they had to beat the internet flight deal to get | | | | who knows why it is that cheap, but being open to |
| me to buy the ticket so we both won. While you are | | | | those kinds of deals can be allot of fun, and give you |
| there ask them do you have a really cheap flights | | | | something to do on the spur of the moment. |
| coming up that I might be interested in again they | | | | |