How to buy a special ticket

I believe many people have heard of special fares. Airlines often offer special promotions in various forms to cope with low-season customers or to promote, promote, and promote them. However, there are many special fares that you may not be able to buy when you really want to travel, or when you see an activity, you cannot buy it. Next, I will introduce some tips and experiences for purchasing air tickets and share them with you.

I. The most important and most effective method-buy tickets in advance

As long as it is not a holiday, such as the Golden Week or spring festival, you can usually find a certain discount on your ticket. Generally, the longer the advance time, the cheaper the ticket. Usually advance15Days,30Days,45Days,90The ticket price may be different for a day or longer. Before departure10Purchase tickets within days, the price is usually relatively high.

Therefore, we hope to buy2,3The discount for special tickets during the spring period is not practical. Buying tickets in advance can be cheaper, but the discount will not be too high at any time.

In addition, if you can make travel plans and purchase tickets in advance, you can usually buy cheaper flights.

2. Pay attention to various promotional activities occasionally launched by airlines

Airlines often launch various activities for different regions (domestic and international), including very affordable air ticket products. If you select the corresponding travel destination and travel time for the time and location during the activity, it will undoubtedly greatly reduce your travel costs.

Of course, this method will take you some time. Always pay attention to airline promotions. In fact, airline portals (such as China Southern Airlines)Www.csair.com) You may often hold various promotional activities and occasionally open a ticket or activity in your spare time.

It is worth mentioning that these activities often indicate: the lowest price for air tickets from a certain place to a certain placeXxxStarting from RMB. This lowest price is not found at all times. Generally, the longer the ticket is purchased during the activity, the lower the price. In addition, some special fares may have a "minimum stay time" limit, that is, the return ticket, you must stay at the destination for a certain number of days to enjoy the preferential price of the ticket.

3. select an appropriate purchase channel

Many people may like to buy air tickets at Ctrip, where to go, or some travel agencies. But in fact, compared with airline websites, Ctrip's prices are many times higher than dozens of Yuan or the prices are equal. It can be understood that the airline's official website or the ticket office directly buys tickets, skipping various agent links and costs in the middle, of course, the cost is lower. In some cases, airlines may restrict some special tickets to be sold on the official website to promote their own sales channels.

Therefore, it is wise to search for fares through some fare search engines (such as Ctrip and go there) and then purchase them on the airline website.