Did you know that the Internet is not always the best place to find the best airfare, discount hotel rates or cruise deals? With our strategies, we show you how to find the best price on all your travel. Don’t be fooled into thinking that the best rates are always going to be found online. Travel agents as well as online services all use one of three booking services for pricing: Amadeus, Galileo and Worldspan. It pays to try out few different websites. You can compare prices as well as check
with a travel agent.

You may get a different result. Being flexible pays off when you search for the best fare. If you are a frequent traveler, you may sign up for frequent flyer program. Special promotions and upgrades are usually only available to frequent flyers. Each airline has a section on their website that lists the specials they are promoting at that time. It pays to check each airline website for deals.

e.Ticket.Tips
Each carrier has slightly different rules so when you search their website for promotions, please read the fine print carefully. For example:

• Fares do not include a federal excise tax of $x.xx that will be
imposed for each flight segment of your itinerary. A flight segment is defined as a takeoff and a landing.
• Fares do not include airport-assessed Passenger Facility Charges (PFCs) of up to $18 and government-imposed September 11th Security Fee of up to $10 roundtrip.
• Seats are limited.
• Some fares may require travel on nonstop flights only.
• Some fares may require roundtrip travel.
• Some fares may only be combinable with other combinable
nonrefundable fares.
• Some fares may require a stayover of at least one night.
• Some fares may require a stayover of a Friday, Saturday, or Sunday night.
• Reservations must be made from at least one hour prior to
departure to 21 days before departure, depending upon the city pair.

• Tickets must be purchased from 21 days before departure or within one day of reservation, whichever comes first.
• Some Promotional Fares may be nonrefundable. Nonrefundable fares may be used as credit toward the purchase of another ticket.
• Ticketless Travel may be purchased online using either a credit card or by utilizing funds from previously unused or cancelled Ticketless Travel reservation(s). Funds from up to four cancelled or unused Ticketless Travel reservation records can be combined to purchase a new Ticketless Travel reservation record.
• Airlines' travel vouchers, gift certificates, and discount coupons may not be used as forms of payment for Ticketless Travel.
• Any change to the reservation will result in the original itinerary being cancelled and a new itinerary being rebooked at the lowest available fare possibly resulting in a higher fare.