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- Friday, Sunday and Mondays are
the busiest travel days during the week and will
usually have higher fares.
- Late night flights (red-eye)
are often cheaper than daytime flights.
- Check for dates near your
desired stay like a day before or a day after.
Sometimes fares will be cheaper.
- Buy your ticket at soon as
possible during the summer, spring break, the
week of Thanksgiving and the week of Christmas.
During the rest of the year, good deals can be
had 3 weeks in advance all the way up to the day
of travel. I usually buy my tickets 3 to 7
days before I travel but I buy 3 weeks in
advanced whenever possible. Check airfares
often as fares can change from day to day.
- If your flying into a major
city with more than one airport, check fares to
all airports. Also consider flying into a
nearby city. But of course consider the
cost to transport between airports and the city
that the clinic is in.
- Smaller cities and airports
will usually cost more, especially at the last
minute. Airports with one or two airlines
will be really expensive no matter what.
- Use a website like
kayak to find the lowest fare.
Once you find it, provided that it's not
involving multiple airlines, you should go
directly to the airline's website to book the
flight as most travel websites charge a $5
booking fee. You can also use
travelocity's "nearby" date search
with will give you the fares for up to 3 days
before and after the dates you desire.
- Try to carry on everything, 1
carry on bag and a brief case or purse.
Most airlines are now charging $15 to $25 for
the 1st checked bag and $25 or more for the 2nd.
- If you have to check a bag, pack most of your crap in your
checked baggage. Carry on rules change
every other day and you don't want to have to
send anything home or worse, have it
confiscated. Visit the
TSA website
for current list of what you can and can't bring
with you.
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