09 Mar 2011
"How does Var how to buy plane tickets so cheap? Kok seems often really get?"
Actually I was also puzzled to answer. I myself do not always feel lucky to tickets cheap prices or promos. Sometimes when I want the road, yes already deh buy even though prices normally, not exactly cheap, the other expenditures were sacrificed by eg looking for a cheaper accommodation so slightly balanced budget.
My introduction to some cheap airlines, so we call aja ya the Low Cost Carrier, starting from the emergence of the famous cheap airline from Malaysia was in Indonesia, I forgot what year it is certainly possible but I'm one of the first ticket buyer Jakarta route - Johor Bahru (the now missing.)
Then I begin to look for new airlines A, B, C and the late Adam Air to local domestic flights. During this frankly as a Platinum Frequent Flyer holders of our national airline so I just ride him anywhere the airline, like domestic kek, kek international flight, all wearing our national airline. Also do all my booking still manually, via travel agents, whose name has not been popular as well buy a plane ticket online.
But since the cheap airlines of Malaysia is opening an online airline ticket sales in Indonesia, wow, my eyes began to deh literacy. As someone who is technology & internet savvy, I weight mantengin diligent internet, like in the office or home. Google so familiar if you've affairs streets. I never read books travel guide if you want to plan the trip, always googling. Includes also business looking cheap airline this.
1. Register your email to receive promotions from airlines. I start with one thing at a cheap airline websites from various countries I collect and I register an email address that I created for business streets. This has become one of my efforts to 'catch' the latest promo of what is on the cheap airlines.
Some cheap airlines address that my 'collection' is as follows can dicontek from this wikipedia page. All the airline's website is pretty important if I bookmark so you can easily find if I need. Plus get ready to stay up when I received an email announcement that usually opens inaugural sale from midnight, generally will be difficult to log into the website so my favorite time is around 2-4 o'clock in the morning to hunt during the sale.
2. Determine the purpose of vacation or the streets. Melepasmu, if not so difficult also want to find the promo tickets as well as to determine the budget. However, it sometimes gini, if there are airlines that are having a sale, be we are frantically looking for where aja deh tickets to a cheap home. Right? I think especially if finance is crucial decisions for a vacation then you should 'know yourself'. So just own selection of airlines promo emails which is roughly where you wish to load.
3. Memorize or at least have a calendar of national holidays a year ahead. Not to be psychic, but often given the promo tickets can be bought more cheaply for the next year. I often buy tickets 6 to 8 months prior to departure. Mad cheapness. Like when I go to Laos, I bought 11 months earlier with two round-trip ticket promo husband had to Vientiane via KL only $ 2.1 million! But do not do this if you do not have the flexibility to take time off work as I have or intend to become pregnant or have a history of severe disease.
4. Have a world map or google maps also allowed. I happen to have a background geography which is good, because I really liked watching the little map, a habit that turned out really helped me when it is often the road. I can really read a map, and I think this really essential if you want to be a traveler.
Its function is to have a world map in order to imagine the distance that must be taken from one city to another, or to find city transit options that could be better also to find the city about where else that could be brought together in a single trip. This is important, especially if we want overland by train or bus, so the next step in the search mode of transport more easily.
5. Got Credit Card. This is actually not mandatory-mandatory so. Generally, if the airline tickets must be purchased online that require a credit card owners to participate in the trip. My advice, have a special credit card that can be useful traveling back to its point value in order to free flight / mileage again plus have access to Executive Lounge. It's really bad for us ngaso at domestic airports, especially if the plane suddenly delay.
My recommendation is that some credit card joint promotion with the airline. Generally, all such expenditure will offer mileage points that can be redeem a particular flight. I've been free to the streets of Padang, Singapore, Sydney and Bali thanks to exchange mileage credit card.
6. Thorough with hour flight if you want to travel point to point (goal connects) in 1 day. That trip point to point is, let's say your primary goal is to Hong Kong using the airline A, but because there is no direct route from Jakarta to Hong Kong by the airline but there is a new instance of the TOS, then you should take a flight from Jakarta to KL first only then KL to Jakarta.
If it turns out its flight hours in a day are too close together, reserving a time at least 4-5 hours for a break point with a point from Jakarta to KL KL-Hong Kong, because you have to consider the process of immigration and baggage claim as well as with the process of check-in, immigration and boarding flight the next point.
7. Researching the purchase of additional services in flight. Cheap airline now often use various ways to trick customers to pay more for additional features or services. The meaning here is the trap, which was originally published various components of a service must have if we bought plane tickets on major airlines and provides an extra fee for us to obtain these services. Additional services which must now be paid are: a. Baggage 15 kg (and more), the more weight the more expensive luggage, handbags rules that enter the cabin is now more lightweight, only 7 kg for the famous airlines of Malaysia is cheap and generally 10 kg for other airlines. b. Food and beverages. If for domestic travel may not be too heavy to pay in dollars, but if you travel abroad that we will be charged according to the departure country's currency, the fall will be more expensive for the same food or beverages. c. No place to sit. Want to sit by the window or elsewhere if you want to select their own numbers can now be charged extra. d. Insurance. If you already have their own travel insurance, is certainly no need to buy again but if it is to travel far enough, I suggest you buy it.
8. Diligent come to the Exhibition Tour / Travel Expo. This exhibition is generally held 3-4 times a year. I Sepengamatan generally in November, March, May and August. So be diligent to find info about this exhibition, are usually held in Jakarta in Jakarta Convention Center. But sometimes there is also a large shopping mall or Senayan Kelapa Gading.
At this exhibition, it's time many international airlines offer promotional fares are pretty cheap. With better service quality taste promo price offered is not less expensive with cheap airlines that.
9. Follow-up mailing traveling. This is helpful because a lot of info to be had for cheap travel airfare promo not only complains. Plus you can ask the experience of the participants of the forum / mailing list on which airline you want traveling. Not bad for free his survey
