I am slowly beginning to prepare myself for the upcoming MIT Entrepreneurship Bootcamp. Today, I bought a flight ticket from Copenhagen to the Gold Coast for just $350 USD. “How is that even possible?” you may ask.
My trip is booked via two different vendors. First, I found a ticket from Copenhagen to Bangkok for $156 USD, and thereafter I found flights from Bangkok to Kuala Lumpur and then the Gold Coast for $206 USD. By using my approach, I managed to save $170 USD. In this blog post I want to share some of my travel advice on airline tickets, and how you can save some $$$.
There are various sources that claim that you should buy your ticket on Mondays or Tuesday. Let’s just dispel that myth right away. There are no days that are better than others. However, a good rule of thumb is to buy your tickets between 30-90 days prior to departure. On the other hand, the cheapest days to fly out are Tuesdays and Wednesdays, whereas the most expensive days are Fridays and Sundays.
There are several great search engines, and it all comes down to how flexible you are with your dates and where you travel to.
- If you are flexible, Skyscanner is your best shot. This is my preferred search engine, and you can choose the “Flexible” option which allows you to search for all destinations in the world. Furthermore, you can also compare prices for all dates of the year. Pretty awesome.
- If you are going for 6+ hours destinations, I would recommend you to have a look at TripCombi. Hands down, this is the best flight search engine I have come across. It compares up to 700+ sites, and it is easy to use. Last year I booked a flight from Nepal to London for $140 USD one week before departure!
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Thank you for the post. I’ll certainly comeback.