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How to Find Cheap Airline Tickets. Air Travel Tips
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How to Find Cheap Airline Tickets. Air Travel Tips
Article by Renata
So you are in the market for cheap airline tickets, but not sure where to start and how to find the best travel deals. Then you wonder what you need to know before, during or after your trip. The reality is that life gets much simpler when you know some travel tips like how to find cheap flights tickets, how reserve seats, or even change those restricted, but most inexpensive airline tickets.
Duplicate cities in different countries
There are lots of cities all over the world with the same names (especially the US). You can find Rome in Italy and in Georgia, USA or Sydney in Australia and in Ontario, Canada. Which one you need? Pay close attention to what city or destination you are choosing. If you work with an agent, they also make mistakes. There was a case when one of the ravel agents booked a flight for a passenger to Krakow, Poland instead of Kharkiv, Ukraine in Europe. This would seem obvious, but an agent did not know either place and a traveler was did not pay attention to what city or country he was flying. So if you work with an agent, ALWAYS ask to email you the flight itinerary before you actually purchase the airline tickets. Or if you book flights online, make sure you know how to spell the city you fly to and always double check flights, travel dates and time before you buy the tickets.
How to buy cheap airline tickets
You have a choice of a travel agency or an airline. Which one you prefer with your travel arrangements? My advise is to check both. Airlines compete among each other and they can give great flight deals. On the other hand, travel agencies might also offer you great flight deals because they work hard in negotiating airline fares. Here is the truth… lately several airlines and several large and well known travel agencies started having some issues and several airline banned those huge agencies from selling their airline tickets. Therefore, small and specializedagencies still do have very good contracts with major airlines of the world. So, my advise is to look who has the best flight deal, not at the size of the agency or the popularity. At the end of the day, it matters how much you pay for the ticket and that you have a confirmed seat on a plane.
Also, check online travel agencies. Some agencies are online only; they will provide you customer support, but they might not do the initial flight search for you as you will be using a simple flight search and booking system. This is to your advantage – online travel agencies exist and offer you online flight bookings so they can save YOU money by eliminating staff salaries. So look for cheap flights yourself and book the flights you prefer.
Reconfirm your flight reservations
Call the carrier (airline) to reconfirm the flight in advance and them several days before the flight departure. This is good to let the airline know that you are definitely flying, but most importantly, to make sure that your flight schedule has not changed or flights have not been canceled. Since airlines have had their customer reps cut backs, it is very unlikely that you will hear from them if there are any changes in flight schedules.
Don’t get bumped off the flight. Have your seats reserved in advance
Did you know that airlines overbook flights by at least 10%? This is true and all airlines do this to avoid no-shows and empty seats on the planes. Therefore, they sell more tickets than there are seats on a plane. So when you make a flight reservation, whether you buy a cheap airline ticket in economy class or you decide to spend more and have a flight ticket with less restrictions, ALWAYS get the actual seats on the plane. If you cannot do this when purchasing flight tickets, call the airline after you buy flight tickets and ask them to assign you a seat on the plane.The main reason for that is that if the flight is really overbooked and everyone shows up to the flight, the airline is forced to ask someone to reschedule their flights or if there are no volunteers, to bump passengers without the pre-assigned seats off the flight and to the next available flight. Read more about involuntary flight rescheduling here.
Don’t be surprised if you cannot get the seat assignment in advance. Sometimes this can happen too. Usually European domestic airlines would not assign any seats until the departure dates. In general, airlines can tell you if the seats cannot be assigned in advance or advance seat assignment is no longer available. This means that airlines have certain number of seats available to book in advance. There is also a number of seats left for check-in only. So, don’t panic, arrive to the airport early and get the seats at the airport.
Don’t forget Visas, Passports and other travel documents
There are only several exception to the rule when you do not need visa or a passport to travel. If you travel within the US, you will be asked for your driver’s license to prove your identity. Similarly, if you travel within Europe as a European permanent resident or citizen (European Union countries), you will be asked for an ID or driver’s license. However, if you cross the border of another country that you are not a citizen or in some cases permanent resident, you must have a valid passport to be allowed on board and to enter a foreign country.
Some travelers think that babies do not need documents to travel. Not true. The tiniest baby needs a passport or other valid document and even a visa required by the foreign country. The only exception to the rule is the US. In most cases, a baby (under 2 years of age) does not need any documentation when flying with parents.
If you travel to a foreign country, contact a Consulate or an Embassy to see what documents you will need to enter the country.
These are some travel tips on how to find cheap airline tickets and what you need to do before you take off. More air travel secrets will be revealed soon.
Enjoy!
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Malaysia Airlines decided this year to ban babies from first-class cabins of its Boeing 747 jets and next year in its new Airbus A380 super-jumbos because of passenger complaints of crying children in the expensive seats. Ms. Hoobing thinks the hardest …
Airline Baby Ban question by Mortiki: Airline baby ban: Malaysia Airlines, what’s your take?
I am a father and to pat myself on the back, a darn good one at that and my take is that Airline baby ban for Malaysia Airlines in first class is something i would do as well, it is a very controversial debate i am sure but i for one think it is a ballsy and a correct thing to do in first class, if you have an infant than just move back to economy, but if i am paying first class prices than i think i deserve to have some rest and relaxation. where do you all come out on this issue?
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I agree with that, if I’m going to pay 4x as much as economy for a first class ticket, I sure do not want to hear a baby crying. When I do sit in economy and I hear babies screaming, I think “well, it’s economy, so I don’t really care”.
Now, if airlines were banning babies in general, that’d be something to get upset over. But in first and business class, it’s only right since people pay so much to sit there.
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I’m with you on this one.
I don’t agree with above. The real issue is not the money spent on the airline ticket. It has to do with exercising control over where babies and parents (mind you) can sit.
I think it defeats a certain freedom: the right to choose. Before, all people had the choice of traveling on first class or economy class. Placing a baby ban in first class removes that choice from some people. I think it’s rather controlling and discriminatory to force parents to sit in economy class because of their baby. I can see parents boycotting Malaysian Airlines.
Too bad babies can’t fight for their own rights.
I think its about freaking time that airlines are starting to ban babies in first class . If Im gonna pay alot of money for a first class ticket I dont wanna hear kids screaming and yelling.
My answer to parents with babies, “What the hell are you doing traveling with a baby?” Parents dont realize how uncomfortable it can be for babies specially the air pressure on their ear canals and they dont effin realize why the baby is crying.
Here’s a thought to the parents with babies, “stay the hell home”
it’s fine since it’s only a ban in first class. if they said “no babies anywhere” then i would think a little differently.
I agree and suggest that the idea be extended to economy. By that I mean that if certain flights are “babyless”, I would be willing to pay a premium for a first class seat or an economy seat in an entire flight that excluded children of a certain age. The curtain between first class and economy is a poor sound barrier. Consider it a subsidy to those parents who must travel with babies on other flights.
There is no question that babies cannot be ‘banned’ from air travel, no matter how distressing pressurization and depressurization may be to them, how ill, upset or discomforted they may be may be or how incredibly stupid, knott-headed or irresponsible their parents or guardians may be and how absolutely disrupting, disturbing or dangerous a single up to several screaming, crying babies can be for a 7 hour flight or more. People will demand the right to holiday visits to grandparents in warm climates etc., in spite of all of the above.
There is no reason why we, the traveling public, need to be unwitting or uncompensated victims to all or some of the above, particularly knott-headed parents. The other alternative to my suggestion is to require those traveling with babies and who absolutely MUST do so, to put up a substantial bond. If all is happy and quiet by the end of the flight, the bond is returned. If not, regardless of cause, it is distributed as a credit to all the other passengers for the pain and suffering endured.
Otherwise, fly grandma to the baby and we will all be happier.
This is what society has come to we are at a point that our comfort level ME ME ME ME ME is all that matter .How intolerant
I can’t blame an airline for wanting to do that because first class passengers pay a lot of money and a crying baby can ruin the experience. However I think very few people would bring a baby into first class anyway so it is not as though a lot of people are being affected by this. Also Malaysia Airlines is not banning babies from flying Business Class so if you have the money and want to pay for comfort, then fly Business Class.
If this is the case they should ban overweight people from first class …. if I pay that much the last thing I want is a huge sweaty person beside me. Or someone jibbering away in some weird foreign language. And wake that guy up two seats over that is snoring. And for pete’s sakes don’t eat anything, I don’t want to smell your food, it might ruin my flight.
gimme a break. put on your headset and relax. the world is meant to be enjoyed by everyone. including parents.
To the guy who said keep the babies at home … maybe if you can’t stand babies that much, you should just stay home.
Although I do not think it is fair to parents who want to fly first class to have more space for their babies, as a traveler I agree that paying for first class and traveling with noisy babies in the area goes against paying for luxury.
Maybe put a clause that any passenger causing a disturbance will be asked to move to coach until s/he can be inoffensive to the other travelers. If a drunk adult was being disruptive, I would hope that the stewards would have him be forced to leave the area too.
CEO Tengku Azmil the airline confirmed the decision in a Twitter exchange with the Australian Business Traveler magazine, which said the airline has no upcoming A380 cots, cribs flight necessary for babies to fly, installed.
http://usspost.com/airline-baby-ban-35632/
to everyone that is against hearing a baby cry, please remember we were all once a baby and im sure every last one of us cried and got on someones nerve who didnt want to listen to it. after all, i would rather hear a baby cry than some of the bull that you lot come out with
I don,t think its that controversial at all,DISCRIMINATION is what it is if you have the money to go first class on any form of travel these companies should not be aloud to dictate who can and cant travel first class , it is as simple as that.
Having a little money should not give you more rights on public transport.
I’m with you completely. I am a great parent, but there are times when I want to have a little “adult” time. I applaud the airline…in fact, I think they should have entire flights that are “baby free”. If there was “family” flights and “adult” flights then you could be with like minded people. There are very few places you can go or things you can do now that are “adult only” friendly. I am not discriminating, but there really are places that babies/children don’t belong.
About damn time. I pay the extra money to be comfortable in quiet surroundings, not to listen to the constant screaming of babies who are in pain and discomfort from the entire flying experience. Parents should more care for the child and not subject them this level of stress at such a young age.
They should also stop these idiots from coming in Business or First class with a dog or cat in a cage tucked under their seats. In the cargo hole you go.
All airlines should apply this rule.
I dislike flying and get anxious as it is without seating next to a screaming child SLAMMING their head against the side of the plane. As far as I’m concerned you know your child as a parent and if you think they won’t like taking a plane don’t take them on one period. Crying children or babies, loud drunks and just plain rude or obnoxious people should be banned from planes period. It just reminds me of people who talk on their cellphones on the bus. It’s bad manners.
Completely agree with the ban, more airlines should take note – especially Virgin.
Why do people always seem to assume that everyone else should have to put up with their bawling little darlings? To be honest I’m less offended by kids than I am the parents with all that faffing about in the overhead locker and pacing up and down blocking the aisle. Actually a ban should extend to toddlers running about the place too!
If you want kids great, but until they have a completely sealed area of the plane (more than a curtain anyway) accept that they will piss off other passengers on a long haul flight. Especially as they fly for free and the other passengers are essentially subsidizing your travel.
Well, OK then, I agree with that stance. As a business person who pays for first class cost of traveling in some more comfort then a cramped up set in normal class, the last thing I want in first class with me is a screaming baby with a wet dipper, hungry, upset with a long flight and confined to a seat with its parents screaming all the way. No Thanks. Its the right thing to do.Ban them to normal clss. Its my money and I want peace and quite while on long trip.
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The parents of the child obviously paid a premium also for first class. Most domestic flights are just a couple of hours . People nowadays have ipods glued to their ears at all times. Turn your music up. The hatred is almost palpable in these comments about babies. No wonder the child protection laws are so lax.
I don’t agree with many people here. The one thing I keep reading over and over again is that people keep paying for expensive luxury seating and that they deserve some peace and quiet etc etc. It’s seems kind of weird to me to live in a society where babies are thought of as just simply noisy, nasty little things that should be relegated to economy class because the only way they know how to communicate their basic needs is through crying.
If you ask me, I don’t mind. At least babies are “real”. When they cry, they actually need something… food, change etc. I can’t say that many times about adults who are being whiny over trivial things (cell battery died, favorite brand of whatever isn’t available).
Something is seriously wrong when the word ban is applied to a baby. I thought we only punished people when they did something wrong.
Maybe the airline could designate quiet zones while varying the area each week or something but banning someone from first class as long as they have their young child with them. It’s kinda of sad. It’s like punishing people for having kids and punishing the kid for trying to communicate. Having and taking care of a baby is hard work. Why can’t a parent take a baby to First Class during designated times and for those people complaining about their hard earned money…certainly noise canceling earplugs can’t be all that expensive.
This country surprises me more and more. It use to be let’s give our children the best and now parents have to fight just to take their young children out in public these days. It seems everyone has an issue about something…. breastfeeding, wanting to over medicate children to keep them quiet etc. Many people don’t even know how to relate and play with small children anymore because they’re scared the child will contaminate their perfect, germ free world.
There are many people assuming that all babies are screaming monsters. I have traveled with my children at very young ages and every time they have slept peacefully during the flight – because I plan well and prepare them for the trip. They have not had distress, and it’s been very pleasant.
We can’t just assume that just because a person is of a certain young age they will spend their entire time creating noise on the plane. Just like we can’t assume that all adults will also be well behaved. I have been on many flights where the drunken adults and loud mouth adult travelers have made much more noise then my kids. In fact, I’ve had grown adults wake up my kids because of loud conversations, or needing to move around and go to the washroom.
Basically – I think this is ageism. How can you say that just because a person is of a certain age they will behave a certain way? Now, I haven’t traveled in first class with my little ones, because we have to pay for them too – so the cost is above what we can afford as a family. But I know I am not the only one out there with awesome kids who are well behaved.
Like it or not – babies are people. Just because they have different needs and cannot communicate int he same ways as adults, it does not make them less. This kind of policy just makes it easier and easier to create other exclusions and allowing some people to receive better treatment then others. I guess it all boils down to what kind of society you want to live in.
Airlines have more control over a persons freedom then the communist governments. What is next on the ban list?
this is only the tip of the ice berg. The almighty dollar rules!!!Were we not all babies at one time? What a discrimnatory policy. It disgusts me.
I think so also, I was mentioning a kid ban in Canada for first class to a friend some time ago. But I can see why it is happening, it’s these people with a zillion air miles, they are able to use them for first class. I like to sleep when I am on the plane and this can be irritating.
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My husband works at one of the biggest airport in Canada once said that the Malaysian airline crews are very arrogant and always stuck up their nose.
And myself originally came from Asia where the Malaysian are well known as the people who, when they have money, they think they can buy anything including the life of other human being.
I’ve heard (not rumors but official news) that there are a lot of foreign workers that work in Malaysia as nannies or house maids kill themselves/got killed after a brutally tortured/raped by their employers.
I’m not talking about some nannies got beat up by spoiled kids. Some stories are even worse than what the nazis did to the jews.
Apparently, the Malaysian government doesn’t really care to put an end to this nor pay any compensation to the victims. I’m so surprise that the media in North America never brings this up.
My opinion on the baby ban is simple. I will never fly with Malaysian Airlines for the fact that not only they discriminate (a person is a person no matter how small) but also because I will not support a company from an economy system that doesn’t respect for life of other human being.
I agree with the MAS policy. If you’ve paid good money to have a restful flight in first class the last thing you want to have to cope with is someone else’s screaming baby. Good for MAS for having the guts to make a stand.
I have money so that justifies my intolerance to the rest of the world. As a family I my children would have to wait for vacations till the youngest is old enough to fly becasue babies are banned. I have travelled with my children as babies. Not that bad. He cried a bit from time to time, we soothed him. GET OVER IT.
None of you were ever children. As children you don’t think you ever bothered other people travelling. The rest of the world tolerated you when you were a snot nosed brat so this would be payback.
I’ve noticed that the biggest whiners about travelling children are ususally the most self centred intolerant adults and were the worst behaved children growing up.
Lets extend the ban to the fat guy next to me who takes up too much space, the loud obnoxious lady who won’t shut up, the one behind me who’s deodorant has worn off. I WANT A REFUND.
Sit back, relax and pick something worth worrying about. I travelled overnight once as a teenager and some poor woman had a baby she could not console. He did cry most of the trip. I did not get much sleep(not that you do anyway) but felt worse for the parent and the baby than myself. Where is the empathy and care for the rest of the world.
Don’t like to be bothered by the rest of the world..STAY HOME
I can’t believe some of the things I am reading here! Three years ago, my husband and I traveled to the UK with our 18 month old twins and our 7 week old daughter. We went to attend my sister’s wedding and NOTHING would have made me miss that. Our babies slept the entire 9 hours and we literally had to wake them for landing in London. Ignorant people who think all babies cry for a whole flight are too stupid to travel – let’s ban them as well! We are not well-off and sat in economy but if I could have afforded better seats, believe me, I would have taken them. Space is a huge bonus when carrying diaper bags full of bottles, toys, spare clothes and everything else needed to make a long trip pleasant for all involved. I consider myself a very responsible parent; we had bottles ready for our children to ease the pain of take-off and landing (each dosed with a measure of Baby Tylenol) and plenty of distractions had they been awake. But if I had the money and chose to spend it on First Class seats with reclining beds and all the added luxuries, I surely would have slept better myself. I understand that the seats are very expensive; however, babies don’t travel free either. An infant First Class rate is considerably more money than an economy one. Who has the right to tell me I can’t spend my money on that if I choose to do so? Loud businessmen (who haven’t paid for their own tickets anyone) discussing their latest deal, or typing away on their laptops are as annoying to me as a baby crying is to someone else. However a child’s delighted giggle is priceless. “Move back to economy”? YOU move back to where you and your ignorant ideas belong – under a rock!