| If you're booking last minute airfare then you | | | | consider a last minute package. These are often |
| have to be flexible. If you're flexible about flight | | | | budget priced and they book your airfare along |
| times, airports, layovers, etc. you'll have a better | | | | with hotel stays or additional tours. Sometimes, |
| chance of finding what you're looking for. You | | | | you may be able to find a last minute package |
| may be inconvenienced a little bit but it is better | | | | for less money than the airfare alone. |
| than being charged a fortune. You will need to | | | | Consolidators are wholesalers in the airfare |
| monitor the airline websites like a hawk. | | | | industry. They buy a bulk of tickets from the |
| Oftentimes, when an airline is trying to fill up a | | | | airlines at a certain price, which helps the airlines |
| plane, they will post web-only deals that offer | | | | because then a large amount of seats are already |
| huge discounts. They e-mail these alerts if you're | | | | sold. Then the consolidators resell the tickets for a |
| signed up with the website or if you're a frequent | | | | lot less than airline prices. Last minute airfare |
| flyer. However, on the downside, a lot of these | | | | travelers can especially benefit if they can find a |
| great offers are non-refundable and they require | | | | consolidator. If you search the internet a little bit, |
| a weekend stay. | | | | you should be able to find airlines with affiliation to |
| Last minute airfare is usually posted on the airline | | | | consolidators. |
| website midweek for weekend flights. If you're | | | | Also, never undermine discounts for last minute |
| going to choose an airline, just read a little bit | | | | airfare in different places. For instance, airlines are |
| about it first. More importantly, read about the | | | | always giving discounts for students, senior |
| package. Look for any fine print and check for | | | | citizens, AAA members, government employees, |
| large amounts of web fares. If you don't have | | | | and frequent flyers. Sometimes you can search |
| time to check all of the different websites then | | | | for student only fares and then search through |
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| If you cannot find last minute flights alone, | | | | |