| The best way to get a cheap fare for your airline | | | | One of the best ways to do get last minute |
| ticket is to buy in advance. The further up in | | | | cheap flights used to be by flying stand by. Flying |
| advance you buy, the cheaper your ticket will be. | | | | stand by means that you do not have a seat |
| The general rule is if you purchase your ticket | | | | reserved on the plane. But if they are about to |
| three weeks in advance, you should get a cheap | | | | take off with empty seats, you will be able to by |
| ticket. The price goes up at 14 days, then up | | | | a seat at a greatly reduced rate. This used to be |
| again at 7 days. If you want to get a cheap | | | | a terrific way to fly, but airlines have generally |
| ticket, book your ticket early. | | | | stopped this practice although there are a few |
| But what if you miss your chance to buy your | | | | airlines who still let you fly stand by. If you |
| ticket in advance. Can you still get last minute | | | | can’t find an airline that lets you fly stand by |
| cheap flights? We do not always know when we | | | | there are still other options. |
| are going to need to fly and sometimes we need | | | | Using a bidding site like hotwire or price line can |
| a ticket now. Well there’s good news. Ticket | | | | get you a great deal on last minute cheap flights. |
| prices will go up the closer it gets to the time of | | | | Bidding sites like these are constantly updated. If |
| the flight, but, if airlines have seats left when it | | | | a flight has only days or hours before take off, |
| gets closer to take off, they will sell these seats | | | | and still has a lot of seats left, you will probably |
| for a discounted price. | | | | see a drop in price. |