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Summarized
Tips for getting the cheapest
airfare
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• Be flexible with your travel
dates (click "flexible dates" at Travelocity)
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• Book 2-3 weeks in advance, 30
days for intl. flights
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• Fly mid-week if you can
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• Check fares at nearby airports
(e.g., San Antonio instead of Austin).
Orbitz
can search nearbys for you
automatically.
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• Check roundtrip fares even if
you're traveling one-way. Round-trips are
often cheaper.
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• Travel on Thanksgiving Day
itself instead of the day before
Thanksgiving.
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• After Thanksgiving, return on
Friday, Saturday or Monday instead of
Sunday.
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• Fly on Christmas Day itself
instead of the days before Christmas.
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• If you're traveling to more than
one city, use Travelocity's
or Orbitz'
special multi-city search.
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• For U.S. to Europe, flying to
London first is often cheaper.
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• Use the
correct website for your
situation.
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My favorite online video:
The
Military Budget as Cookies
This excellent animation from TrueMajority shows in
graphic detail (using Oreo cookies) how ridiculously, large
the military budget is, and how we could solve many domestic
problems with a modest 12% cut. A must-see. (watch
it now)
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Unless you're with a child try to get
a seat in the emergency row aisle. You'll get
about a foot extra leg room. (Children aren't allowed to sit
in emergency aisles.) Here are exit rows and other seats
with extra legroom for a couple of airlines:
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Aircraft
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Exit
Rows
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America West
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Airbus A319
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10A/F (window)
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Airbus A320
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11
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Boeing 737-300 (733)
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11
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Boeing 757-200
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10, 27
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Continental
(Boeing except where
noted)
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737-300 (733)
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14A/F (window)
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737-500 (755)
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737-700 (73G)
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1A, B, 14
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737-800 (738)
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2A, B, 6, 12, 14
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737-900 (739)
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2, 6, 15, 16
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757-200 Domestic
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1A/B, 7, 15, 16
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757-200 Intl.
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1A/B, 15, 16
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757-300 (753)
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1A/B, 8B/C, 22, 34
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767-200 (762)
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1, 16; power ports 1-23
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767-400 (767)
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10, 11-14A/B
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777-200
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16, 17-19DEF, 32
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Embraer ERJ35
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9
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Embraer ERJ145
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12
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More detailed and comprehensive seating info is available
at SeatGuru.com,
though that site is painfully slow.
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Find
which travel days are cheapest
If your travel dates are flexible, just enter
the cities you're flying between and let
Travelocity find which days are cheapest to fly.
Being flexible with your travel dates is our #1 tip
for getting the cheapest airfare.
Travelocity.com
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More
features than anybody
Flexible dates, multi-city trips, shows total
duration for multi-leg trip, lets you specify
special meals, and lets you pick the exact seat on
the plane(!). What more do you want? Recommended by
Michael Bluejay.
Orbitz.com
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If you liked my guide to Cheap
Airfare, you might like some of my other
sites:
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