Airfare Expert: Save By Booking One Ticket At A Time
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Buying One Airline Ticket At A Time Can Save You Money
If you’re planning a trip with family or a group of friends – even if there are just two of you – here’s a simple shopping tip that could save money:
If you need more than one ticket, shop for airfare one passenger at a time.
Two-step shopping method
Say you and four others are planning a trip together. How to purchase those 5 tickets:
Step 1: When the airfare shopping site asks for the number of passengers, go ahead and enter “5”. See what price you’re quoted per ticket. But don’t purchase yet!
Step 2: Start over and enter the number of passengers as “1.” If you’re quoted the same price as in Step 1, you can go back and buy all 5 tickets in the same transaction. But sometimes you’ll be quoted a lower price when you request less than your total party. If that’s the case, keep adding passengers until you see the price jump to the figure you were quoted in Step 1. When that happens, you can split your ticket purchase into two transactions – one at the lower rate and one at the higher.
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