3 Reasons You Should Book Airfare Online

3 Reasons You Should Book Airfare Online 

Q. My friend is a travel agent and she says that it's cheaper and smarter to book airfare through a travel agent rather than online. What do you think?

A. I respect your friend's opinion, but I tend to disagree. I think that online airfare shopping beats human travel shopping in three ways: convenience, price, and customer support. Here's why..


Convenience

Booking a flight online is super quick and super convenient. Easy enough that a small child could do it means no more waiting for a travel agent to call you back with confusing quotes or minute details. Even the simplest of airfare sites makes finding cheap airfare a matter of filling in and clicking. Everything can be performed from the comfort of your home without even getting out of your pajamas.

Customer Support

You're probably thinking that a travel agent has the upper hand here, but I assure you that most of the top travel sites have 24-hour customer support meaning you can call them up at anytime and receive assistance from a customer support representative. In addition, these customer support agents are also available to help you if you have problems in the online environment. While you probably won’t need to talk to anybody, it's  good to know that human assistance is always available. Can you call your travel agent at 2:00am?

Price

The biggest advantage to online airfare shopping is price. Competition for your travel dollar is steep which translates into money in your pocket. There are great travel deals online on flights, and those deals are also present on vacation packages, car rentals, hotel stays, and so much more. Some travel websites even offer a price matching guarantee where they will refund the difference if you find a cheaper flight.

So my conclusion is to shop for airfare deals online - without question the best way to go!

How to Get Free First Class Upgrades

Free First Class Upgrades

Have you ever wondered how certain people get free first class upgrades while you remain crammed in coach?

While I don't usually suggest the paid resources on the web, I have to say that the Insider First And Business Class Airfare Guide has some terrific tips on how to get free these kind of perks pretty routinely - free flight upgrades, free airline executive club admissions, even cheaper plane tickets! All of the material is good, but the section on free flight upgrades is solid gold!

The book is segmented in to the following topics:

Fly First and Business Class for Less
ANYONE can fly at the front of the plane now. The guide provides a thorough, step-by-step how to guide for getting free flight upgrades.

Avoid Queues
How to bypass the long lines at check-in and zip through airport security. How you can be the first to board the aircraft. Being a First Class or Business Class passengers makes you VERY IMPORTANT to the airlines. Translation.. you won’t have to wait with the crowd in future.

Relax in Airline Lounges
How to gain free admission to the airline lounges, get free food and drink (even cocktails).

Stretch Out
With business class seats, you can stretch out your seat into a fully flat bed to take a snooze.

For more information on getting free first class upgrades, you should visit the Insider First And Business Class Airfare Guide Website. I'm glad I did!

Airfare Secrets Revealed (Rhoades) - An Airfare-Now Review

Airfare Secrets Revealed

I just finished reading the updated (2nd Edition) of "Airfare Secrets Revealed" (Tom Rhoades) and thought I'd share my opinion here on the Finding the Cheapest Airfare Blog.

My first reaction, interestingly enough, was not about the text but rather all of the included bonuses. When you purchase Airfare Secrets Revealed, you not only get the book but you also get a boatload of very nice freebies. For example:

Last Minute Traveller - FREE!
Holiday Plus! Software - FREE!
Party Travel - FREE!
How to Be an Air Courier - FREE!
Taking the Perfect Camera Shot - FREE!
Budget Travel Guide - FREE!
How to Budget a Family Vacation - FREE!
7 Language Phrase Books - FREE!
and a promise of Lifetime Updates for Fly Cheap! - FREE!

All of the freebies will be useful, but I especially liked the butget guides for family travel and family vacations. These two guides are so useful, in fact, that I have already transferred them both to my travel laptop! I had forgotten that the eBook came with all of this other stuff and was VERY pleasantly surprised.

As for the Airfare Secrets Revealed eBook, I'm in the travel business and was familiar with many of the techniques. I did however get two very novel and new techniques that blew me away. These are techniques that the novice traveler can use but they can also be utilized by pros in the travel industry. For the everyday traveler, I thought the book was well written and would definitely make good on it's promise to deliver airfare savings strategies.

The fact is, airlines are filling up the seats faster than ever and most of the travel sites are acting as brokers to help them. Whether you book your airfare through a third-party site or you book it directly through the airline, the more upcharge you spend on your airfare, the more money they make. The objective of this eBook is to ensure that you get the absolute best price on airfare that you possibly can!

According to the author,

"Airfare Secrets Revealed is guaranteed to save you significant money on your next flight - and every flight you book from this day on!"

I'd suggest you check out the eBook and all of the accompanying freebies by visiting the author's website:

"Airfare Secrets Revealed" Website.

Wait 'till Winter... Save on Airfare by Traveling in Winter

Wait 'till Winter... Save on Airfare by Traveling in Winter

Are you on the fence about travel plans for the next few months...?

Are you trying to determine whether to fly now or later...?

If you answered yes to either of those questions, then here are 3 words of advice... "Travel in winter!"

If you have ever compared flight prices between summer and winter then you'll surely know that winter prices are cheaper. This is because winter is considered off peak in the entire Southern Hemisphere and low demand in the rest of the world.

Related Links:
Travel for Free Airfare Secrets 
Airfare Secrets Video on YouTube 
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