How to Beat the Airlines at Their Own Game

Think about it, how much, does it cost the airlines to provide a flight from, let's say New York to Paris.

The cost includes salaries, airport fees, fuel, and the cost of operations, in the airport and the home office. The cost for the aircraft itself, maintenance crews, etc is only a short list of what the airlines are up against when it comes to cost. And the airlines are in the business of making money.

They cannot afford to schedule a flight which only has 20 people aboard. And once they have sold 20 seats, those 20 passengers are ready to fly. Yes, the airlines can review the patterns of travelers in the pass, to know what to expect. But travelers are not always predictable. For example, who would have thought 10 years ago that volunteer vacations to foreign countries would be so popular for American travelers?

Big business is NOT in the habit of taking major chances. And this is where the International traveler has an opportunity to beat the airlines at their own game.

We are not exactly sure of how far out International flights are scheduled, but what we are sure of is this, once it is decided that a flight will be scheduled, the airlines often allow airfare consolidators to sell seats at a reduced rate.

In the past ten years, almost all of the major airfare consolidators who have survived the airline changes in business policies, now post these airfare deals online.

And it is no secret that thousands and thousands, of travelers, take advantage of these low airfares by being in the right place at the right time, and having the money and the mindset, to purchase the ticket online and without delay. Even an hour delay, could result in the lower airfare NOT being available.

When a consolidator has sold their number of available seats, the webmaster, who is usually in-house, changes the online web pages to comply with the supply and demand.

One way to be on top of these massive changes from, day to day, is to sign up with a large high-tech consolidator, who will notify you of the airfare sales. This is a key component to purchasing flights for up to 50 per cent lower than the general public. And this is absolutely one of the only ways to get cheap flights overseas for the Holidays at the end of the year. You must be prepared to purchase your tickets in June for travel in December. You have to pre-plan your travel, far in advance, or wing it with last-minute travel deals.

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