Where to buy airplane tickets?

[4drfocus]

Going on a trip this year in June, looking for advice on where to buy airfare, last few times I bought them from 'under 25' youth flyer discount sites, but I'm now 27 so I pay full price, should I just buy direct from the airline, or is there a site you fellow FZ6 riders here in the U.S.A recommend? Any advice is welcome.

 

[Motogiro]

Funny. I believe as soon as you posted this there was an ad banner for Cheap flights at the top of the page...

 

[dschult2]

All the popular travel sites (Travelocity, Expedia, Priceline) are about the same. I would check with them. The only airline that does not advertise on the so-called travel sites is Southwest Air. They do run good deals but you will have to go to their website to browse flights.

 

[sandctrev]

I've been searching for the cheapest tickets to Boston and back for two days for my oldest boy and I. Consistently I've found Expedia to be the cheapest. That's who I went with.

 

[erburtt]

From what Ive experienced its cheapest approximately 6 weeks out from your trip, you can use a website like kayak to set up price alerts from all the airlines notifying you when they drop or raise in price, they also have a recommendation based on historical data whether its a smart buy or if you should wait

 

[greg]

Skyscanner is what I use

 

[MakersTeleMark]

Give Matrix - ITA Software a try.

 

[4drfocus]

Kayak is interesting, I like the price tracker feature, I'll play with that some more when I get home, I want JAL or ANA airlines .....