discount airline tickets sw

Darla M asked:


An aquantance of my husband overheard him talking about a trip we were planning to California. The person then says how since she works for an airline, she can get us a great discount on tickets and has gotten them for another manager B-4 my husband’s time there. With ticket prices being so high, we thought it was a great opportunity so we paid her and waited. SIx weeks have now passed and we still have no real confirmation or tickets. She avoided us for weeks but recently broke the news that we would be on standby and using buddy passes. I’ve read all of the drama and risk involved with the passes since she told us this, but what I need to know is: Should she be able to come up with a real ticket/pass for us to take to the airport? She’s says: we just show up with a locator number (which we don’t have yet) and go from there. I can’t fight this b/c I’m clueless how it works. She’s with US Airlines. Also, will we be surprised with even more fees once we get to the airport?
We’ve paid her once, but now she says there are additional fees (four weeks later) and we still have no locator number. We thought we trusted this person at 1st, but after trying to call her for weeks with no response and then now having her suddenly re-appear but requiring more money, I know that something is not on the up and up. Our money is caught in the middle of this. She also has changed the story from her getting the tickets herself to not being able to get them because she was on medical leave and having her pilot friend get them for her. Would the pilot get a better rate or maybe get them for free and perhaps give her a bigger profit from us??? We haven’t paid the additional fees b/c we don’t know if we can trust her anymore. If we do finally get them, could she sabotage us at the last minute? Or could she have pocketed the money we first gave her and not used them to pay the fee and so when we get there, have the airline charge us the fees b/c they were never paid.

Duane

John Reed asked:


Airline ticket costs have been rising in the last few years. In many instances, the inflation of prices can be linked to rising fuel costs and inflation. Airlines have struggled to offset the increase in business expenses by utilizing multiple tactics such as block out days and cutting the number of flights to certain destinations, but inevitably it comes down to raising airline ticket prices.

This trend of passing on the expense of fuel and other expenses to customers is not uncommon at all. Most airlines will lower airline ticket prices during the low travel seasons to spark interest in travelers and then raise them again at the height of travel seasons.

Fluctuations in pricing such as this are frustrating to airline passengers to say the least. The earlier one buys his or her airline tickets, the better the price structure for the tickets. Although this is true, the lower cost is not always an overly traveling budget saving discount. Airline ticket prices are high.

Many avid flyers attempt to purchase their airline tickets months in advance to get the best possible deal but this tactic doesnt work very well in many cases because there are thousands of would be travelers doing the exact same thing for popular flights. Supply and demand keeps prices high.

Then there is the obvious problem of needing a flight on the spur of the moment. OK, not everyone can schedule their travel months in advance. There is such a thing called spontaneity. Deciding to travel and wanting to leave in 2 days or less is common.

Ten out of fifteen people polled admit having been burned by the price of an airline ticket due to not knowing in advance that they would need to travel. Fifteen out of fifteen admitted changing travel plans in an effort to save money.

Travelers should be able to purchase your airline tickets and travel whenever you want. However, purchasing airline tickets based on that desire would cost you big. Airline ticket prices are often fifty to seventy percent higher when purchased at the last moment.

Dont get me wrong. It is best to purchase your airline tickets as early as possible to avoid the jump in price. But if that isnt possible, it is imperative that you use the available online tools to offset the costs associated with spontaneous airline ticket purchases.

The Cheap Airline Tickets Toolbar at CheapAirlineTicketsToolbar dot com allows travelers to earn money for airline tickets so that they can fly without the usual wallet drain.

The Cheap Airline Ticket Toolbar interfaces with TypoBounty dot com. TypoBounty dot com is where companies seeking a very low advertising rate offer to pay web surfers for locating and reporting their web propertys errors. The companies are seeking to eliminate errors such as misspelled words, punctuation errors etc. With the average payout for a single error being over two dollars, financing ones need for airline tickets is no longer a problem.

Shop around for the best airline ticket prices. Do it as far out as possible and use online tools that help offset the sting of the tickets price. Happy travels!



Troy