Hey OOT, how do you fly for cheap?
 

I'm going to visit my girl in Portland, OR around Thanksgiving and have been trying to find decently priced airfare. I understand that tickets are going to be more expensive around the holidays so I'm planning on flying in the Monday before and leaving the Monday after to try to get around this.

Basically, I suck at the interwebs and was wondering if you could refer me to any sites that ya'll use for booking cheap(er) flights. So far ~$300 seems like the cheapest, but I think I should be able to find something better.

Re: Hey OOT, how do you fly for cheap?
 

travel forum ftw

Re: Hey OOT, how do you fly for cheap?
 

Portland or what?

Re: Hey OOT, how do you fly for cheap?
 

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Good call, I've never been to the travel forum before, but we'll give it a shot.

Feel free to lock or delete mods.

My apologies on a misplaced first post.

Re: Hey OOT, how do you fly for cheap?
 

www.MYGIRLISBONINGANOTHERDUDE.COM

www.LONGDISTANCERELATIONSHIPSDONTWORK.COM

Both offer good travel deals

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www.MYGIRLISBONINGANOTHERDUDE.COM

www.LONGDISTANCERELATIONSHIPSDONTWORK.COM

Both offer good travel deals

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Re: Hey OOT, how do you fly for cheap?
 

kayak.com is pretty great, it searches all the other sites and doesnt have too much nonsense to distract you/bother you

Re: Hey OOT, how do you fly for cheap?
 

get the US Airways Visa - when you make your first purchase, they'll give you 25k miles.

Re: Hey OOT, how do you fly for cheap?
 

If a branch is available in your area and you are under 25 I recommend STA Travel.
www.statravel.com
I've used it for trips to Australia, Hong Kong, Toronto, Taipei and the prices have been better than any internet price I was able to find, usually by around 20 percent or so. Also, you can change the return flight date for a $35 fee, within a year timespan from the departure date.

I've never used it for domestic flights though, so I dont know how good it is for that.

Re: Hey OOT, how do you fly for cheap?
 

Regarding STA, every time I try to use them for domestic travel their prices are $200 greater than orbitz/expedia. I used them for international travel once and they were the best deal though.

Re: Hey OOT, how do you fly for cheap?
 

for comparison shopping i would get quotes from all these sources:

orbitz.com
expedia.com
priceline.com
hotels.com

and last but not least, give these quotes to your local travel agent and see if they can beat them. red-eye flights and layovers obviously save some money, but are nuisances.

Re: Hey OOT, how do you fly for cheap?
 

bets iv seen yet:

http://www.cheapflights.co.uk/flag.html

Re: Hey OOT, how do you fly for cheap?
 

matrix.itasoftware.com (one of my favorite sites – “Orbitz on steroids”)

www.travelzoo.com

www.kayak.com

www.farecompare.com

www.intratours.com

www.qixo.com

www.mobissimo.com

www.airfarewatchdog.com

Orbitz, Travelocity, Expedia (expedia is especially known for low/mistake fares)

www.generationfly.com (use login 'student' password 'travel' ;-) <-pretty good site for Europe

www.airgorilla.com

www.cheapflights.com

http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/forumdisplay.php?f=372 (this forum is dedicated to getting 'cheap' miles, but they often post essentially really cheap fares ppl find)

www.trekkerstravel.com

www.sidestep.com (never used myself, but might be worth a try)