8 things to buy the cheapest flight ticket

When I was working at an old travel agency, it was always a challenge for people who were always troubled to find the cheapest ticket.

"Because you're a travel agent, can you save the cheapest ticket?"

It was cheaper to travel directly through the Internet than through a travel agency, since it was not a package schedule, so if you ask me to look for it yourself, I would not have believed whether I wanted to "bother you".

There have been many changes in the travel industry due to the Internet, but many people still do not know. In the past, if airline companies did not have their own sales channels and sold airline tickets to travel agencies, it would be the first reason for their reliance on small and medium-sized travel agencies because they can sell at low cost through their homepage.

When selling a ticket, when the commission system that returns a certain amount to the travel agency was available, it was actually possible to sell it at a price lower than the ticket disclosure, since it was possible to adjust the commission level at the discretion of the travel agency.

However, when the commission system is almost gone as in the recent case, it becomes a general world to purchase a ticket at a travel agency and demand a ticket fee of 1 to 20,000 won for the same rate as a real-time individual ticket that an individual can purchase. (Do not hear .. Travel agencies are dying ..)

Generally, if the ticket purchased by a travel agency is cheaper, it is called as a hard block in the industry term. Most of the seats are pre-arranged by the travel agency in large quantities from the airline. The schedule is short (3-4 nights) and the departure date is fixed. It is hard to use it in actual travel.
That is, in most cases, it is cheaper for travelers to purchase tickets themselves than through travel agencies. (The same is true of hotels, which will be covered later in another article)

So how do you get cheap airline tickets? I think it is best to call the travel agent and make a reservation by following the website directly with your own hand rather than asking "Please book a ticket for several days a few days".

Below are some of the ways I have been used as an individual to travel before I was a travel agent.


1. Skyscanner (Skyscanner)




It shows the most search result with the highest price of the site which searches low-priced ticket, and the usage is intuitive and the design is neat.

You can search cheap airline such as Air Asia, Jin Air, and Ista Air, and you can get the cheapest date at a glance on a monthly basis.

Despite being a foreign service, it is the best advantage to be able to purchase airline tickets from major travel agencies in Korea (Hana Tour, All Tour, Doctor of Travel, etc.).

It is possible to prevent the difference between the actual payment amount and the displayed amount when purchasing from a foreign site (the actual payment amount becomes more expensive due to foreign exchange loss). In case of problems such as refund - cancellation,


SkyScanner offers the cheapest airline tickets that domestic travel agencies do not place on competitors' sites.
In the introduction, it is said that the ticket is more expensive when traveling through a travel agency. However, for large travel agencies with large volumes, the BSP (Billing and Settlement Plan) agreement can be signed with the airline to issue tickets directly. Because there are few margins, it can not be used by small and medium-sized travel agencies.



2. Kayak (Kayak)


It is the site known among the enthusiasts as "kayak new". Kayak is a subsidiary of Priceline Group, which is one of the top two online travel companies in the world. It is a service that searches for tickets, hotels, car rentals, and so on.

Kayaks are a way to get a loophole that tickets from overseas are cheaper than when national carriers start from their home countries. That is, the purpose is to purchase Korean Air and Asiana Airlines tickets as cheap as possible.

(For example, from Hong Kong → Incheon → Paris → Inchon tickets cheaper than the Incheon-Paris roundtrip ticket is cheaper.
Originally, I tried to introduce the new kayak, but it is too known that Korean Air and Asiana Airlines have been excluded from the multi-segment search of kayaks these days.

Although kayaks are blocked, the virtues of kayaking are revealed on the interstate flight. If in / out is different and there are a lot of flights in the middle of the trip, you can search for the lowest price from the kayak.

A few months ago, I spent a total of $ 1.5 million on a kayak site for seven flights, including Korea-US-Germany, which I personally requested.




3. Hunchery.com


A site with the intention to provide cheap ticket seats left over from the departure date. In fact, tour operators mainly sell block tickets pre-purchased from airlines.

In the case of large travel agencies, package travel, honeymoon, etc., the airline was preempted to combine with the airline. In the event of sudden group cancellation or non-arrival, Prices close to the cost of almost block fare rise.

However, it is not easy to get a ticket that meets your preferred destination and schedule. It is not suitable for a long schedule because most of the 3-night / 4-night schedule suitable for the travel agency package is not suitable.


Use when destination is not important. If you have a short holiday on a sudden, but want a cheap airline ticket in any area, check out Dingking.com.





4. Why Pay More


Unexpected hidden gems are often the best conditions for domestic ticket sites. Established in 2003, our company's history has been long.

The SkyScan will also search for airline tickets from Waipayama, but it's a good idea to check the Waipayama homepage directly to check for events such as interest-free / discount coupons / specials. Disadvantage is that mobile pages are bogged down.


5. Travel How


Android and iOS apps are available as meaningful services designed to help domestic travel agencies sell tickets.

I mentioned earlier that the competitiveness of travel agencies' ticket sales is gradually declining. Travel HOW is giving a fresh impetus to the travel industry by paying commissions only when the travel agencies that have strengths in each area ticket are free and sold.

Traffot is an ambitious project that combines experience and know-how in the development of reservation system for 8 years and travel portal operation, and realizes rapid search speed by comparing real-time price and 3 seconds search.


Tickets from some travel agencies for some of the other services may be the cheapest in TravelHow.


6. Playwings




Playwings is an app that shows various ticket discount events and promotional information.

Each airline performs a short-term discount promotion regularly, but it's not easy to check every time you visit the homepage. When you install the Playwings app, you get the latest promotional information with push notifications.

It's more practical than just showing the airline's promotional information, because the Playwings executives do the actual search and check the lowest price range to let you know.





7. Airline homepage


If you have a preferred route, airline, or schedule, go directly to the airline homepage and search and compare. It is an open industry secret that it is uncommon for airline companies to get off at an unbelievable price if their seats are heavy.

Direct sales of airline tickets on the Internet do not involve intermediate margins and labor costs, which makes it the most preferred method of sales for airline companies. (However, considering the relationship with the travel agency, it does not advertise that it is the cheapest to buy the homepage.

Airline carriers in the area you are interested in should subscribe to emails to avoid missing promotional information.

Cookie Newspaper: It is a secret of the industry to judge users who are willing to buy if they stay in the airplane purchase site for a long time, and to show the price up every time. If you see a very cheap ticket that runs for tens of thousands of dollars every time you search again, you can buy it right away.
Cookies are records of Internet users stored on a PC. When you search for a ticket on any site, you are sure to turn on incognito mode (Ctrl + Shift + N) to use your Google Chrome browser, which does not store search history and cookies, or to erase your browser's cookies before searching.