Free Travel Tips: Air Travel

Travel Tips: Air Travel

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Smoking on International Flights?

- For all you smokers, on long flights bring a pack of nicotine patches or nicotine gum to curb the cravings. Jonesing for a smoke on an international flight can drive you crazy. Follow the usage/safety directions.
PT Chang ID319

Space Limitations

- One obvious problem on planes is lack of space. This does vary considerably from airline to airline, and from airplane model to airplane model. If you travel a lot, you might want to sample different airlines and airplanes to determine your preferences. If you are very tall, you may prefer an aisle seat. This will hopefully give you a chance to stretch your legs into the aisle from time to time. Even better is getting a 'bulkhead seat': there is usually more legroom in those positions. Be advised, however, that those seats go quickly; it pays to book ahead!
Tim Matthews ID1531

Special Circumstances

- There are some things beyond your control, and airlines actually have some flexibility in these circumstances.

If you are ill, you can usually cancel or reschedule your flight. You will need a note from your doctor, and you will be required to fill out a number of forms.

If you are flying to the funeral of a relative, many airlines will waive the advance purchase restrictions on fares, resulting in much cheaper tickets. You will need to tell the airline the name of your relative, your relationship to the dearly departed, and the name and phone number of the dearly departed's funeral home.
Tim Matthews ID1540

Split City Ticketing Can Save You a Bundle

- This strategy is when you buy 2 round-trip tickets in order to save big bucks or add a stopover. One ticket is to an interim city while the second is between that city and your intended destination.

Two examples:

San Jose, California to Cabo San Lucas flights are offered by only one airline, connecting in LAX or PHX. Instead, buy separate round-trip tickets San Jose-to-LAX and LAX-to-Cabo; you can save a bundle. This exact example is in my book, Winning the Airfare Game (Hawk Ridge Press, 2001).
DC to Johannesburg flights on online booking engines are usually too expensive. Look for separate flights between DC and London AND London and South Africa. Most likely, you would be connecting in London anyway.

Split tickets can be used to save money but you can also build a stopover (in LA or London, for these examples) into your trip. The cheapest fares usually do not permit stopovers. Check it out for your next trip.
Charles McCool - Winning the Airfare Game ID425

Start Your Holiday a Day Early and Save Money on Airport Parking

- My wife and I don't like change too much. We go to Alicante from the same airport every year and have done so for six years now. The biggest headache with this is the 2 1/2-hour car journey and the feeling that we're going to be late.

Recently, we did something different and that was to get a hotel stay with our usual airport parking. Parking our car used to cost us about Ł63 for 2 weeks. This time we got a hotel for the night before our flight along with parking for only Ł94. I can definitely say that we will be doing this EVERY year from now on.

I guess if you don't know about these things, then you just keep doing what you usually do. We stumbled upon this website - UKAirportCarParks.co.uk. Give it a go; it's great.
Chris ID2252

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