Thursday, October 2, 2008

finding a flight

With prices being higher than usual on airline flights here is what I suggest when trying to book a flight to Orlando. You may have a favorite airline but be open to the possibility of other airlines and other airports. Here in Connecticut we have multiple choices for airports. Usually we like to fly out of Bradley but this time we'll be flying out of White Plains, NY it's the same drive time for us either way (about 45 minutes) if I could have gotten a signifigantly discounted flight I even would have flown out of providence or Long Island. A 2-3 hour drive can be very dooable especially if you use a stay and fly option at a hotel, that usually includes parking of your car for the duration of your trip and a shuttle to the airport. Also try to be flexible with your dates. In my experience a Tuesday travel dates are the least expensive so don't rule out a Tues- Tues trip it could save you some cash! If you are at all in doubt about what/when to book I recommend going with Southwest. If you book with Southwest and the price goes down you can get credit for the difference and you can sell those credits on ebay! Can you believe that! Also Southwest doesn't charge change fees so if your flight price stays the same but another flight the same day goes down you can rebook that new flight at the lower price and get credit for the difference. You can't do that with other airlines. Trust me I know, we're on Jetblue out of White Plains for my trip next week and there is no changing things around.

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

I booked on southwest re: your recommendation and the price of my flight went down 50$ so now we have credit for our next flight! It was so easy to change. Thanks!

CherylBCT said...

Awesome Lisa! We just got back and had a wonderful time! I got you maps of all the parks. I'll have some helpful hints for you before you go!

-Cheryl