Leavin' On a Jet Plane

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Adam and I have finally booked our flights to Europe!! After a good three weeks of flight research, we came upon this great site, www.statravel.com, and they had the best prices we could find. 

FLIGHT DATE: Oct. 5th, 2010.

PRICE: Priceless (na, haha, just kidding. $720 total for two one way tickets) 

I also talked with a flight specialist prior, and asked her when the best time to fly and when to book a flight like might be?  She explained that most of the great deals are in the Winter because no one is flying. Summer is the high season which means thats when prices are the most expensive. Then there's fall which is on the cusp, which means prices fall somewhere in between. The best time is to book is at least 6 months in advance, or weeks or days before you leave. I've been told (but based on people's expertise on this one) that the airlines never drop the price below it's baseline price which is what you get at least 6 months in advance when they put the tickets out. I don't know if this is completely factual, but it makes sense. 

In using Kayak.com, priceline.com, cheapflights.com, and a few others, I found that yes, it is good to compare prices, but look further, and find offshoot places like statravel.com, which might be "off the beaten flight" booking sites. Find deals that have student discounts, travel locations, like www.airlingus.com (Irelands airline) or do a google search to see what other people say. This is the best advise that I can offer. Oh yeah, and go through a european airlines website if traveling within Europe... WAY CHEAPER! But that's a whole different story. (Which I plan to cover when we get there.)