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    Search Cheap Flights and More with FareCompare

    FareCompare•January 8, 2009
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    You want to fly, and you want cheap plane tickets. You’ve come to the right place because at FareCompare, our motto is never pay a penny more than you have to.

    The following information will help you find cheap flights every time you shop.

    Two Most Important Airfare Shopping Tips

    There are two easy ways to win the airfare game:

    1.) The cheapest day to shop is Tuesday at 3 p.m. eastern time.

    • An airline typically launches an airfare sale on a Monday night or early Tuesday
    • Airlines with overlapping routes match the discounted prices to stay competitive
    • The price matching process is generally completed by early Tuesday afternoon
    • Newly discounted prices hit airline reservation system by Tuesday at 3 p.m. eastern

    2.) Know the cheapest days to fly

    • Domestic flights: Cheapest days to fly are Tuesday, Wednesday and Saturday
    • International flights: Cheapest days to fly are often Monday through Wednesday
    • Friday and Sunday flights tend to be expensive in most countries

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    The FareCompare Difference

    FareCompare has a huge database of historical and current airfare prices, providing you with information you need to know:

    • Pricing information for more than 500 airlines world-wide
    • Airfares on routes to more than a quarter of a million city-pairs

    At FareCompare, we know you like to search multiple websites when shopping for airfare, so every time you search FareCompare, you can also search our partner sites at the same time, sites that include some of the biggest names in air travel. By searching FareCompare, you won’t miss a thing.

    Remember, finding cheap flights starts right here: Farecompare. And Buy Confident.

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    updated: 2009-01-08T20:49:16+00:00