Tag: airfare
Air Asia discount on Vizag-KL route
May 9 (TravelAndy): Air Asia is offering an inaugural discount to passengers flying from Vizag to Kuala Lumpur.
The airline flagged off its first direct flight to Malayasian capital from the Indian port city on Friday. Air Asia had announced the new route in March.
Flyers can now buy all-inclusive fares from Rs 3,399 for this route till May 17, applicable for travel from May 10 to September 30.
This fare is available on airasia.com, along with the Air Asia iPhone and android apps.
“We are excited to launch the seventh direct flight out of India to Kuala Lumpur from Visakhapatnam,” Spencer Lee, head of commercial for Malaysia-headquartered AirAsia Berhad, reportedly said.
Apart from Vizag, Air Asia now has direct flights to Kuala Lumpur from Kolkata, Chennai, Trichy, Bengaluru, Kochi and Hyderabad.
SpiceJet extends sale, adds seats
May 1 (TravelAndy): India-based budget airline SpiceJet has extended the sale of it’s INR999 discounted tickets till May 3 and added one lakh more seats to the 1.5 lakh already on offer.
The company has also brought more travel days under this offer. Passengers flying from June 22 to October 15 can now benefit from the offer, the airline said.
The sale with fares starting from INR999 is available for all direct and connecting domestic flights of the airline for passengers without check-in luggage.
Spicejet allows 7kg of cabin luggage per person, apart from a standard size laptop bag or women’s purse. Continue reading SpiceJet extends sale, adds seats
SpiceJet offers fares from INR999
April 28 (Travelandy): India-based airline SpiceJet is offering fares from INR999 for passengers travelling without check-in luggage.
According to a statement by the airline, 150,000 seats are on sale.
This offer is applicable to bookings made till April 29 and travel dates between July 1 and October 15.
Spicejet allows 7kg of cabin luggage per person, apart from a standard size laptop bag or women’s purse.
“Those who travel light no longer have to wonder why they must pay for luggage that they do not carry,” SpiceJet CEO Sanjiv Kapoor said.
Passengers carrying additional baggage at these fares will be required to pay a flat INR750 for up to 15kg during check-in at the airport.
Air tickets cheaper on Tuesdays: Expedia
April 13 (TravelAndy): Buying your flight ticket on Tuesdays is most likely to give you the best deal, says travel giant Expedia.
In a “comprehensive review of air travel data” brought out by the company, it says, “For years, based largely upon data from ticket purchases over time, industry insiders believed that the best day of the week to buy (i.e., the day of the week with the lowest average ticket prices) was Tuesday. A recent study by Expedia of air-ticket price data indicates that for travel booked more than three weeks in advance of departure date, Tuesday still appears, by the slimmest of margins, to be the best day of the week to buy.”
It must be remembered that this statement by Expedia is only based on statistics.
Airfares lowest for Tues & Wed flights
April 13 (TravelAndy): Airfares tend to be lowest for flights that depart on Tuesdays and Wednesdays, say experts of Airfarewatchdog, Cheapair and Expedia.
However, it is important to remember that this is not an exact science and these assumptions are only based on trends.
In a “comprehensive review of air travel data” brought out by travel giant Expedia, it says for short-haul trips, travelers can save up to 25 per cent by departing on Saturday and returning on Tuesday as compared to departing on Sunday and returning on Monday.
For long-haul flights, Expedia says, leaving on a Thursday and returning on Monday can prove 20 per cent cheaper than departing on Friday and returning on Saturday.
How I dug out cheap air tickets
Flying and sleeping eat up the major part of any travel budget. Consequently, if you can check these costs, it’s possible to bring down the cost of your travel cost by a considerable amount.
I have earlier written on how to find cheap flights. In this post, I will share with you two examples of how a little bit of digging around saved me several thousand rupees. Continue reading How I dug out cheap air tickets
Don’t stress over elusive airfare deals
Over the past few months, several Indian airlines have been advertising incredibly low air ticket offers in phases.
Interestingly, when many people landed on the booking pages of these airlines, they either did not find those advertised fares or found a “Sold out” sticker on those fares. In some cases, users could not even access the website concerned during the sale period. Continue reading Don’t stress over elusive airfare deals