| Everybody loves to travel, but it is an expensive | | | | between major hubs because the cheapest domestic |
| recreation for most. However, the cost of traveling | | | | tickets will always be between major hubs such as |
| should not stop anyone from enjoying himself or | | | | New York and LA. |
| herself, as long you become adept at discount travel. | | | | Another popular discount travel flight option is charter |
| Airfare is the most costly element of travel, so your | | | | flights. A standard airline generally has a set route and |
| ability to find discount flight options becomes handy. | | | | set schedule between two cites regardless of the |
| Airline ticket prices fluctuate wildly, depending on the | | | | amount of passengers. Standard airlines thus charge |
| season, the popularity of the route etc. In the US a | | | | higher airfares in order to maintain these scheduled |
| short international flight from New York City to | | | | routes even if the plane is not half-full. On the other |
| Montreal, Canada, for example, costs approximately | | | | hand, charter companies usually charter an entire |
| $300, while for about the same price, you can take a | | | | plane from an airline for a specific date and time, and |
| much longer domestic flight from, for example, New | | | | therefore receive a good discount, which in turn is |
| York all the way to Los Angeles. Regardless of the | | | | passed on to passengers. Airfares for charter flights |
| length of the route, domestic flights are cheaper than | | | | also tend to get even cheaper as the departure date |
| international flights as airlines are subject to less | | | | approaches. However, charter flights are also quite |
| taxes and regulations, and these routes often carry | | | | restrictive, in that there is a higher risk of charter |
| more travelers so airlines can afford a discount. | | | | companies canceling flights if enough tickets are not |
| To take advantage of this discount, you can split | | | | sold, and since there aren't that many charter flights |
| your international flight into two flights. Despite the | | | | to multiple destinations, you may not be put on |
| small inconvenience, it is definitely cheaper than flying | | | | another flight immediately. You would probably |
| direct internationally. For example, to fly from | | | | receive a refund or you would probably have to wait |
| northern US to South America, it is probably much | | | | one or two days for other charter flights. |
| cheaper to first fly domestic to a southern hub such | | | | The important thing about discount travel is to |
| as Miami, and then taking an international flight to | | | | explore as many options as possible. If you are willing |
| South America. When searching for discount travel | | | | to be more flexible and to buy tickets on short |
| tickets, you want to fly as close as possible to your | | | | notice, the cheaper your fare will be. |
| destination domestically, and you also want to fly | | | | |