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There are virtually thousands of Travel Agents and an equal number of travel websites/portals offering you cheap and economical Flight Tickets. Most big time travel agents and travel portals have some sort of tie-up with certain airlines. They get hefty discounts on bulk purchases which most pass on to the customer. If you take advice of your friends, they will suggest you to some travel portal they have recently been to. But most people are not aware that the travel portals and travel agents that are around are mostly specialized in one way or other. Some are specialized in Domestic Travel, some other are specialized in International Travel, and yet some other are specialized in Last Minute flight tickets. This means that the travel agents or travel portals that are specialized in something can provide you with better fares for that category of travel.
Here are some tips and tricks to get cheap tickets
10. Special category Discounts: If you are a student, senior Citizen, a sports person or you fall under other special categories, ask the airline if they can provide special discounts for you.
11. National carriers for International Flights: If you are travelling abroad, try choosing national airlines of the destination country, there are generally less taxes involved on national airlines. However this may not be always true.
12. Nonstop Vs 1 stop and 2 stop Flights: When travelling inside US, try choosing nonstop flights, the more stops you will have the more tax you would be paying, so your tickets would get expensive. However, on international flights if you choose 1 or 2 stop flights and if the layover time is more than 4 hours the Flight Tickets tend to be cheaper. This may not be true always.
13. Frequent flier programs: Research frequent flier programs available through the airlines that allow you to earn free tickets for each time you travel.