My Global Hustle

Amazing Travel Secret #4 by Donna Rosato

Booking a Flight in Three Easy Steps

There are tons of Web sites out there looking for your dollars. Instead of searching all of them, I simply take these three steps in sequence. When I’ve gone through all of them, I know I’ve got the best deal, and I didn’t spend hours to find it.

1. Surf smart. Your Web browser has a cache, a short-term memory of recently visited sites. If you don’t empty it before you search, you may be looking at an out-of-date Web page and won’t find the best deals available. Look under your File or Preferences menu and select “Empty cache” before you browse.

2. Use a fare search engine. Instead of constantly flipping between the Big Three travel sites (Expedia, Orbitz and Travelocity), go to Kayak.com, which searches 120 travel and airline sites and doesn’t charge any booking fees.

3. Confirm your price. Once you’ve found your flight, go to that airline’s Web site and search for the same dates and times, just to make sure you’re not missing out on an exclusive deal that’s available only through its site.

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