What I Wish I Knew About Getting Cheaper Flight Tickets

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ost affordable ticket was $1200 and then$ 1300 and then $1500 and it keeps climbing. This is despite booking in advance.</p><h2 id="f28a">How am I affording these trips?</h2><p id="1d94">Well, at first my go-to website for booking flight tickets was <a href="https://www.skyscanner.ca/">https://www.skyscanner.ca/</a>. Then one day, my friend drew my attention to <a href="https://www.cheapoair.com/home/travel2?irclickid=TEiR8sXh1xyIU652dlyJHVvJUkD2yXQZrSgs3I0&irgwc=1&FpAffiliate=imra&FpSub=650025_363646_492159_latestrags.com">https://www.cheapoair.com</a>. She swore by it. I had heard of them before but hadn’t used them more than once. Then gradually, as <a href="https://readmedium.com/how-visiting-friends-helped-my-writing-it-can-help-you-too-2ede943c96f0">I had conversations with friends</a>, they talked about good deals on other websites like Expedia and kayak.</p><p id="09a7">So one day, I was desperate for an international flight ticket. Summer was fast approaching and ticket prices were rising. I visited almost 7 discount websites. Skyscanner was first on the list. I typed in my origin and destination cities on each website.</p><p id="3a64">I got the best price on CheapOair. I then decided from that day to not only rely on Skyscanner but to search multiple sites for my flight tickets. These sites do not have the same discounts and deals. If I must bear the expense, let me not piss all my money down the toilet.</p><h2 id="46d7">One last thing</h2><p id="c357">Flighthub is another discount website. I bought a ticket from them going from Toronto to Nigeria while making a stop in the U

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S. While in the US, I was expected to make airport swaps. Not a hassle-free trip in the slightest, right?</p><p id="a903">Anyway, as providence would have it, I had to cancel that trip and request a refund. The airline approved the refund and referred me back to Flighthub. I bought this ticket in February.</p><p id="76d4">This is December. Let’s just say getting that refund is like pulling teeth. Highly unlikely I would use Flighthub again.</p><p id="fc3e">If you pay a visit to their Facebook page[if they haven’t deleted the comments already], the number of comments from displeased clients is all over the place. <a href="https://readmedium.com/if-your-gut-has-been-reliable-before-its-not-very-likely-to-fail-you-now-dae215257529?sk=997d8178ac51181fe021fa84b3561a82">And to think I had this uneasy feeling as I bought that ticket</a>. Now I know why.</p><p id="4d04" type="7">Frugality includes all the other virtues. — Cicero</p><div id="21a5" class="link-block"> <a href="https://kokoizuka.medium.com/membership"> <div> <div> <h2>Join Medium with my referral link - A Nkeonye Judith Izuka-Aguocha</h2> <div><h3>As a Medium member, a portion of your membership fee goes to writers you read, and you get full access to every story…</h3></div> <div><p>kokoizuka.medium.com</p></div> </div> <div> <div style="background-image: url(https://miro.readmedium.com/v2/resize:fit:320/0*0w4pio93C4rYIM0X)"></div> </div> </div> </a> </div></article></body>

Frugality includes all the other virtues.

Someone once said that the rich are always looking for ways to make more money. Another said they are always looking for ways to save money. I have seen a bit of both. My intent for always saving money is because I keep looking for ways to cut my expenditure.

My husband and I live on different continents. I still second-guess that decision. I think of a scenario where I move to hubby’s city and just live as a stay-at-home spouse part-time. But then I wonder if lack of funds wouldn’t come out and bite us in the ass.

So currently, I have resorted to traveling between continents at least twice a year. Sometimes I wish I could do more. But traveling lately has not been a joke. One constant thing I have to factor in is ticket costs. The cheapest ticket I got from North America to West Africa was $900 Canadian. This was pre-covid. I have paid nothing cheaper than that ever since.

The next most affordable ticket was $1200 and then $1300 and then $1500 and it keeps climbing. This is despite booking in advance.

How am I affording these trips?

Well, at first my go-to website for booking flight tickets was https://www.skyscanner.ca/. Then one day, my friend drew my attention to https://www.cheapoair.com. She swore by it. I had heard of them before but hadn’t used them more than once. Then gradually, as I had conversations with friends, they talked about good deals on other websites like Expedia and kayak.

So one day, I was desperate for an international flight ticket. Summer was fast approaching and ticket prices were rising. I visited almost 7 discount websites. Skyscanner was first on the list. I typed in my origin and destination cities on each website.

I got the best price on CheapOair. I then decided from that day to not only rely on Skyscanner but to search multiple sites for my flight tickets. These sites do not have the same discounts and deals. If I must bear the expense, let me not piss all my money down the toilet.

One last thing

Flighthub is another discount website. I bought a ticket from them going from Toronto to Nigeria while making a stop in the US. While in the US, I was expected to make airport swaps. Not a hassle-free trip in the slightest, right?

Anyway, as providence would have it, I had to cancel that trip and request a refund. The airline approved the refund and referred me back to Flighthub. I bought this ticket in February.

This is December. Let’s just say getting that refund is like pulling teeth. Highly unlikely I would use Flighthub again.

If you pay a visit to their Facebook page[if they haven’t deleted the comments already], the number of comments from displeased clients is all over the place. And to think I had this uneasy feeling as I bought that ticket. Now I know why.

Frugality includes all the other virtues. — Cicero