Is this the right time to book flights for Christmas? Wrong! Absolutely wrong! Now, in November, is the right time to look for flights in the Easter vacations. Best time to book flights for this Christmas was in February, March or April!

Save a bundle with early flight reservation

Booking flights early can save you a bundle, and you can secure seats for yourself and your loved ones on the best connections.
And, if you choose the right airline, you can still maintain your flexibility. Some airlines allow you to keep a reservation without issuing a ticket for many weeks. Air France for example demands a ticket number and payment only three months before departure. Many Airlines from the Gulf region are even more liberal.
Using this system, you have nothing to lose. You buy the ticket as soon as you can make a firm commitment. The worst what can happen to you at ticketing time is, that you have cancel the old reservation and look again. Then you are in the same position as someone who looks at that time for a flight.

Most travel agents demand immediate ticketing and payment

You will ask me: “What are you telling me here? If I go to any website or travel agency to book a flight, they ask me for money right away, and I get a ticket on the spot.”
And you are right. Most travel agents keep quiet about these opportunities for several reasons:

1. The travel agent must manage those reservations without a ticket manually. Often it takes one or two days until the airline sends a note with the latest possible ticketing date. The agent must have an eye of these reservations and inform you of any messages of the airline. That is work and costs money.
2. The general rule is: The price is only guaranteed if a ticket is issued. If the fuel surcharge is going up, or if the airline decides to change the price or schedule, it’s up to you to change your plans. And no travel agent likes to pick the phone to tell you, that the flight he offered you, is no longer available, or costs now much more.
3. In most booking engines the whole process of looking for free seats, pricing, collecting the payment and issuing a ticket is fully automated. Everything else would be way too expensive for a travel agency competing solely on the price.
4. Last but not least: If you paid the flight and have the ticket, you cannot change your mind and buy somewhere else.

The bottom line is: Travel agencies ask for immediate ticketing and payment. For the customer this is a pity. Many people would be much better off paying a higher fee to the travel agent and have him do the work which can be the difference of paying 800 or 1500 Euro for a flight from Frankfurt to Nairobi or Douala in the holiday season.

Sweet spot for our customers

To take care of this problem, we have done something sweet for you. We put up a booking engine which just makes a reservation for you, without issuing a ticket. Our fees are obviously a bit higher that the fees the 100% automated discount agencies offer. But I think you will like the idea to spend 20 Euros to save 200 Euros. (This is a hypothetical example. It is not possible to calculate today, what you would pay for a flight if you had made a reservation in February. But not hypothetical is the fact, that almost any travel agent who has access to the Sabre(TM) or Amadeus(TM) reservation system, uses that technique for his own travel needs.)
The engine offers fares which are available for sale in Germany. But you can book flights starting and ending in almost every country.

This engine is hidden at

http://engine.bestprice.travel
As you can cancel any reservation from this engine before a ticket is issued without a fee, we have taken the complete risk on our side.

Yours
for a better travel experience

 

PS:
Paying € 20 to save € 200 sums up to a saving of 180 Euro.

Just a link to a report from Jetstar in Australia, which could shed some light on the recent Air France crash off Brazil.

It is good to know that people are still searching for the reason of that crash, und do not just file it under “unsolved mysteries.”

I found that information first at

http://www.twitter.com/airsafe

For a better travel experience.

Johannes