So, you had your Annual Leave approved the last minute or thought you needed an URGENT GETAWAY from urban life in Singapore or wherever you are. A trip, YES A TRIP! To neighbouring countries like Malaysia or Bangkok or to even further countries like Japan and Australia. And this sudden LAST MINUTE PLAN starts flooding your head with so many questions.
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HOW AM I GONNA BOOK A LAST MINUTE FLIGHT?
IS THAT THE BEST PRICE?
BEST TIMING?
IS THIS SERVICE FREE-OF-CHARGE?
HOW!!
Yes! How? You want it cheap, you want it fast and you want the most out of everything! Let me tell you how!
Don't PANIC!
First, you need to pick like 3 most favourable countries you have in mind. Don't be fickle-minded. You know the reason why you wanted this trip. For shopping? For a food trail? To chill out or what? You should know why. So if you can't decide just randomly pick one by drawing lots or post a Facebook status to ask your Facebook friends for opinions etc.
NEXT!
Get yourself somewhere where there is internet access cause you can't proceed without this.
Here are 2 most GOLDEN SITES I personally use to get the BEST PRICE, TIME, INFO and COMPARISON for flight tickets (*work perfectly if you are departing from Singapore and Cambodia):
Yes! With these you basically rule the WORLD!
These two sites gives you a clear comparison on the kind of flight that is available for you, duration and price in your own preferred currency. I'm sure you'll find lots of similar travel search engines out there on the web. But what makes these two site so special compared to others is that most of travel search engines are not as accurate in their search filters. Most of the filter results shown are RIDICULOUSLY PRICED and many are just filled with POP-UPs.
So far from all my experience in booking Free & Easy flights, these two are my best buddies.
Next!
To maximise your search. Always check +/- day before and after flight. This step is to check the price difference and timing. For example: If I plan to travel on the 13th to 15th of Y month. Be sure to compare what's available on 12th and 14th and 16th. Cause some flight depart just before midnight and you'll reach places with 7hrs flight time in the morning like Japan. So in this way, you don't waste a day. Like wise there is some flight on the return trip flies really late at night like before midnight too! So you might want to consider those upon return. Be it a day before as plan or a day after. If a day before then you'll get all time to snooze when you get back and be fresh the next day at work. If a day later you'll might turn up a zombie depending if you caught enough sleep during the flight. And trust me, the flight price and timing really do differs from a day to day basis.
But that's not ALL!
To ensure the price you'll be paying is the LOWEST! ALWAYS DOUBLE CHECK with the local travel agent you have. For me, I have a trusted travel agency I frequent to and the price is always competitive. Sometime travel agents have a better price compared to these online sites as they have X amount of tickets pre-booked from the airlines itself.
So to be PRO-FLIGHT BOOKER just follow my steps and you'll be one in NO TIME!