Air travel covers a major expense in the total travel budget. Traveling by air is preferred as it is quicker to travel by airplane than by train. In this article, I will try to explain to you how you can book cheap flight tickets in India. It is definitely possible with good research and keeping regular track of ongoing offers.
The first point to remember is to plan your trip in advance. This way you have enough time to book your flight tickets months before the date of the journey. As you might already know, the earlier you book your flight tickets the more affordable rates you get than the bookings made close to the travel date.
Secondly, keep on checking for festive offers, bank offers, deals and discounts on credit cards. This way you can avail up to a 10-15% flat discount on the ticket fare. There are multiple websites for flight ticket booking. You can always compare flight tickets with one another and do your bookings accordingly. Some important booking websites which I use to compare air travel fares are as below.
makemytrip.com
yatra.com
easemytrip.com
goibibo.com
ixigo.com
agoda.com
It is easy to skim through these websites if you are traveling alone. But I find it difficult to go through these websites to compare the airfares if I am traveling in a group because few websites show the total flight fare and others simply show the flight fare per person until we fill in all the details and move to the last stage of payment. In such cases, I use other websites which check the fares from all the booking websites and show the list where you get an option to filter the list according to your preference.
If you want to book flight tickets for more than one person I would suggest using websites like Kayak and Skyscanner where you simply need to enter the destination details, date of journey and the total number of people traveling. They will search and compare flight fares from all the booking websites available and display a list of available options from where you can select the best price and by clicking on the deal you will be redirected to the original booking website from which you can book your flight tickets.
I personally used Kayak to book my recent trip to Andaman and Nicobar Islands and got a decent discount on flight tickets. I selected the flight by filtering the cheapest available option and once I clicked on the deal I was redirected to Easemytrip's official website. Filled in all my details there and during checkout, I was asked if I want to pay in full or opt for no-cost EMI. Frankly, I was not aware that a no-cost EMI works for booking flight tickets as well, so I went for the EMI option using a Bajaj Finance EMI card for 6 months. I booked return tickets from Mumbai to Port Blair for three people which cost Rs. 30,198 plus Rs. 200 + 18% GST (Rs. 236) as a processing fee for 6 months. You may or may not choose to opt for the EMI option but it is good to know that we have the option to pay our flight ticket fare in installments.
Hope this article was informative and will help you to book your flight tickets at an affordable price. If there is anything you need to know other than the content in this article you can always ask me in the comment section I will surely reply back with an appropriate answer.
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