Posts Tagged ‘flights’
Cheap Multi-Stop Flights
Monday, March 22nd, 2010
Planning an [almost] around the world trip? Sometimes when you’re not going all the way around the world a multi-city flight (often called a multi-stop or open jaw if you’re traveling overland too) can be a cheaper option. For example, if you’re flying from Los Angeles to Hawaii to Australia and back to Los Angeles, a multi-stop flight could be your best bet.
How to find the cheapest multi-stop flights:
- Plan your RTW itinerary to get a baseline price quote. Check out the latest round the world travel deals for sample itineraries and prices.
- Know your regions – a multi-stop flight from LA to a few major cities in South America could be comparable to an RTW ticket.
- Limit your flights – most multi-stop flight searches only give you 5-6 stops on one booking.
- Fly through major transportation hubs: LAX, NYC, LON, LIM etc
- Plan everything out. The great thing about RTW tickets is that you usually have a fair amount of flexibility to make date and itinerary changes. Don’t expect to be allowed any changes to a standard multi-stop flight.
- Plan a shorter trip. Another reason RTW tickets are so popular is that you can travel for up to one year (the best choice for round the world travelers who don’t know exactly where they’ll be in six months). So if you book a multi-stop flight, try to keep it under 3 months.
- Don’t forget to compare one-way flights on low-cost carriers like Jet Blue and AirTran.
Build your own multi-stop flight:
Expedia multi-stop flights (5 stops maximum)
Kayak multi-city search (6 stops maximum)
britishairways.com (6 stops maximum)
Bottomline:
Multi-city flights can be a deal for shorter, across (instead of around) the world trips with only one to two extra stops added in. Warning: the multi-city flight search can get very time-intensive with so many options available.
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Cheapest airports in Asia
Friday, October 23rd, 2009
When planning a round the world trip, putting your itinerary together usually seems quite easy, at least as far as the longer flights are concerned. You’ll fly from New York to London or from Los Angeles to Sydney or from Cape Town to Rio, as these options are generally known to be the cheapest to connect one big region to another. But things can be more difficult to plan your entry to Asia because the scene there can be confusing and can change regularly.
So with that in mind I’ve done the research for you. Of course the lists below could potentially change a bit over time, but at least this will give you a place to start your research. I spent a long time going over databases and using various tools that I could find on the internet, and some of the results were a bit surprising, though others were exactly what I expected beforehand.
Cheapest airports in Asia for long distance flights
The list below represents the six cheapest airports in EAST Asia, since everyone will go through this region at least once. I didn’t include India on this list since it’s not too easy to get around overland from India. Most people fly into India and then fly out of India. And besides, the prices for flights coming from Europe into East Asia should correspond with flights coming from India, so you can use that list as a place to begin.
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