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Fact number: the prices of airline tickets to travel this year are 35% more expensive than in 2022. The pandemic has passed to a better life and with it, returning to travel has become a priority for a large part of the population, with the consequent increase in costs. So says a study conducted by Kiwi.com, the leading company in travel technology, as of April.

Of course, the report also indicates that, during the first quarter of this 2023, reservations made to travel next summer (between June 1 and September 1) have increased by 122% compared to last year on the same dates. Taking into account that this year the national traveler is booking 41 days in advance on average, it is thought that this increase in reservations will expand during the coming months.

It is also known which will be the main European destinations chosen by the national traveler: Berlin, Milan, Vienna, London, Rome and Frankfurt, among others. Given this context of rising prices for flights and price inflation, what can be done to avoid leaving your salary on the trip? Here are the best tricks to find bargains.

Flying early or at night

If the trip can be flexible, instead of looking for specific dates and at central times of the day, you can choose the week, month or months in which you want to travel. It often happens that the difference of only a few days can be positive for the pocket, and the flight turns out much cheaper than the date initially chosen. Another trick is to book a flight at less popular times: early in the morning or at night, as they are usually cheaper.

A passenger waits for his plane at an airport.

Use secondary airports

Nearby or smaller airports usually offer better prices. Not surprisingly, sometimes even twice as cheap. When entering the city of departure and / or arrival you can select to include airports within a radius of 250 kilometers to departure and / or arrival to obtain the best connection.

Betting on the autotranshipment

This resource helps to reach any destination even if airlines do not offer it as an existing itinerary. You can choose "where" and "when" you want to fly and thus create a travel itinerary from separate flights of different airlines, both low cost and regular.

Create search alerts

The alerts track the desired flight and notify you when the cost of the trip changes in order to book the best price.

Arriving at a 'hidden city'

The most popular routes usually have higher prices. For example, an airline can set a much higher cost on a ticket from Barcelona to New York than on another from Barcelona to Toronto with a stopover in Manhattan. In the eyes of the airline, New York is only the place where the stopover will be made. But the latter is the "hidden city", that is, the destination of the trip, which appears as a simple stop between the airport of origin and the one that is technically the end point. However, that small scale becomes, in reality, a ticket at a better price. You do not have to check the suitcase, yes, so the traveler will have to fly light luggage to take advantage of this trick.

Posters of Manhattan, New York.

Check the offers

It is advisable to use a special tool to find flights at reduced prices, departing from the airport of origin and based on a calculation of km / price. Many portals like Kiwi.com give the options to find the cheapest routes and find them in special sections of Offers, which are constantly updated.

Use new tools

Nomad is an exclusive multi-city flight search tool that has Kiwi.com You only have to enter three or more destinations, the duration of the stay and the dates of the trip. In the blink of an eye the traveler will find the cheapest combined route possible, which saves not only money but also time when designing the trip.

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