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Tips for getting cheap airline tickets

The biggest single post on your budget going to Bohol (that is if you come from abroad), is your airline ticket. Since the airline ticket market is very dynamic, we cannot publish schedules or fares on this site, but we can help you finding a good deal with some tips.

Buying airline tickets for a low price is a kind of art, and often confuses people a lot. If you ask around during a flight you will probably not find two passengers who paid the same fare for the same type of seat. In fact, some passengers might have paid ten times as much as others, for the same few centimeters of leg-space. To get the lowest fares, you will have to know how the business works.

Airlines sell seats, and want to sell them at the highest price possible. They don’t like to fly empty seats, as they cost them money. They publish official (IATA) airfares, often more than a year ahead, but these are so high that only very few people actually pay them: often business travelers who are fully reimbursed by their companies, and thus lack any incentive to search for cheaper alternatives, and people with an urgent need to travel at the last moment.

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