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Be creative with your routes in Discount airlines
Be creative with your routes in Discount airlines
The cheapest route is not necessarily the most direct. jet2 flies between Belfast and Prague direct, but you will often be better off flying from Belfast to Gatwick, and then on to Prague from there. It will take longer, but you could save substantial amounts of money. This is just one example, there are many others. Bear in mind, however, that each additional leg does mean paying all the airport fees and charges, plus any credit card booking fee again. Thus two €25 legs could together cost more than a €60 leg once you factor in the extra €20 or so of charges. On the other hand, some airports are particularly cheap - in Ireland the fees are under €15. If you miss a connection travelling this way the airlines won't help you out so could end up paying top whack for a new ticket so make sure you allow plenty of time between connections and also be aware you will have the hassle of going through check-in and security for each flight segment.
If you are flying return trip with a long route ? say London to Sydney or Toronto to Singapore ? it can still be possible to fly discount carriers. If you were considering a stopover anyway, the connection between carriers may not pose an additional inconvenience or risk.
Tip�: Discount carriers generally don't operate between two major airports. For example Sydney - Hong Kong. However Sydney to Macau is serviced by Viva Macau. Transit between Macau and Hong Kong is cheap and fast. Find routes that take you close to major centres using discount carriers and compare transit costs and times. Using the Macau example several high speed jet boats service the route (1hr). Fares are cheap and services are continual day and night. Macau is also well serviced by low cost carriers to Mainland China and other Asian destinations (Japan, Thailand, Singapore, Malaysia) who don't operate out of Hong Kong. Finding those low-cost hubs can be hard but very rewarding. Growing "hubs" that support low cost carriers are emerging in Emirates / Dubai / India and Asia.
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