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A few additional advanced airfare strategies can help you save money under the right circumstances.
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- If you live near the Canadian border, taking a flight from a nearby Canadian airport can save a bundle of money. Because of the current exchange rates and the different competitive pressures from low-priced airlines, flights from Canada can be significantly cheaper than flights from the United States. Canada also has different holidays. So, flights to popular vacation spots, over US-only holidays like President’s Day, stay relatively affordable.
- If you think you might need to take advantage of their extended cancellation benefits, you can book through Priceline. Priceline doesn't just offer "opaque" airfares and hotels, you can also use them like any other regular booking site. With any domestic airline, you normally get 24 hours to cancel your ticket (or a free 24-hour holding period), as long as it is at least 7 days until your flight. With Priceline, you can cancel until 11:29pm EST on the next business day after purchasing your ticket, regardless of the 7-day limit. This gives you valuable extra time to make changes.
- The most powerful consumer-facing flight search tool is ITA Matrix. While Google, Kayak / Momondo, and Skyscanner are the main tools for most flight searches, ITA Matrix can do things the other tools can't, such as search for flights between dozens of different cities, flights that connect in a specific city for a specified length of time, or search for tickets in a specific fare bucket.
For example, nonstop tickets between Vancouver and Honolulu, during President’s week, were $513, while leaving from Seattle would have cost $846 nonstop or $775 for the cheapest tickets. Tickets between Toronto and Cancun were $380, while a comparable trip from Buffalo was $880.
