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By Chris Hanten
Traveling around Asia
for more than 10 years and living in Indonesia for almost 7
years now. I often have been in situations where I was looking
for a cheap airfare. From my first experiences I had the
feeling it was quite different to deal with domestic or
international flight. For sample, in most countries when you
purchase domestic flight ticket you won't get any
differences price between two "one way" tickets OR one "return"
ticket. Except of course a slightly discount for the return
ticket.
Now, when is coming to international air travel it is harder to
find Cheap Asia Travel tickets. Sometimes, you can even
get cheaper return ticket. So if you plan to travel in
many different cities (round trip with many transit stop) it can
be hard to find good deals. However the following advice should
helps you find the Asia Cheapest Flight available online.
I separate this article in two parts, international and domestic
flight.
First, let’s talk about international flight. There is a lot of
good web site around there, but you will need to do a lot of
searches before you find what you really want. I suggest you to
start by looking for the available airplane companies which
deserve the concerned country you are flying to or from.
For sample, if you are in Indonesia and want to flight to
Australia, you will most likely have to choose between Garuda
and Quantas. There are possibilities to use other flights
companies such as Malaysia Airlines or Singapore Airlines. But
you will loose a lot of time during your trip as you will have
to transit to this cities.
As you will see in the following article about domestic
flight, Air Asia is one of my favorite when is about to
flight in Indonesia. And this is also true when is to find the
Asia Cheapest Flight as they deserve more than fifty
cities in the region.
About domestic flight, I experienced two totally different
experiences in Indonesia and Australia.
In Indonesia, if you want to buy a domestic flight ticket
you will have plenty of choices. Indonesia is a vast Archipelago
of tropical and Virgin Islands constitute of more than twelve's
thousand islands. More than three thousands of these Islands are
inhabited and I believe that more than hundreds of them get an
airport. So, you can imagine the number of possibilities and
market available in Indonesia. The main company airlines in
Indonesia are Garuda (also provide international flight),
Merpati, Mandala, Lion Air, Adam Air, Star Air, Batavia, etc..
Find the cheapest airline ticket is one thing, but don't
forget about safety. I don't have any statistics about safety
right now so I prefer not mention specifically any of them. But
if you had read the newspaper these last few months, you
probably know what I'm talking about. Some of the above names
are probably famous around the world right now, but probably not
for the cheapest airfare.... But don’t worries too much
as airplane remind one of the safest transportation systems in
the world.
After you had eliminated the worst flight company from your
newspaper research, you can start compare price between few of
the companies. Just go to Google, type the company name and you
should find their web site in manner of seconds. If you looking
for ticket long in advance (let's say more than three weeks),
you will find that most of ticket have similar quotes with the
international and most reputed national company.....Garuda
Indonesia. And that's the problem in Indonesia if you want to
order domestic flight more than three weeks in advance...No
cheap airfare ticket available. You will have to wait the
"perfect" time to order your ticket (between three weeks and two
weeks in advance.... be careful after that it could be too late)
and you should be able to get 20% to 70% discount.
Obviously there is another way to find cheap domestic ticket
plane if you want to order you ticket long time in advance.
You can use Air Asia. They have very cheap airfare
and good website. This is a service from Malaysia, and they
provide many other cities and countries around Asia. A really
good solution for Cheap Asia Travel.
In Indonesia, AirAsia only deserve the main cities such
as Jakarta, Denpasar (Bali), Medan, Surabaya, etc... Globally,
they fly over fifty cities around Asia. The service is limited
(no seat pre-reserved in check-in), but it is safe and their
fees really defy all concurrences for this range and types of
services. They really get the Cheapest Flight in Asia I
have seen so far. So, have a look....
In Australia, it seems to works mostly like in the others
western countries. More you booked in advance more chances you
have to get a cheap airfare. I heard Quantas have some
interesting packages available, like you buy a kind of atonement
and can get great discount for a certain number of flight. If
you need a lot of flights it could be advantageous. But the
cheapest way to buy airline ticket is probably to book
online with Blue Virgin or Jet Star. Both of them deserve many
different cities in Australia, but not necessary the same one.
So, it really depends where you want to go. Sometimes, its worse
make some deep research to get better fee. For sample, once I
was looking for a cheap airfare between Sydney and
Darwin. Blue Virgin offered 450 AUD (via Brisbanne) and Jet Star
doesn't have this possibility. But when I check more deeply some
others cities, I found out that I can get Sydney-Adelaide for
99AUD and Adelaide-Darwin for 167 AUD with Jet Star. Total 266
AUD. I just saved 184 AUD. Sometimes you will find better price
with Blue Virgin. It all depends of the availability. So good
search and good luck.
By the way, JetStar also provide some of the Asia Cheapest
Flight as they deserve many others country such as Malaysia,
Cambodia, Vietnam, etc...
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About the author:
For more information, you
can visit the author Blog :
Cheap Asia Travel The writer is an expatriate living in
Indonesia for many years. You can find more article and tips about
travel in asia and advice about purchasing cheap flight tickets at:
http://www.cheap-minute-airline-tickets.com.
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