Fly Cheap!: How to Save 5% To %50 or More Every Time You Fly [Paperback]

Rudy Monaghan (Author)

Book Description

Series: Fly Cheap | Publication Date: March 23, 1999

Now more than ever, knowledge is power in the never-ending fight to hang on to your travel dollar. Fly Cheap! reveals the hidden secrets, the sneaky tricks, the insider information sources, and the plain old common sense you need to save money on every flight you take. Plus exactly what to do and who to call.

Editorial Reviews

Review

If the title of something is meant to say it all, then this book's title does it perfectly. In its 248 pages, there's a wealth of newsy, nifty, really worthwhile information about airlines, what they offer, their phones and faxes, and more unique facts about how to get deals that save you money than I've ever seen in one book. -- John Clayton, On The Road, May 28, 1999

If you want to save on your next flight, this book should prove to be a great help. Especially useful is a section on using the Internet wisely. -- Bobbie Leigh, Physician's Travel & Meeting Guide, November 1999

If you're looking for a deal on air fares, you may want to read up on the way airlines work. A new book called "Fly Cheap!" lets you in on airline secrets and some methods you can use to get cheaper fares.(Kimberly B. Williams, The Orlando Sentinel, May 23, 1999)) -- Kimberly B. Williams, The Orlando Sentinel, May 23, 1999

Monaghan covers the how-tos of flying free as an air courier, getting every discount to which you're entitled, and grabbing huge overseas airfare bargains. -- Korky Vann, The Hartford Courant, June 3, 1999

The "Ticketing Ploys" chapter provides a sophisticated analysis of all the ways, airline-approved or not, through which agents and consumers can get better fares. -- Phyllis Fine, Travel Weekly, May 24, 1999

From the Publisher

Knowledge is power in the fight to hang on to your travel dollar. Fly Cheap! is the insider's source for every trick in the airfare book.

Where are the best fares? Where do I get the lowest fares? What about low fare airlines? And air passes? I've heard about hidden cities and back to back ticketing, but how can they save me money? Everyone promises the lowest fare, the cheapest fare, the absolute rock-bottom low discount air fare, but who's telling the truth?

What about Internet booking engines and online travel agencies with their fare trackers and fare finders? Are they cheap? The cheapest?

Do air couriers fly free? How do I find air courier bargains? Do I have to join one of those high-priced air courier associations? Where can I fly as an air courier? How much money can I save as an air courier? What are the tradeoffs to being an air courier?

How do I find consolidator tickets? Are consolidators safe? Are they the same as bucket shops? What about airfare bargains overseas, in Europe?

Fly Cheap! has the answers you're looking for.

Use the airlines' own ticketing rules to your advantage, not theirs.
Get every senior, youth or other discount to which you are entitled.
Amass a treasure trove of frequent flyer miles and learn to spend your frequent flyer mileage wisely.
Grab huge airfare bargains overseas from consolidators and discount travel agents.
Use the Internet travel agencies and booking engines wisely, not blindly. They don't always have the cheapest airfares.
Save big bucks in the bargain basement of air travel - the little-known world of airline ticket consolidators and bucket shops.
Fly free! (It can still be done when you fly as an air courier.)

And much, much more.

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Product Details

• Paperback: 256 pages
• Publisher: The Intrepid Traveler; 1st edition (March 23, 1999)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1887140115
• ISBN-13: 978-1887140119
• Product Dimensions: 8.5 x 5.5 x 0.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 10.4 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 3.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #5,425,331 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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20 of 24 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars I saved $300.00 on plane tickets by reading this book!, July 17, 1999

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This review is from: Fly Cheap!: How to Save 5% To %50 or More Every Time You Fly (Paperback)

In June I began looking for affordable plane tickets for a family vacation in July. I had heard about Kelly Monaghan's new book called Fly Cheap so I purchased it. Ploy # 3 (chapter 1) contained what I needed - fly mid-week and offhours in addition to buying ahead.

When I went to a travel agent and was given a huge price I asked her to look again for mid-week and offhour prices. The quote went down by $176.00 per ticket!

Monaghan's snappy - and often witty - writing style makes this a quick,pleasant and very informative read.It really did enable my family to fly cheap.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars OK for travel novices, April 23, 2007

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D. Gutterud "SDave" (St. Paul, MN United States) - See all my reviews
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Very marginal - I suppose this would be alright if you never fly or have never booked your own flights. Most of the information was pretty basic. The in depth information presented had more to do with WHY airlines do the things they do rather than how you can find cheap flights. I honestly don't think I found anything in here that I didn't already know.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Somewhat outdated, December 16, 2010

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Zizhuo Wang - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Fly Cheap! (Paperback)

It is a nice introduction to the booking ploys. However, many chapter are outdated, those tricks no longer exist. But still, the first chapter might be useful for many people.