Cheap one way Fares

Take a look at the alternatives," says Ed Perkins, a contributor at SmarterTravel.com.

The only thing you need is a few additional moments on a preferred rate engine. "In comparison to 10 years ago, much more trips, especially at home, the single cost is really half the trip," says Perkins. The sale of tickets may provide pauses, especially on competing lines and those where there is a change of direction (i.e. travelling from point A to point to point to point to point is less expensive than travelling from point A to point B).

A kayak.com quest, for example, uncovered a $594 Delta round cruise between Portland, Ore. One of the lowest one-way fares was an US $288 plane to Hawaii and a $207 return ticket to the continent with a net saving of $99. International offers can be even better if you are willing to pair your transatlantic services with those throughout Europe.

Between New York and Cologne, Germany, the best February choice is a $1,058 Air Berlin stopoverover. However, travellers booking a return journey to London could only be charged $785 and another $80 for a Ryanair return between London and Cologne. Open backpaths ( think of points A through D through C and back to A) can provide similar economies.

"One of the big mistakes many folks make is not even thinking about this type of booking," said Ari Steinberg, CEO and founding director of Vamo.com, a travel planner that specializes in traveling to multiple cities. "and say, "I'll think about everything else later. This can result in more street travel for a traveller making the beloved journey between Rome, Florence and Venice to return to the destination from which they arrived.

Seperate bookings can also cause a knock-on effect of issues such as delaying your first trip in the series. You' re not going to be eligible for any right of recourse as a result of missing those next few flights, said Perkins, who recently planned a full-day layover in London to make sure no such timetable hiccup violates his chances of getting home.

"I' d never hire a three- or four-hour connection," he said. Another way to split your travel is to split your reservation for large groups on the same flight. Begin your quest for a detached chair even if you travel as a group of two or more people, Seaney said. "That'?s the number one bookin? trick," he said.

One of the special features of airlines' reservation system is that they look for the best fares for the whole group, which means you can do without lower fares. Using this ploy, a user could get a $383 return ticket from Boston to Houston instead of $440 per piece for two or more adult passengers to make the same journey.

Save: $57. Call the carrier after making the reservation to join the bookings, especially if you're travelling with children, he said.