Discount airfares

Everywhere you look on the internet, there is someone who wants to sell you cheap flights, or discount airline tickets. the fact is, that most of these companies offer exactly the same products as everyone else, and more often than not, a full day of searching will not save you more than a few quid if that.

The easiest way of getting a cheap airfare to anywhere is to follow the five golden rules of cheap travel:

• Book your cheap flight well in advance.
• Be flexible in your date and time of travel.
• Choose a less popular day to fly.
• Be willing to fly indirect to save money.
• Consider an alternative airport.

The fifth rule is probably the easiest way to save money on an airfare - quite often, if you want to get to a particular destination and flights are expensive, the chances are that you can fly into a nearby city for much less.

A great example of this is Dubai. If you want a cheap flight to Dubai, but there are none available, you can always book a flight to Abu Dhabi instead - it is only about an hour south of Dubai, and there are regular coaches between the two cities.

One thing to bear in mind though if you are travelling between the two cities, or any other similar pair is the cost of getting from one to another.