After checking Kayak.com, priceline.com and all the major carriers, I decided that was fruitless, an

Today as I was searching for cheap airline flights from Orlando to Des Moines, I was shocked when Kayak.com (my normal mainstay for low-cost flights) threw back a whopping $500 fare on this seemingly easy route that I was booking well in advance. I ll be honest, I immediately panicked. There was no playing it cool. I had  to get to Des Moines on these specific days from these specific locations, but I really didn t want to pay that much for a simple flight. It turned out I didn t have to. After some searching, I came up with a few quick tips on how to easily get cheap airfare.
After checking Kayak.com, priceline.com and all the major carriers, I decided that was fruitless, and that the majority of the time those sites considered their patrons to be something like the lame gazelles in a herd. In other words, you re the economic equivalent of low-hanging fruit if you book directly through these guys without checking other sources.
Instead, go on the website of one of the airports you re flying to or from and figure out what other airlines are flying out of that airport, then check their sites directly. at west car rental discount coupons I ended up going with an often-overlooked airline called Allegiantair.com because they were literally a quarter as expensive on a one-way trip as the major carriers. They fly out of a smaller airport that s equidistant from my house. From there, I went back to Kayak.com and searched for a one-way back from Des Moines to Orlando and the major carriers ended up being cheap again. So, I booked directly through Delta.com and my two one-ways were less than half my original fare quote.
Another easy tip? Book on Tuesdays. I don t know if the stars are more perfectly aligned or there s a complex algorithm involving Pluto s counter-gravtitational (I know that s not a word) pull on Tuesdays, but apparently it s cheaper to book that day than any other day of the week. Try it. People study these sort of things.