It has been said may times that booking a flight earlier can really help to avail on cheap flights regardless of the airlines. This is due to the reason that as the flight schedule comes nearer, as more seats are being sold, flight rate increases. So, planning your travel is always the best thing to do. Planning of course includes booking a flight earlier. For anyone who would frequently fly Dubai to Manila or for instance Muscat to Cairo, this may help.
As suggested, a couple of months before or more is the best time to book a flight, the earlier the better. However, this is only possible if you already know your travel date. If your travel occurs unexpectedly, it seems like it would be very hard to avail on cheapest flights, knowing that last minute flights are always expensive. But for every problem as they said, there is always a solution, so just don’t lose hope.
In an article I read online from Maphappy.org, Erika Ho shared a story how she was able to avail on flights from New York to Columbia for as low as $300 instead of $500. By sharing the same strategy that she did, anyone can also avail cheapest flights from Dubai to Manila or Muscat to Manila.
In searching for cheapest international flights, this strategy might be optional. This might be ineffective in some places due to some reasons, but as long as you already understand the “why” and “how” of it, you can do it in your own way if you would only wish. This strategy may also help a lot even in your domestic flight destination in your own country. If you are not a Filipino, you can of course use this strategy for this is not only good for Muscat to Manila but to all destinations.
To better understand this, we have to know first how airlines and travels sites are operating in the internet. Many have said that flight prices are always unstable; it changes unpredictably with no definite reason. There are articles that say, some seats could be sold for $600 for example in one person, but it could also be availed for a price of $400 and less.
What does it mean? It simply means that, there is no fix rate for a single flight seat. In some online stores, it is called “dynamic pricing online,” in which prices are automatically changed based on the personal information of the traveler who does the booking.
Yes, online stores and travel sites are spying on every person who is currently browsing their website. This is done by encrypting a cookie in their computer browser as they surf the internet for a bunch of reasons. One of the best uses of this small file called “cookie” is for ads targeting.
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For most travel sites, they use it to collect information from their possible clients online. The first thing they have to identify from you is your IP address. By knowing your IP address, they can monitor your location, the gadget that you are using and all your activities online as you use the internet. And all of that stuff will be used against you behind the scene for their favor of course. But how did they utilize that information?
Browsing History
If you are a frequent buyer of anything online, or you have a credit card that was used several times to purchased online, you could be the apple of their eyes. Through browsing history, all URLs that you have previously visited are traced by the cookie in your browser.
Whatever your activity during that period, will be sent into those travel sites for them to give you what price is best for you. If you have been purchasing stuff online, it could open a new possibility that you can afford to pay higher prices compared to those who don’t. As a result, flight price may become higher.
Type of Gadget Used
If you are using a MAC, or any expensive gadgets, you could also be the best sales prospect for any travel sites. Travel sites are having an algorithm to monitor every visitor’s information. Most webmasters understood this, when using Google Analytic to monitor the performance of their websites; Google shows all the details that a visitor has done in a website.
It shows the clicks , pages visited, location, browser being used, and the unit or gadget whether mobile or a desktop computer. Travel sites are also using the same algorithm to have their little tricks work to generate sales in all angles.
Location
A person’s location is the most important thing a travel site must identify. Through IP address and ZIP code, you can never hide yourself online. According to study, online stores are showing higher prices for their products on places where the cost of living is quite high. This is based from the idea that people in that place are capable enough to pay expensive deals.
So if you are in New York, you would probably be seeing prices on anything online that would riff your credit card off. But if you are in Thailand or Philippines, you may not be seeing those roof soaring prices on deals online.
With this in mind, we can get rid of becoming a target by this travel sites and even online stores. There are some ways to mask ourselves when we surf the web or when we visit some travel sites. We can even change our locations into other countries in just few clicks of the mouse.
Use Virtual Private Network
There are free and paid VPN services, you can just Google it online. Just bear in mind that your purpose of using it is to hide your real location if you are currently in an expensive and luxurious state. If you are in Muscat Oman and you are scheduled to travel to Manila Philippines, I just don't know exactly if Oman is an expensive country, I probably think not. If yes, just see the price difference.
If you travel from Dubai to Manila or any other Arab countries, such as Abu Dhabi, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Kuwait and many more, you can also use this strategy when booking a flight. The main thought here is just change your location into places with low cost of living. If you don't have VPN and really don't know how to use it, try to use your relatives in Philippines. Let them do the booking for you...
