For cheap airline tickets..

[Bani 0]

Hello All,

Anybody knowing any sites or any good ticket agents to buy air line tickets for upcoming vist to India..

From Chicago to Mumbai and later connecting to Ahmedabad...

Early august or in mid august...

Thanks..

Bani

[rmncm 0]

From my experience, stay away from travel agents, they have to add a little to make their cut. For me, when I have flown international, the best deal was always from the Airlines its self. What i have done here on the west coast is fly southwest to a major international hub (seatac,lax) and then catch my flight from there. Its kind of a inconvience but you can acually save money that way sometimes.

My example, if I fly from Boise to Manila the ticket is around 1500 bucks. If i take southwest to lax or seatac and then catch a plane to manila my total cost is around 800 to 1100. Just depends. The first part of the year LAX is cheaper to fly from, the second part of the year Seatac is cheaper. Something you could try, check a online travel site,look at what major hubs the planes are leaving the US from and try to find a flight from your location to that airport. Most sites will show you flight details before booking so just go through the booking process but dont pay for it lol!

Now the bad to this...sometimes you might have a little layover waiting for the flight international or visa versa. The worst i have had was over night but I saved $500 bucks so it was worth it to me.

I hope this makes sense to you

[nivesito 0]

I always buy on www.orbitz.com. They are awesome!!

[gr8madmax 0]

I always buy on www.orbitz.com. They are awesome!!

I would suggest you check Orbitz.com, Priceline.com and your agent(s). I just got a ticket for Aug 23rd to India and the agent quoted a lower price than any of the online services. I would suggest buying the tickets as soon as possible since the prices are on the rise.

Edited June 22, 2008 by gr8madmax

[przy 0]

travelocity.com, orbitz.com, cheaptickets.com, ltu.com and statravel.com (just mark yourself as an adult as this is normally a student program) ... I have purchased off all the sites before... your best bet is to keep your options open as far as what time you leave, what day you leave/arrive and so forth. Also, I find that if you purchase your tickets on a weekday, they are also cheaper. I used to spend hours for many days trying to find the best deals. Good luck.

[kman 0]

orbitz is definitely cheaper than priceline, expedia, travelocity. sometime you can find cheaper tickets (no more than $10-15) on cheaptickets.com. American airline has a good route from Chicago to delhi non-stop and then catch jet airways flight to Ahmedabad. I am flying air india because they have the best route to Ahemdabad arriving at around 2 am in the morning.

[louiep 7]

Try www.globetravels.com their pretty good and hae pretty cheap prices plus good customer service!!!

[jundp 191]

www.kayak.com

[LotofPatience 65]

Hello All,

Anybody knowing any sites or any good ticket agents to buy air line tickets for upcoming vist to India..

From Chicago to Mumbai and later connecting to Ahmedabad...

Early august or in mid august...

Thanks..

Bani

Bani, to India, I haven't seen the online sites' offer the lowest fare. Best thing is travel agent or direct airline site. Sometimes, airline site also will be expensive. Your best bet is Air India for the best connection time. Also, Air India is little cheaper compared to others, though their service is not up to the mark ! Other options are Jet Airways, Kuwait Airways, Emirates etc. I purchased the one-way ticket in Air India for $900.

I got Air India Round-trip ticket in May for $1,245 that includes one weekend. Here are there little diff. will be there between those airlines.

[Bani 0]

Hello All,

Thank You So Much to all who replied to my posting.. I will check the sites mentioned and will keep posted about the fares..

Again Thanks..

Bani

[trinket 30]

Louiep,

Is that www.globetravels.com for reals god, I was looking at it, and it says Chicago to Bombay, only for $480 the lowest..........gasp and that too Air India, while Air India's official sites gives the same route for $900.

I hope its for real, would be really nice to get a price like this when my husband travesl, thanks for the site

[trinket 30]

Ok, time to bite my tongue back

I judged that site too soon, there is a good tax lord sitting their to be counted before i say $480 for the ticket

[Pappu1980 0]

You may want to use Airline Search site like www.mobissimo.com

I usually find cheapest tickets here. Prices usually includes tax.

[Bani 0]

Again, Thanks guys.. for your valuable inputs on this topic..

[AandLKC 1]

bani ... in August .... the fare should be around $900 OW Incl Tax .... with a 1 month early purchase Now, if you can't make the flight for whatever reason .. i don't know if you can extend it ?? meaning.. i have seen that 2 people’s appointment got moved by Chennai embassy … if that happens.. I don’t know how much Air India charges to change the date … I think its $100 but I am not sure …. still cheaper that booking 2 weeks b4 the trip …now you can change the date WO penalty on Gulf Air …subject to seat availability …. But GulfAir has long lay-overs, flight changes …. And usually expensive that AirIndia… now I have flown Air India in a Year…. And I like it …. Their service changed a lot ..recently … still poor compared to Emirates and Qatar