10 Budget Airfare Tools Every Traveler Should Know

1. Kayak

Kayak searches hundreds of websites at one time, turning up the web's best flight deals.You can also set fare alerts for flights. Choose preferred travel dates to destinations of your choice. Kayak fare alerts can be scheduled as daily, weekly or monthly emails. Kayak's interface also lays out airfare to a particular place across a span of a month or more. Travelers can then pinpoint the lowest rates and the cheapest dates to fly. The company also offers exclusive deals from "Secret Carriers" airlines are revealed after purchase. Kayak's money-saving management tools also include price alerts.

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If you're daydreaming about white sand, cobbled streets or medieval cityscapes, you're probably in need of a vacation. Being strapped for cash shouldn't keep you from traveling.

United Airlines initiated an airfare hike this week by tacking on an extra $10 to domestic round-trip tickets. The airline's competition including JetBlue, Delta, U.S. Airways, American Airlines and Virgin America followed suit by raising rates.

Luckily for us, plane tickets that fit your budget are just a few clicks away.

Travelers can hunt for low fares with aggregator sites such as Kayak or Momondo to save hours of research time. These metasearch engines amass the best airfare deals available, sweeping h…
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