How to buy cheap air tickets, how to buy special air tickets (grab)

Friends who like to travel must often feel depressed about expensive air tickets. After all, during long-distance voyages, your air tickets often become the bulk of travel costs. This is really not worthwhile, it is just transportation. , there are no substantial food, drink and entertainment items, so the question is, why do I always see people buying special discounted air tickets online?

Related to aviation Internet product work, learn some methods of buying special air tickets.

Want to buy special air tickets?

First of all, you must understand the ticket promotion date and specific time, set an alarm clock, and grab tickets according to the time;

Secondly, you You need to know which airline can buy the route you want;

Thirdly, you need to know the channels for each airline to buy tickets. Some are on the official website, some can only be purchased on the APP, and some are WeChat;

Finally, it’s up to people to make things happen, and it’s up to God to succeed. Whether you can grab it or not depends on hand speed, network speed and luck!

But if you don’t know when to grab it, , I don’t know what tickets to grab, then it’s a “people” problem.

Since many students in the comment area said there was too much information, I summarized it in table form, sorted by date and time.

Domestic airline promotion time is divided into two categories: weekly promotion/monthly promotion.

*The monthly promotion form was updated on August 29. The 8th of each month written by Air China was actually wrong. Recently, it was discovered that it is a quarterly promotion. This year’s promotion days are March 3 and June. 6th, August 8th.

Not many overseas airlines have regular promotions, see the table below. (What should I do if most of them don’t have a fixed time schedule? Check the official website every day or I will tell you later how to easily understand their promotions.)

With this form, you can go to whichever date it is closer to. The airlines are grabbing tickets.

Suppose today is Monday, August 7th. Then I will first go to the official websites of Hainan Airlines and Air China to check out the promotions on Membership Day on the 8th. If you don’t like one, you can wait for the West Air promotion on Wednesday morning. (It depends on your own route)

If you are going to Southeast Asia, Japan and South Korea, then you should check the promotion announcements on AirAsia’s official website.

You can also go to Hong Kong Airlines to see if there are any shooting star price promotions.

Okay, let’s take a look at the specific promotions of each store.

1. Domestic airlines

1. Airlines with weekly promotions include the following:

(1) West Air’s “Pocket Money Promotion” every Wednesday morning 10 o'clock

(Updated on September 7, 2017: After the summer vacation, pocket money promotions have also stopped, and West Air's Wednesday promotions have been suspended

Updated on September 20, 2017 : The pocket money promotion returns this Wednesday, and the West Air APP has been upgraded, so you can buy Beibu Gulf Airlines flights. The promotion date this Wednesday is National Day and Mid-Autumn Festival tickets. The number of routes is not too many, but the dates are very impressive)< /p>

The main routes are Zhengzhou, Chongqing, Hefei, Guilin and other routes; the air ticket price starts at 8 yuan, most tickets are 88 yuan, plus the fuel fee of 50 yuan, a ticket is 10 yuan; this is the recent One-time promotional routes can only be purchased on the official APP "Western Flight Plus". Remember: download the APP in advance, register as a member in advance, conduct real-name authentication, and register passenger information.

What it looks like 15 minutes after the promotion started

Many students in the comment area suspected that the promotion was just a gimmick by the airline and that they were not available at all. It’s been 15 minutes since the sale started, but there are still tickets available.

The current promotion also covers the peak summer season, and the price is so good that I can’t help but like it.

Thanks for the addition in the comment area. West Air is a low-cost airline. Each person can carry one piece of luggage weighing less than 5 kilograms for free. Free baggage check-in service is not included and needs to be purchased separately. Remember to buy it in advance, don’t buy it last minute at the airport.

If you are not familiar with the checked baggage allowance and the carry-on baggage allowance, I suggest you first read the summary of the latest baggage rules of mainstream airlines in 2017 that I compiled:

StanHe: Take a seat Plane, you must know the checked baggage rules

(2) Lucky Air "Orange Thursday" promotion, every Thursday at 10:30 am and 15:30 pm

The morning is domestic Route promotions can only be purchased on Xiangpeng's official APP "Xiangpeng Hui". Similarly, you need to register as a member in advance;

Domestic routes are mainly Kunming, Lijiang, Guiyang, and Xishuangbanna. This is a screenshot of today’s promotion.

Air tickets are all 8 yuan! That’s awesome Xiangpeng.

For example, West Air’s pocket money promotion and Lucky Air’s Orange Thursday promotion are limited to one account to buy a special ticket. To buy the return promotional price, you need to register an account with a mobile phone number.

In the afternoon, there is an international flight promotion, which can only be purchased on the official website of Lucky Air. It is best to grab tickets on the computer;

International routes are mainly routes departing from Kunming to Southeast Asia, including The tax price starts at 35 (one way), and it also covers summer vacation.

I feel it is a good choice for students traveling on a budget in Southwest China. Take the high-speed train to Kunming and leave at your convenience.

It also covers the summer vacation, so you can come back just as school starts (and go to work)!

Supplement: Some students who feel like they can’t remember the promotion times of each airline (want to get cheap but don’t have it) If you have the energy to follow each one by yourself), you can follow a public account "No need to wait for flights" and search and follow it yourself.

(3) United Airlines has a promotion every Friday at 12 noon (after actual testing, there are still promotional prices, but there are very few promotional tickets on some routes)

It also starts at 8 yuan (relatively small), mostly 58 yuan or 88 yuan, focusing on routes to Beijing (Nanyuan Airport: the base of China United Airlines), Inner Mongolia, Nanjing, and Changsha; these are the routes that will be promoted tomorrow (basically these routes are on sale, and they are not subject to change) Large)

You can grab tickets on China United Airlines’ official website, WeChat and APP.

2. The airlines with monthly promotions include the following (arranged in order of date):

(1) Shandong Airlines monthly dynamic days (not very fixed, such as July 7th and September 9th)

Of course, the main routes are mostly promotions at Jinan and Qingdao stations;

(2) HNA Member Day Promotion starts at 10:00 on the 8th of every month< /p>

Sometimes it is an air ticket promotion, such as the 20% discount on domestic air tickets on July 8. This approach is still very sincere, relatively simple, rough and practical. After all, Hainan Airlines also has a lot of routes, at least In the south.

Personally, I don’t think there are enough highlights for the international flight round trip promotion. Although the price is not very eye-catching, it is still relatively good for covering peak periods such as summer vacation. And you can get another 10% off on this price.

Sometimes there are promotions for air ticket + hotel package products, such as the one that will be held on August 8th, and the price is still explosive!!!

I happen to have a friend planning a trip to Sanya. , highly recommended, the price is really worth buying.

There is a saying within the airline, which roughly translates to "Don't compete with HNA on price"

HNA's prices are often very unreasonable, (⊙o⊙)< /p>

(3) Shenzhen Airlines Member Day Promotion is on the 12th of every month

Generally, around the 10th, the Shenzhen Airlines official account will announce the Member Day activities on the 12th.

The routine for several consecutive months has been like this: giving away air ticket coupons (direct deduction), membership price (you must register as a member on the official APP of Shenzhen Airlines to enjoy this price, which is 20 cheaper than the ordinary price) -50 yuan. In other words, the prices seen in the Shenzhen Airlines flagship store on OTA are before discounts, but in fact the official tickets are cheaper than those on OTA after discounts) and special promotion routes.

This is the situation of Shenzhen Airlines’ membership day promotion on July 12.

Shenzhen Airlines’ base is in Shenzhen, so of course the routes mainly cover Shenzhen.

(4) China Eastern Airlines Member Day Promotion is on the 18th of every month

There are promotions on the 18th of every month. Weekly flash sales start in July and continue until August. This month On the 18th, the 818 annual promotion was launched.

Base is in Shanghai. In addition to Shanghai, there are also many other routes, such as Qingdao, Nanjing, and Hangzhou.

(5) Spring Airlines Member Day Promotion/Quarterly Promotion Day

Spring Airlines is a relatively representative low-cost airline in China, and its routes are also particularly rich among low-cost airlines. There are many more routes than the Xiangpeng and Western routes above. There are also many international tickets to popular travel cities. < /p>

88 1-yuan air tickets (excluding tax)

Spring Airlines Membership Day# Promotion on the 27th (membership day only starting in July)

Super Friday promotions

Spring Airlines’ international routes include 15kg of checked baggage, and domestic routes only include 7kg of checked luggage.

Note that sometimes you can get official discount coupons.

For example, on July 27, there will be a discount of 60% off for new users who spend 699 yuan and 50% off for existing users who spend 599 yuan.

(6) China Southern Airlines Member Day Promotion is 28% off every month. The rush starts at 0:00 on the same day (stay up late)

Although China Southern is based in Guangzhou, it is the airline with the most domestic routes. Routes from all over the country are likely to appear in the promotional routes. Promotional The intensity is quite impressive.

The promotion of domestic routes is divided into regions, which shows the richness of the routes.

There are also many foreign routes, all with round-trip prices. (Tax not included)

Similarly, you can get a coupon a few days before each membership day (the quantity is limited, so get it early), which is equivalent to a discount

(7) Air China has a quarterly promotion, Air China special day promotion

The main highlight is international routes, with a relatively rich number of destinations, and departure cities are mainly concentrated in Beijing/Shanghai/Tianjin

International It’s best to buy tickets half a year in advance, at least 3 months in advance, so that you can buy tickets at a good price. It’s okay to buy tickets in August next year.

2. Foreign Airlines

If you want to buy cheap promotional tickets from foreign airlines, the first choice is of course the mainstream low-cost airlines, and then you need to know what low-cost airlines there are and the distribution of their routes.

AirAisa

When it comes to low-cost airlines, I believe many students’ first reaction is AirAsia! AirAsia is almost everyone’s most commonly used airline when traveling in Southeast Asia. company. It can connect 15 domestic cities including Beijing, Shanghai, Guangzhou, Shenzhen, Chengdu, Chongqing, Changsha and Nanning to Malaysia (16 major cities, including Kuala Lumpur and Sabah KK), Thailand (11 major cities, including Bangkok, Phuket and Qingdao). Mai), Indonesia (14 major cities, including Jakarta and Bali), Vietnam (Ho Chi Minh and Hanoi), Cambodia (Phnom Penh and Angkor), Myanmar (Yangon), Laos (Vientiane), Philippines (Manila), Brunei, etc. Most of Southeast Asia.

Promotion rules: There are 4 major sales every year, and there are basically small sales every Monday (sometimes the prices of small sales are also good), and the routes are usually very rich half a year in advance. It’s best to book tickets. This week (August 21), the sales for air tickets before August next year will be good. February-March: air tickets from September this year to next year’s Spring Festival will be on sale.

May: Promotion of air tickets from November this year to next Spring Festival (including Spring Festival)

July to September: Promotion of tickets from the end of February to May or the end of February to September next year Air tickets

November-December: Promotion of air tickets from June to December next year (including National Day)

CebuPacific

Mainly covers the Philippines. The only choice to go to the Philippines, most of the promotional prices are cheaper than Air Asia, and there are more flights.

You can fly directly to Manila from Shanghai, Guangzhou, Xiamen, Hong Kong, Macau and other places.

Transferring from Manila, you can go to most areas in the Philippines such as Cebu, as well as Indonesia (Jakarta), Malaysia (Sabah KK and Kuala Lumpur), Thailand (Bangkok), Singapore, Vietnam (Ho Chi Minh and Hanoi) ) and other places.

Promotion rules: There are promotions basically every week. Most of them are promotions for air tickets from Beijing, Shanghai, Guangzhou, and Xiamen to Manila. The price is generally 300-350 yuan including tax, and the price is also very good.

Jetstar Airlines

has direct flights to Singapore from Hangzhou, Haikou, Shantou, Hong Kong and Macau.

Although there are not many domestic destinations, once you transfer to Singapore, you can go to too many places (more than 60 destinations). It is the main low-cost airline connecting from Singapore to Australia and New Zealand.

Scoot

With Southeast Asia and Australia as its main destinations, China routes include Tianjin, Shenyang, Qingdao, Hangzhou and Singapore. It recently merged with Tigerair and just had a promotion a few days ago.

* Promotion rules: On the first Tuesday of every month, there is a flash promotion with low prices and many routes.

2. Japan and South Korea

Vanilla Air

The main routes cover Tokyo, Okinawa, Sapporo, Kaohsiung, Taipei, Hong Kong and other cities.

PeachAviation

Mainly covers Osaka, Sapporo, Fukuoka, Nagasaki, and Kagoshima in Japan.

Domestic departures seem to be only from Shanghai (envy Shanghai) Students, it’s cheaper to go anywhere)

Students in the Pearl River Delta can choose to depart from Hong Kong. Hong Kong promotional routes can only be seen after selecting Hong Kong Traditional Chinese on the official website. The price is also very good. If you go to Japan, Peach and Hong Kong Express should have the best prices.

AirBusan

Covers Busan-Seoul and Busan-Jeju in South Korea.

International routes: Hong Kong-Busan; Busan-Taipei, Busan-Osaka, Busan-Fukuoka, Busan-Tokyo (Narita), Busan-Cebu.

3. European routes

Ryanair

A long-established low-cost airline in Europe, just like AirAsia is to Southeast Asia.

There are so many routes covering 17 European countries and 94 destinations, whether it is London, Dublin, Frankfurt or remote travel destinations.

Easyjet

Flight points are all over Europe, and there are many direct routes within Europe, which is very convenient.

Airberlin

As you can tell from the name, this is an important low-cost airline in Germany. It mainly covers the European hinterland and the Mediterranean coast, and occasionally flies to South Africa and the Caribbean.

4. North American routes

AirTransat

Canada's independent low-cost airline in North America, its routes cover 15 Canadian cities, and can fly to Amsterdam and Manchester , Paris, Frankfurt, London. However, there are not many flights on most routes, less than one flight per day.

5. Oceania routes

Virgin Australia

Virgin is the second largest airline in Australia, with 33 stations in Australia. Of course , there are many flights covering major cities, especially flights from Australia to and from New Zealand and the South Pacific Islands. It is worth mentioning that there are also flights to the United Kingdom and the United States.

After talking about these airlines and major routes, let’s talk about how to buy their special tickets.

Of course, you must also pay attention to their official promotions. These foreign airlines do not have particularly obvious promotion time patterns for the time being (except for AirAsia, Scoot, and Hong Kong Express mentioned above)

It is recommended that you choose the corresponding airline according to the destination after you have travel plans to relevant destinations. For example, when going to Malaysia, you must check the official website of AirAsia. Go to their official website every Monday morning to read promotion announcements.

These low-cost airlines abroad generally have small promotions, basically once a week, and the day of the week is not fixed, so it is recommended to visit the official website on Monday, or post the official WeChat account of these low-cost airlines. Follow them all on blog/WeChat so that you won’t miss them easily.

Yeah, yeah, I know, it sounds troublesome.

Share a public account. There is a daily promotion column in it. The promotions of various airlines (both domestic and foreign airlines) are sorted out every day. This is easier, and you don’t have to bother looking for it yourself (the name of the official account is at the top of the screenshot, search it yourself).

At the same time, it is recommended that you follow the official Weibo account of the airline mentioned above on Weibo.

It is recommended to watch it around 10 a.m. every day, or at noon.

Final reminder!

If you have decided on your travel plan, it is recommended to download the APP of the airline you are about to buy, and register all members in advance! Passenger information Fill it all out.

Also, simulate buying a ticket in advance (don’t pay at the end), understand the operation process (especially the operating habits of foreign airline APPs are very different from our domestic mainstream APPs), and the payment method for purchasing tickets. , for example, it may only support credit cards.

This is the APP on my phone