Cheaper To Buy Plane Tickets At Airport
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My husband dropped me off at the Cleveland Hopkins Airport one Saturday afternoon. He planned to circle the airport a few times, while I purchased our plane tickets to Savannah on Allegiant. We thought this would be a fairly quick transaction.
As luck would have it, the seemingly new person freed up when it was my turn. I told her I wanted to purchase plane tickets, and she immediately got to work. However, it only took thirty seconds for a blank expression to come over her face. She then mumbled something about not remembering how to do this.
The bottom line is that buying tickets on budget airlines at the airport can definitely be cheaper. You will simply have to compare your savings on fees vs the total cost of your flights to see whether the fare difference is worth it.
However, some budget airlines are the exceptions. In particular, Allegiant, Spirit, and Frontier are known to charge certain fees online and over the phone that you don't have to pay if you buy your plane ticket at the airport.
To sum it up, it may only be cheaper to buy a plane ticket at the airport if you're purchasing a ticket from a budget airline, like Spirit, depending on how far you live from the airport and how many people are traveling with you, among other things.
Nowadays a vast majority of passengers buy their tickets online, given the practice of electronic ticketing. However, some ultra low cost carriers give you an incentive to book tickets at the airport.
I've flown Spirit multiple times and have only booked in the airport. For my family of 5 I've often saved $100-200 in fare by doing it at the airport. The baggage fee is $10 less online after booking (before the day of your flight) when purchased online. I paid $175 in tickets + $90 for 1 suitcase on our last trip to Houston from NY. Not bad!
While there prices were a while ago. Spirit now charges $79 for a checked bag at the airport and upon trying to get our plane tickets, they allowed bidding on seats. So when I got my ticket and seat number, my group of 7 were all reassigned to complete different seats separating all of us. I do not recommend spirit as there were a lot more complications that arose and spirit would not do anything...
While there prices were a while ago. Spirit now charges $79 for a checked bag at the airport and upon trying to get our plane tickets, they allowed bidding on seats. So when I got my ticket and seat number, my group of 7 were all reassigned to complete different seats separating all of us. I do not recommend spirit as there were a lot more complications that arose and spirit would not do anything about it. While it IS CHEAPER to book online beware of the \"extra\" charges and changes when you get there
This article is not accurate. The tickets are cheaper at the airport, BUT we tell the guests to purchase their bags online before you check in for your flight and you get a lower price on your bags. Also bags at the airport are around $79 at the ticket counter, so save money purchase on line.!
Mother's Day weekend this year my group of five traveled fron DTW to MCO round trip for $39.50 EACH!!! We fly Spirit regularly, and never pay for seat assignments. Our group has never been split up on the plane. We bought the tickets at the airport and carried backpacks. Spirit can be a pain in the butt, but for prices like that I'll put up with a little inconvenience.
There's another big exception to this, though. Some cheap fares, like your example, don't have a $12 fuel surcharge. All tickets purchased at the airport do. This is explained in the T&Cs. I've had a few ultra cheap tickets that only charge a $9.99 PUC and end up being more at the airport.
Is it still cheaper to book your flight at the airport/counter if you have a carry-on or checked bag Or do they charge more for a checked bag/ carry-on when buying the ticket in person than they would have charged you to buy it online ahead of time
I am also curious if you can buy tickets for departures from other airports. I live 30 minutes from the Bishop airport in Flint MI that serves Allegiant, but I'm looking to buy tickets from Cincinnati to Orlando. I would make the drive to save $176 on round trip tickets for my family of 4.
It wasn't that long ago airlines charged extra to ticket at the airport, sometimes even at the kiosk, and directed us to e-tickets and other online options. Just keep moving the goal posts to make sure to maximize revenue.
This is not true. There are about a dozen stations where Allegiant does not sell tickets. The law, roughly, says there must be a way to opt out of the fee but doesn't require it to be convenient or even at every airport.
I've tried to buy Allegiant tickets at some airports and have been turned away. The decision was reaffirmed by Allegiant corporate when I complained. They explained tickets are only sold at the airports listed on its website with ticket hours. You'll notice several cities served by G4 are missing...meaning they don't sell tickets.
This is not true. There are about a dozen stations where Allegiant does not sell tickets. The law, roughly, says there must be a way to opt out of the fee but doesn't require it to be convenient or even at every airport.I've tried to buy Allegiant tickets at some airports and have been turned away. The decision was reaffirmed by Allegiant corporate when I complained. They explained tickets are only sold at the airports listed on its website with ticket hours. You'll notice several cities served by G4 are missing...meaning they don't sell tickets.
In days gone by, it was common to wait until you arrived at the airport to purchase tickets. You can probably think of several movie scenes where the harried hero squares off against an unhelpful airline worker at the departure gate. Yet outside of the movies, most airport service desks exist to provide services other than selling flight tickets. The focus of their job is mainly checking in passengers, assisting passengers with checking bags, arranging upgrades, helping passengers find new flights and other services.
There is one notable exception: you can often find Spirit Airlines deals by buying tickets at the airport. When you book Spirit Airlines flights in person, you can often avoid additional service charges. Most other tickets purchased at the airport will come with added fees.
Looking for new and handy travel hacks to save more on your next trip Plenty of creative ways to save money exist, and budget-conscious travelers know to leave no stone unturned. If saving money means an extra trip to the airport, why not But is it indeed cheaper to buy flights at the airport Or is this another urban myth, like Tuesdays being the cheapest day to book flights
Surprisingly enough, one of the best ways passengers can save money with Frontier is by buying their tickets at the Frontier Airlines ticket counter. Other options, like third-party sites or purchasing through the Reservation center, could subject you to an additional $5-$35 fee. So, to make your cheap flight even cheaper, consider traveling to the airport and booking with an agent at the counter.
However, not all tickets will be cheaper just because you can avoid the online booking fees. Some airlines, like Spirit, will have carrier-imposed fees or government-imposed taxes that apply to in-person tickets, potentially negating any savings you might make by skipping the online fees.
OP is not necessarily asking about buying tickets on day of travel at the airport (which is always the most expensive way to buy a ticket), but appears to be asking is it cheaper to drive to airport to buy a ticket vs buying it on line
2.) Buying tickets on the day of travel: Done this twice - I think - in my life. You will pay dearly for the walk-up price at the airport. They know you have run out of options and price tickets accordingly.
However, when I started thinking about flying a discount airline something else popped into my head. It reminded me of the hack I used to buy cheap tickets on Allegiant by going to the airport. Because Spirit Airlines is a discount airline like Allegiant, I thought maybe it could be even cheaper to buy these tickets at the airport too.
Note: When we are talking about buying tickets at the airport we are talking about buying last minute tickets and not advance purchase tickets (which would be tickets for flights several days, weeks, or months out).
As a general rule, you will get better value on your flight tickets if you buy more at the same time, but only if they are with the same airline, or airlines in the same alliance (e.g. Star Alliance). For example, flying a return ticket from New York City to London with United Airlines will be cheaper than 2 one-way tickets.
Rarely ever do airline tickets get cheaper as your departure date approaches, especially if you need to fly on a certain date. Budget airlines typically offer low rates as a baseline price, and as these tickets sell, the remaining ones increase in cost. This is very typical in Europe and Australia. If you know when and where you're going, don't wait on an unknown sale. More often than not, your biggest savings come from booking far ahead when you can.
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The airlines' websites don't contain tons of information about how to buy at the airport. So, the editors here at The Arizona Republic gave me the go-ahead to buy a couple of tickets between Phoenix and Las Vegas to check it out.
Is it cheaper to buy at the airport The short answer is yes. I tested Allegiant (at Phoenix-Mesa Gateway Airport) and Frontier (at Sky Harbor) to get an idea of how it works at both airports. You can also buy Spirit tickets at Sky Harbor. 59ce067264