I'll raise you. A lot of students in flight schools are willing to take people on small tours and flights. Some will even let you fly with them if you go half on the fuel. 1. Use a flight map. Google Flights and Skyscanner have handy map tools that can help you find the cheapest flight. If your destination is set in stone, use the map to compare fares at nearby Look on kayak. I just looked and leaving Tuesday from Las to tys I see some as low as $250, but $350-400 is common. Edit: several sub $200 to ATL. 5. eeyorespiglet • 10 hr. ago. CHA has a decent airport as well. I know AA, Delta, and Spirit fly out alot. (Im a flightradar junkie lol) 1. The price goes up as the day of the flight draws near because they try to get as close to fully booking the entire plane as possible, and as you get closer to the day of the flight, the number of available seats drops dramatically, and rules of supply-and-demand take over. But there's last minute, and then there's last minute. Cheaper tickets Go to their website and sign up for their frequent flyer program. Now let’s say you use Sky Scanner and locate the flight you want to take from New York to London. But it’s on British Airways, so you buy your ticket via the BA website. Don’t sign up for the BA frequent flyer program. 10 Tips for Getting Cheap Flight Tickets 2024. 1. Fly during the working weekdays. Opting to take your flight during the working week can save you money as flight prices for departures during the working week, especially Tuesdays and Wednesdays, are cheaper. This is mainly because these days are less popular to travel on. 30%. 8. 75%. 1. 293%. According to the table if you to buy "last minute" Ryanair tickets 15 days before departure, the average price is 30% higher than if they were booked two week earlier. The worst day to buy is one day before departure, when the price is almost 3 times higher than the baseline. So united airlines here in the US has that. You can go to their website and click on united specials, and each week they publish cheap weekend flight deals. Ive been able to take last minute weekend trips to costa rica and washington dc for under $300. Maybe British air or others have something similar. bLH5.