How To Buy a Plane Ticket

First  you have to want to go somewhere.  Its not hard to pick places. You can research them online, ask friends or maybe visit someone you met who lives in a different state. Visiting friends is a wonderful thing and showing the effort to take a trip to go see them can build a stronger friendship.

Once you picked a place, you can buy a ticket many ways. The old fashion way is to go to the airport and buy it at the ticket counter. But with online services and travel agencies there are plenty of options. I suggest online services because you can compare prices as well as service fees. I like to use www.cheapticktets.com to compare. Then I often go directly to the airline site so book. Going directly to the airlines may give you a bonus on miles and I like to rack up miles where I can.

You should have a schedule in you mind,  a plan of action. What days you want to go and considering the flight time, the times you want to leave and return.  Now you can purchase with a credit card, debit card and I even believe some airline allow you to use paypal. Yep paypal, electronic checks, even western union.  They give you options.

You then pick your flight, fill out your information, confirm your charges and hit purchase! You now have a plane ticket. Make sure you get to the airport and get on the plane!! Fly off and your on your way to a great time!!!

Now I have simplified this process in my blog but feel free to ask specific questions.

Oh I forgot to say tickets usually require at last a 14 day advanced purchase to get a good price.  You can buy a ticket the same day but it would most likely be at a very steep price. It's always best to plan, plan plan.