Travel Tips

Airlines

Cheap Booking

If you have been doing a lot of searching for bookings, clear your computer browser web cache to insure you are seeing the most recent web page for a site. Instead of searching all the major sites, check with Kayak.com, it searches 120 travel and airline site and does not charge any booking fees. Once your find your flight, go to that airlines website and search for the same date and time to insure you do not miss out on some exclusive deal only offered on the airlines website.

Speed though airport security

Many large airports have additional screening points that, while out of the way, are seldom used and offer quicker service. To find the best checkpoint to use, log onto the Transportation Security Administration website, which lists security checkpoints at every U.S. airport and publishes the average wait times by the hour. It helps to know the layout at your airport, most are horseshoe shaped and have multiple screening points. If the terminals are connected beyond security, you can enter through the least busy line and make your way back to your gate. At airports with one central security checkpoint, the shorter lines are usually on the other edges. Airports with hotels attached have a separate security entrance for guests, but anyone may use it.