✈️ How to Find Cheap Flights and Travel for Less (AARP Article)

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FROM THE ARTICLE.

11 Tips to Find Cheap Flights.

Save money the next time you fly, with these helpful strategies.

By Berit Thorkelson, AARP. Published November 03, 2025

In this story.

[*] Ask for a discount.

[*] Use points.

[*] Aggregators.

[*] Price alerts.

[*] VPNs.

[*] Flight first rule.

[*] Multiple airports.

[*] Shoulder season.

[*] Goldilocks zone.

[*] Credit card offers.

[*] Memberships.

Airline flights are in the rare category of goods and services that don’t really have a set price. You may pay a lot or a little. It takes some combination of luck and know-how to ensure you’re in the latter category.

The drive to seek out cheap flights increases as the economy tightens, especially for those on a fixed or shrinking budget. This means that some of the 46 percent of travelers age 50 and older who planned to travel domestically by plane this year, according to AARP’s 2025 Travel Trends survey, may be rethinking things.

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https://www.aarp.org/travel/travel-tips/cheap-flights-tips/

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How are YOU finding "cheap" ways to fly?

Me, NO longer fly. Lol, way too many "crashes" for this old lady!  😱

Take care,

Nicole  ✈️  (Travel Forum)