The Art of cheap flights to Europe

The era of thrifty hitchhiking, by bus and rail, alternatives that had not been for decades, is over! Now for those who are accustomed to consider not only money but also time, there are many opportunities for cheap flights, comparable in price and sometimes cheaper than the tedious travel on the roads.

Continent literally ischerchen all imaginable and the most unexpected routes. To help tourists and airlines came to the old military airfields reoriented to peaceful purposes, and fierce competition in the market of cheap air travel, forcing carriers to do more and more attractive offers to passengers.
Therefore, proper planning, travel can help you save more than one hundred dollars during the holidays, you just have to make a bit of work and thinking outside the box.
Advice that we present, rather unusual, but the updated experience of the Europeans. They can be interesting and relevant for Russian travelers who know foreign languages, able to handle with the Internet and having the requisite open visa to your passport:
Spend a few hours of searching. There are about a dozen well-known low-cost airlines and a number of lesser-known. The best way to find the appropriate option - to compare as many as possible combinations of routes with different airlines using their Web sites on the Internet.
The largest of the low-cost airlines - Irish carrier Ryanair, whose routes include London, Dublin, Barcelona and Berlin. This company is actively strengthening its leading position by offering flights cost from 10 euros!
In second place - Easyjet, begins at the time revolutionary epoch flights at low prices. But now it's not the cheapest player on the European market.
Other companies have features that must be considered. Skyeurope, for example, is based in Bratislava, and good for traveling in the south-eastern Europe. Wizzair is specialized in Poland and surrounding areas. BMI Baby was traveling from major British cities, except London and across Europe.
Do not hurry. Often a cheap flight there, but "hiding" among the expensive ones. The carrier may offer flights on a specified route for 60 euros for the next two weeks, but at some date has tickets for the same flight for 5 euros! Why? Who knows? Perhaps this is a charter, booked a one-way. Or is it a plane that is redirected, to bring the schedule in order. 

Be flexible with dates and cities. Cheapest flights usually occur at intervals of not less than 2 weeks, and tickets are usually in the early morning. In addition, sometimes you should use little-known airport to meet with the cities located close to the destination. If you managed to find a cheap ticket from London to Madrid, then do not read the text below. If not, then try to fly to the city of Santander in northern Spain and Valladolid.
Never heard of these? It does not matter - they are only 2-3 hours away by train or car from Madrid, and roundtrip flight from Britain is extremely cheap. Search strategy alternatives is particularly useful in countries with multiple destinations and cheap local transport, such as
Portugal and Poland. You can even fly into one country, to get to the other. For example, the best way to get to Andalucia in Spain - to go by plane to the Portuguese city of Faro, from very inexpensive to get to Seville by bus or rental car.
Main carefully study the local schedule and combine it with the time of arrival, as it may be that the right train or bus runs only twice a week.
Find out the real location of the airport. Many airports only rated in the cities of destination. For example, heading to Grenoble, you arrive in Lyon and then the bus will take you where necessary. Another classic example - Frankfurt. The place where you land, called Frankfurt (Hahn), and is a couple of hundred kilometers from the town of the same name. While 5-6 other cities are much closer to the airport. Factor is the location of the airport is crucial - the road it may have cost more than the flight, and while it should definitely consider if it is only an intermediate point on the route. 

Be careful when planning a complex journey. Even if your flights are carried out one airline that does not mean that it automatically perebroniruet ticket for a connecting flight on which you were late because the previous one. This is especially important in winter, when the mists of northern Europe may delay the flight for many hours. Most airlines will rebook for 40-50 euros, much more expensive than the cost of the ticket.
Book immediately a return ticket. Pretty easy to get a cheap flight "there", but forget to order a "back", and suddenly discover that tickets are only possible return flight are incredibly expensive.
The only correct solution, unless you have decided on the date of return, this book several return flights. Such a method may seem crazy at first glance! After all, cheaper to pay 15 euros for every three or four possible dates for the return flight than two days before he bought a ticket for 150 euros.