Five tricks to book the cheapest tickets out of Dubai

With a little prudence, you can save a pocket-full

Holiday season or not, we all like booking cheap tickets. More so in Dubai - a hub to travel to many countries for the lucky residents here. 
So, if you are a frequent flier you would know some of these tricks already. If not, here's our quick lowdown for you: 

Days to fly

You need to understand the economics of how tickets are priced. More demand obviously means higher ticket prices. So, when flying out of the UAE, avoid Wednesdays, Thursdays, Fridays and Saturdays. Expect maximum rush on Sundays and Thursdays as it is the first and last days of the week in the UAE.
The best day to fly out of Dubai could be a Tuesday and you could return on Wednesdays for best prices if your schedule permits.

Book from the country of visit 

Many times, the price of tickets may vary on the country version of the website. So, if you are booking tickets for India, try booking from website ending with .in rather than .ae. Similarly, for other countries, you could opt for .uk, .fr, .us and so on.

Travel websites

For getting the best deals on your social media feeds, just go on a travel booking website, enter your passenger details, look for flights and exit without booking. Based on your search, most booking sites will start retargeting you and push the best flight deals your way. Ignore the ad for a day or two and you might find something cheaper.

Both single side tickets

While the booking websites and airlines want us to believe that the best deals can be clocked in by booking the tickets both sides, it is not true. More often, most flights price both sides separately and add it up, so it would pretty much cost you the same. The discount that pops on your screen on two-sided booking is just the airline algorithm working on maximizing revenue on each seat. Booking one-way tickets on same or different airlines could be cheaper during the off-season.

Loyalty pays off

More often than not, you might end up being a frequent flier on one or two airlines and this can add up in the long run. You can enroll into their frequent flying programmes and redeem your frequent flying points for an upgrade, discounts or free ticket! Same goes for booking websites and credit cards as they have tempting royalty programmes.
So, go ahead and make your wise choice now!

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