How to get cheap tickets for year-end holidays - Channel NewsAsia

3. OPT FOR NON-REFUNDABLE TICKETS

With the holiday season inching ever closer, those who’ve yet to plan their vacation would be wise to forgo flexibility for cheaper prices. Platforms such as Agoda and Trip.com offer non-refundable options which can save you hundreds of dollars throughout your trip compared with their refundable counterparts.

But let’s be real for a second. If you’re planning your year-end trip this late, do you really have the luxury of flexibility?

4. BUY SEPARATE ONE-WAY TICKETS INSTEAD OF A RETURN TICKET

Conventional wisdom might make you believe that return flight tickets are always cheaper than one-way tickets. However, as someone who’s spent more time in 2023 in planes than at the office, let me tell you that that is not always the case.

The pricing structure on travel platforms is extremely complex and volatile. As such, finding the most cost-effective option might require a bit of legwork.

In the case of this flight to Melbourne below, for instance, it costs a total of S$646 to buy separate one-way flight tickets, as opposed to the S$691 it would have cost had someone bought a return flight.

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