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Buying Flight Ticket Online (10 MISTAKES + Google Flights tips) - YouTube
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hi and welcome to the channel my name is
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Megan and I make all of my flight
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bookings myself usually searching
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through Google flights because I love
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the flexibility of seeing all the
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different options for x destinations and
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crisis however booking your own flights
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means that you need to be on alert for
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all of the little details of those
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flights and recognize that a good deal
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often comes at a less obvious cost in
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today's video I'll be running through
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ten things to look out for it before you
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book your flight that could potentially
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completely derail your trip or cause you
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to have to rebook your flights which we
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all know is not cheap
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the first mistake to avoid is flying in
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or out of the wrong Airport if you want
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to cite like Google flights and you type
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in New York to London you're going to
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see all the different flight options
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from all of the different airports
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leaving from New York to the different
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airports that fly into London so you
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could end up having a flight that's
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departing from Newark JFK boy leg right
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I double-check the airport codes because
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you don't want to end up arriving at
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Newark Airport only to find out that
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your flight is actually departing from
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JFK on a similar note you may get an
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amazing deal that's going New York to
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London but then when you look at the
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airport code you'll see that it's
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actually flying into London's Gatwick
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Airport and not the main airport
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Heathrow maybe the cost savings are
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worth it and you okay with flying in to
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Gatwick instead but make sure you know
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it's going to Gatwick because if your
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final destination is closer to Heathrow
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you could end up spending a lot of time
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and money to commute to that final
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destination and it may not be worth the
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cost savings so double-check your
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Airport codes and make sure you know
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which Airport you are flying out of and
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which Airport you are flying into not
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just the city you're flying out of and
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the city of flying into many booking
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sites like Google flights will show you
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options that require you to change
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airports at your connections if it's
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going to be a good deal and sometimes
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it's gonna end up saving you hundreds of
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dollars so it's not an option to
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completely dismiss but you do need to
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recognize that you will need a longer
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layover if you're going to have to
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switch airports a common example of this
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is flying into Bangkok's main
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International Airport and then
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transferring to their smaller Airport
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DMK to catch an in-country flight if you
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were going to Phuket or crabby or Chiang
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Mai the trouble is that once you fly
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into Bangkok's main airport if you
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didn't factor in several hours to get
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you at least 45 minutes to the new
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airport you could end up completely
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missing your flight if you just have a
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two-hour layover and you don't have to
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change airports that's fine if you have
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a two-hour layover and you need to
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change airports you're in trouble so
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definitely check if you have a
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connection that requires a change of
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airport and then
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make sure that your layover is going to
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give you enough time to make the change
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also keep in mind that when you make the
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change to a new airport you have to
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check-in and check your baggage all over
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again so again make sure you have enough
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time the third thing to look out for
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whether you have to change airports or
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not it's too short of a connection time
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in general when you're booking for
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yourself on a site like Google flights
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you'll often see flights that have very
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short connection times if they're going
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to be a great deal you may see a great
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flight deal but if the connection time
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is too tight you're going to stress
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yourself out and risk potentially
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missing that flight flights are commonly
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delayed international flights may have
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additional security lines you may need
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to get through customs and sometimes you
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even need to pick up and then recheck
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your baggage my rule of thumb regardless
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of how good of a flight deal it is is to
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avoid booking any domestic flights with
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a connection time of less than one hour
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and any international flights with a
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connection time of less than two hours
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the fourth thing to look out for is the
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opposite which is too long of a
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connection time you may end up saving a
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couple hundred dollars on your flight if
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you end up going with an eighteen hour
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overnight layover but then think about
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that layover are you going to need to
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get a hotel are you going to need to pay
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for transportation to get to that hotel
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and then back to the airport the next
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day and then also go through the time of
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rechecking in and rechecking all of your
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baggage is it worth it if it's great
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savings but a very long connection time
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another option is to just hang out in
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the airport which is probably what I
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would do and if you plan on doing this
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definitely check out the free website
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sleeping in airports it's pretty much
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exactly as it sounds we will tell you
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all of the best places to get some sleep
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as well as activities and Wi-Fi
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passports things to do while you are on
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your connection layover if you're flying
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long-haul international my next tip is
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to check what countries you will be
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having your connections in this may not
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matter to you but it matters to me
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particularly when it comes to travel
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insurance my travel insurance
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most travel insurances are going to cost
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more if you have a stop in the US so for
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example I pay 37 dollars a month to have
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my travel insurance coverage if I'm not
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traveling in the US or through the US by
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simply having a connection in a US city
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my travel insurance will jump from 37
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dollars a month to sixty-seven dollars a
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month this is common u.s. is usually a
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premium add-on so you may not think
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about it but your travel insurance could
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be completely voided if you have a
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connection in a u.s. city and you don't
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have a u.s. add-on to your travel
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insurance so typically if I'm flying
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from Canada to an international
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destination that is outside of the u.s.
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I will avoid traveling through the u.s.
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altogether my next tip when booking your
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own flights is to double check what the
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baggage limitations are if you are going
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with a low-cost carrier which many sites
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like Google flights will show you
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options with and you can end up scoring
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some very cheap flights these are
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carriers like Lion Air AirAsia spirit
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wow Airlines the trouble with these is
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that they end up making their money on
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the additional add-ons as opposed to the
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actual flight ticket so you could see a
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very cheap flight on Google flights with
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Ryanair but let's say you have two bags
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that you need to check with you while
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many airlines still have at least one
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check bag included in the price these
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budget airlines usually don't
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so with Ryanair you could end up paying
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fifty US dollars for each bag that you
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check each way so you could end up
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paying more by flying on one of these
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budget airlines which includes no food
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no drinks limited legroom then you would
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have paid if you had flown with a
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standard airline on the more expensive
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price that had all of these things that
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you needed included so my tip here is to
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just really look at the deal that you're
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going for and see what's included with
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taxes with fees with baggage all the
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details so you know what your final cost
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is going to be not just the cost of the
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flight ticket
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my seventh tip is very simple but
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absolutely key if you're booking your
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own flights this is to update your spam
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or your junk folder settings so that any
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communications that come through from
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the airline go to your inbox and not
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straight to your junk well you may never
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see them if you're booking your own
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flights you are the one that is in
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charge if there's going to be any
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changes to your itinerary the airline
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will try to get in touch with you
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directly which means you need to see
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these emails to know if they're going to
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be any important changes to your
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itinerary
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when you're booking a flight with Google
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flights my next tip is to not confuse a
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direct flight with a nonstop flight a
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nonstop flight is exactly as it sounds
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you will fly from your departure Airport
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directly to your destination Airport
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however a direct flight may include
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stops along the way to pick up and drop
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off passengers this means you are going
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up in the air down multiple times it's
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going to take longer so you might want
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to be paying more for a flight that
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doesn't have these additional stops
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along the way even if it's going to be
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more expensive next if you're booking
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your own flight and you intend to use
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loyalty points that you've collected
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with an airline make sure you read the
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checkout page thoroughly using points to
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book a free flight doesn't actually
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include the taxes and the airport fees
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that come along with that flight for
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example I have enough loyalty points to
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book a one-way flight from Canada to
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Asia this sounds pretty good to have a
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free long-haul flight but then when I
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put the details in and I get to the
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checkout page I'll see that I'll end up
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paying an additional $500 in taxes and
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fees so the total cost of this flight
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for one way is going to be all of my
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points plus an additional $500 my
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alternative would be to book a
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round-trip flight and round-trip is
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almost always cheaper when it's the
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long-haul international than in one way
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and it would cost me from Canada to Asia
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and back to Canada a grand total of $700
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and zero points
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if I were to go with the option to use
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my
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points and gets to Asia I'd be spending
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like I said all of my points plus $500
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and then I would also need to book
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another one way when I wanted to come
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home that one-way flight would likely
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cost me between 600 and 700 dollars as
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you can see it is a much better deal and
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much better value for your money to book
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a round-trip and pay for it in full as
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opposed to using all of your points
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using points I'm not the person to give
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you tips on this but from what I read
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and what I've seen it is much more
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valuable for you to use your points for
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things like upgrades or for shorter
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domestic flights than it is for these
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long-haul international flights I will
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also leave a few resources down below
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they're free that have helped me and one
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of them actually helps you see what the
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value of your points is worth in dollars
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so you know if it's better to just pay
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for your flight or better to be using
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your points my final tip when it comes
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to booking your own flights is to maybe
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consider not booking your own flight
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don't completely dismiss using a good
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travel agent a good travel agent
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especially if it's your first time
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booking flights or if you have a
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complicated itinerary with multiple
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stops can end up saving you a heck of a
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lot of money there getting a small fee
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as well but you may also end up saving
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they can show you options that you maybe
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didn't see we're available and also
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going to be able to catch all of the
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mistakes that I mentioned in this video
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such as high baggage fees even though
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it's a cheap flight or too short of a
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connection time or connections that
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involve Airport changes they keep track
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of all of this for you and the peace of
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mind having everything done correctly
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may be worth it if you do still decide
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to book your own flights then I
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definitely recommend that you check out
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Rakatan I've mentioned Rakatan so many
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times on this channel it's a very
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popular very simple cash back service
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that partners with thousands of stores
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from Sephora to Lululemon to Expedia so
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if you're booking your flights which is
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a pretty high ticket option you can get
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a certain percent of cash back on that
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flight booking I ended up saving
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hundreds of dollars by using Rakuten to
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book my flight
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some in 2019 I'll leave all the details
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from a curtain as well as every other
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resource that I mentioned in this video
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I'm pretty sure all of them were free in
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the description down below in summary
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there are many many benefits to booking
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your own flights but then the drawback
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is that you need to pay attention to all
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of these little details and be on the
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ball with any changes to your itinerary
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if you made it this far in this video
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you should be well on your way to
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successfully booking your own flights
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and avoiding some of these key mistakes
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thank you so much for watching I really
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appreciate you being here I hope you'll
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give this video a thumbs up then let me
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know in the comments if you plan to book
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your own flights when travel opens up
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again thanks again for watching and I
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hope to see you back here again for
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another video next Tuesday
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