article_snippet.sent: Often times a Friday-Monday flight will be cheaper than a Thursday-Sunday, for instance, even though it's the same number of days.
article_snippet.sent: Usually the cheapest days to fly are Tuesday, Wednesday, and Saturday.
article_snippet.sent: Check the day before and after for cheaper fares .
article_snippet.sent: Always search one day before or after just out of curiosity, because sometime red-eye flights can technically leave on the next day.
article_snippet.sent: These flights leave late at night, arriving in early morning and inside the US
article_snippet.sent: These flights are almost exclusively for travel from the West to the East. '
article_snippet.sent: I once helped my friend George cut the price of a round trip flight to Vegas nearly in half by finding a redeye flight that left just after midnight, making it technically a Monday flight and not a Sunday flight,' Keyes tells MailOnline Travel.
article_snippet.sent: Search for the whole month for flights .
article_snippet.sent: Refer to websites such as Kayak and ITA Matrix which give you an month's overview of flights a prices.
article_snippet.sent: Make your itinerary as flexible as possible so you are able to opt for going a few weeks after you intended to get the lower fares.
article_snippet.sent: The writer recommends flying on a Tuesday, Wednesday, and Saturday as these are usually cheaper .
article_snippet.sent: Don't buy domestic flights more than one-three months in advance.
article_snippet.sent: Fares rarely go on sale further than three months in advance, so you'll miss out on some upcoming deals if you book too early.
article_snippet.sent: Unlike 20 years ago, standby fares are mostly a thing of the past and fares tend to shoot up in the final days before a flight actually takes place.
article_snippet.sent: For popular flight times during the holiday season or for long haul, look six months in advance.