In the past "double 11", many airlines have launched new products, such as secondary ticket card, round-trip card, business class card and so on. This year, "Double 11" has become the main stage for new air tickets to focus on launching and reaching users. For example, the multi-airline, multi-route and multi-city air ticket sub-card launched by Flying Pig and airlines was launched on "Double 11" this year. According to Flying Pig's data, the cumulative bookings of several new products on its platform have exceeded 100,000, and the turnover of the "Double 11" campaign has increased by more than 60% year-on-year.

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"Freedom to fly" can be more "happy" if you want.

The "Free Flight" product was launched by HNA and Qunar.com. Consumers first buy a ticket for a specific route at a fixed price and then choose any time in the next month to redeem the ticket on a flight operated by the airline. You don't need to pay anything extra except for airport construction fees and fuel surcharges. If you don't redeem it next month, you get a full refund. This is certainly a great way to save money for travelers with definite travel plans.

Play "free flight."

"Freedom to fly", "free flight" and "happy flight" represent product innovations in China's civil aviation industry since the outbreak. Airlines have made breakthroughs by creating new demand through changes in product mix and marketing methods. For example, "Fly as you please", which can be booked a week in advance and used on weekends, meets the travel needs of travelers who want to travel all over the country, while "Fly as you please", which can be used in the morning and evening hours, has gained popularity among travelers. These products have become a new way for airlines to sustain their operations, acquire new customers and expand their markets during the off-season.

Double 11 airlines "fly with your heart" many new products in Flying Pig debut.

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Where is the cheapest airfare?

In the whole chain of selling air tickets, the airlines occupy an absolute advantage and are the only price makers.

Based on the principle of revenue management, airlines enter different prices into the GDS (Global Distribution System). This system is like a data center that collects and organizes information about airlines' cabins, airfares, etc. Third-party sales platforms such as OTAs (online travel platforms) and air ticket agents obtain the required data through the GDS system, and then display the information online for users to use.

During this process, airlines also adjust airfares according to changes in market conditions, so the data in the GDS system is also dynamic.

The airlines have a special post "watching" each route, the price of - the dynamic management of the route, mainly responsible for the daily sales management of flights, responsible for the route of the market sales analysis, forecasting, organization and implementation of the assessment, the important flight pre-analysis and so on. They are mainly responsible for daily sales management of flights, market sales analysis, forecasting, organization and implementation of evaluation, and pre-analysis of important flights. They have to ensure the passenger load factor of the flights and avoid wasting seats, as well as try to increase the average ticket price and prevent the sale of seats at low prices. So they need to know exactly the quality distribution of each flight they are responsible for.

"Exploring the laws of cheap airfare is a false proposition." Shen Yu (a pseudonym), who has been a route manager at the airline for years, said buying air tickets is like buying stocks, with ticket prices fluctuating irregularly according to market conditions.

He said, route revenue management is a discipline, although some routes sell well in the market, but the airline will not be a one-time ticket all into the sales channel. Airline managers will mostly adopt the dynamic fare adjustment measure of "a small amount of input, multiple monitoring" to minimize the loss of profit. "No rule is a rule. If someone can successfully predict the direction of airfare, surely someone has made an airfare prediction app based on the business opportunity, but there is no software on the market with corresponding functions that can provide similar services."

"The most discounted tickets are definitely sold online by airline officials, but passengers may not be able to get them." Shen Yu revealed that in the past, some route managers would lower the price of their routes to a controllably low price in order to maintain relationships, but this phenomenon has been reduced as management requirements become more and more standardized.

"Some companies have relevant cooperation with airlines, and the airlines will provide 'discounted' air tickets for their contracted corporate clients, which are more favorable. Travel agencies pre-purchase group tickets from airlines for group guests and will resell them to agents or individuals at low prices

The 8th of each month is Hainan Airlines membership day, the 9th of each month is Xiamen Airlines membership day, and the 28th of each month is China Southern Airlines membership day. In the air ticket membership day to buy tickets, passengers will also enjoy varying degrees of "discount" benefits. In addition, the major low-cost airline major routes city airfare will be relatively low, such as Ruili Airlines major cities Lanzhou, Shenyang, Western Airlines major cities Chongqing, Zhengzhou and so on. It should be noted that the cheap airline fares are cheap, but baggage allowances and return and change policies are often more stringent.

In addition to discounts on the airfare itself, "airfare hotel", "airfare taxi coupon", "airfare fast track", "airfare VIP lounge" and other combination products are more cost-effective than buying them individually if they just meet travelers' needs.

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Epidemic factors affect airfare pricing models.

Before the outbreak, it was generally more cost-effective to purchase tickets for international flights two to three months in advance, and tickets for peak-season domestic flights one month in advance. The outbreak of the epidemic completely changed the travel policy, route network and number of flights, and directly affected passengers' booking habits and travel plans, directly or indirectly affecting the pricing model of air tickets.

According to data from GoWhere, the advance time for travelers to book air tickets has been significantly shortened, with the number of days that leisure travelers purchase air tickets in advance shortened from an average of more than two weeks in 2019 to about one week this year.

Lan Xiang, director of the Where to Go Big Data Research Institute, took the situation of airfare during the Mid-Autumn Festival as an example. The average price of air tickets during the Mid-Autumn Festival in previous years was six or seven hundred yuan. Last year, because the Mid-Autumn Festival and National Day holidays overlap, the average price of air tickets was slightly higher, reaching about 900 yuan. "This year, the average price of airfare during Mid-Autumn Festival is around 600 yuan, which is the lowest point in the past years."

Not only is the average price cheaper during this year's Mid-Autumn Festival, many airplane tickets are cheaper than high-speed rail tickets. For example, Zhengzhou-Ningbo flights departing on the first day of the Mid-Autumn Festival, the lowest price including jet fuel is only 362 yuan, and the price of a second-class high-speed rail seat is 528 yuan.Xi Ankun high-speed rail ticket for a second-class seat is 757 yuan, and the first day of the Mid-Autumn Festival holiday is as low as 219 yuan.

The global epidemic has a direct or indirect impact on airfare. Shen Yu said it was quite common for airfares to be 70 percent off during the peak summer vacation season in the past. But with the outbreak of the epidemic this summer, a large number of travelers refunded their tickets, and airlines had to take measures to reduce prices for promotions. "The whole industry has been 'opened up' to prices, and at this time we can only go with the flow and make all the prices'.

Putting it 'on'. Under the epidemic, who can be the first to grab customers, who is the biggest winner."

Related Q&A: related Q&A: when is the cheapest time to buy tickets? When do airlines release tickets?

I. The way to buy in advance

1. If you are leaving in the peak season, such as the Spring Festival, May Day, National Day, summer and winter vacations and other holidays, then book 2 months in advance will be much cheaper oh. If you are not in the peak season, then you usually book 20-30 days in advance.

2. In fact, airfare is subject to change every day. Generally speaking, the price of an airplane ticket changes three times a day. The best time to buy is after 13:00 when it is the cheapest, and you can refresh the price every five hours.

3. Inside a week, the demand for travel is relatively low on Tuesdays and Wednesdays, and relatively high on Fridays and Saturdays, so you can check in advance and then buy the low-priced ones~ Generally speaking, the prices are the cheapest from January to the beginning of March (except for the Chinese New Year) and from November to the beginning of December. Next are April and May, September and October.

4. It is not recommended to buy air tickets in mid-June to early September, mid-December to early January, and during the Chinese New Year holiday period, when airfares are sky-high!

5. There are also a variety of member days and platform promotion, collection of special airfare discount day, in the various platforms discount day time to grab a ticket.

6. Priority is given to interline tickets, and it is cheaper to buy a round-trip ticket than to buy multiple one-way tickets. Under normal circumstances, the interline ticket transfer a few times do not need to carry their own luggage, separate purchase of tickets, only two companies have signed a baggage transportation agreement to meet the conditions of the baggage to the end of the check-in.

7. Choose the best time to travel. The best time to travel is in March, April, September and November each year, and you can book your flight 30 to 40 days in advance

8. You should know the specific terms and conditions of the flight ticket, including the baggage allowance, refund and change of visa terms... Because sometimes airfare plus check-in doesn't work out to be very cheap!

9. Comparison of goods, in the platform official website, can let you clearly see the different websites, on the price of air tickets, and then better comparison, choice.

10. multiple refreshing browsing web page, airline fares may change at any time, want to grab cheap airfare is best to open the computer screen to wait, pay close attention.

Then let's talk about other ways to buy

1. the airline's membership day (membership day can be cheaper to a few dollars, dozens of dollars,)

2. the airline's seasonal promotions, new routes promotions (whenever these come when the airfare is also cheap)

3. the Flying Pig, Ctrip, Wherever, and other agents of the platform's The company's activities, coupons (many times there are activities coupons, sometimes hundreds of thousands of reduction, comparable to free tickets)

4. The three major airline alliance mileage play (flying, or staying in hotels ....). The activity of the accumulated miles can be free for air tickets)

5. from time to time airline bugs (airlines sometimes out of the bug is also a few dozen dollars can be out of the ticket, which the most famous is the end of 18 years out of the Eastern Airline bug, are on the major news headlines)

three. Membership Day purchase

Domestic four major banks membership day

Southern Airlines:

The 28th of every month is the membership day of Southern Airlines.

Every time this time of year there's a huge sale on 600+ domestic routes!

Also, in addition to Membership Day, China Southern Airlines has big ticket sales in January, March, June, and September.

In January, you can buy April-June tickets, especially for Central and West Asia, which are very cheap;

In March, you'll buy tickets for May-November, when there will be specials for the summer vacation and the November holiday;

In June, you'll buy tickets for September-December, when there are specials for the November holiday and the New Year's Day holiday;

In September, you'll buy tickets for the period from January to May the following year

Air China:

Every month on the same day of the month is a member day.

On February 2 Membership Day, round-trip tickets to the U.S. and Australia are as low as 980 RMB! Air China's surprise Membership Day every Thursday is also a great time to stock up on tickets! Orient Airlines:

From this year it changed to the 9th of every month is the member's day, which is based on points redemption. Every year on Double 11 or Christmas Day, China Eastern Airlines will have an international promotion called China Eastern Airlines Flash Sale, and there will usually be special fares, so it's easy to find information on low-cost airfares if you pay more attention at these times of the year!

Hainan Airlines:

The 8th of every month is HNA's Membership Day, so you can focus on Australia and New Zealand, and the prices are generally very attractive!

Average but beautifully priced nine lines

Spring Airlines:

The 27th of every month is its membership day.

Spring Airlines has great discounts, so we recommend keeping an eye out for domestic flights. In addition to this there are often $1, $9, $59 and $99 tickets available

Shenzhen Airlines:

The 12th of each month is its members' day, and routes are generally centered around Shenzhen and Guangzhou covering the whole country and major cities in Japan, South Korea and Southeast Asia.

Xiamen Airlines:

Membership day is on the 9th of every month, generally in the form of points redemption, with routes to major domestic cities, Southeast Asia, and a few European, American and Australian countries.

Sichuan Airlines:

The 19th of each month is Membership Day, generally in the form of mileage redemption for full airfare promotions, with routes covering the whole country centered on Chengdu, Chongqing and Kunming.

JIANGXIANG AIR:

Membership Day is on the 25th of every month, also in the form of points redemption.

Ruili Airlines:

Tickets start at $6 every Tuesday! Yunnan round-trip routes to many domestic cities are $6 and $66!

Western Airlines:

Tickets on Wednesdays from $8. Tickets to and from Chongqing, Zhengzhou, Hefei and Guangxi to and from all over the world are available for $8, $38, $58, $88, and sometimes $0.

Cheungpeng Airlines:

Tickets start at $8 on Thursdays, and $8 and $88 on routes to and from many domestic cities in Yunnan!

United Airlines of China:

Tickets from $8 every Friday, $8, $58, $88, $128 tickets to and from Beijing to many domestic city routes!

In order to make it easier for everyone to see more clearly

I deliberately got a table

Introduction of low-cost airline base camp

Spring Airlines

Main city: Bangkok, Osaka, Jeju Island, Phuket, Taipei Promotion time: the 9th of each month

You can pay attention to the 9-second activity area 99 yuan to grab the above main cities! The airfare Shanghai flights are mainly, special tickets a lot of also very good to grab often

Renaissance Airlines

Main cities: Kunming, Hohhot, Shenyang, Qingdao Promotion time: every Tuesday at 6:00 PM 6 yuan spike

Recently out of the set of activities, really cheap, Kunming's partners can focus on the next

Western Airways

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Western Airways

Western Airways

Western Airways

The main cities: Zhengzhou, Hefei, Shijiazhuang, Qingdao

Promotion time: Wednesdays at 10:00 AM 8 yuan from basically 38, 88 yuan of the snatch

Total **** on the coverage of the domestic 12 regions, inland, the fares are very low harmonization

Hainan Airlines

The main cities: Beijing, Shenzhen, Haikou, Guangzhou Promotion time: Monthly No. 8 airfare discount on 20% off

Domestic routes are basically covered, mainly the above four cities as a fixed point to cover the surrounding

Xiangpeng Airlines

Main cities: Yunnan's major cities, Bangkok, Zhengzhou Promotion time: every Thursday afternoon there is a spike in the same also domestic routes from $ 8

Kunming as the center of the airline, to go to the surrounding cities and Bangkok and other places at beautiful prices

United Airlines of China

Main cities:Inner Mongolia, Dongying, Henan XinyangPromotion time:Every Friday at 12 noon

Beijing-centered low-cost airlines, to go to, the above main cities of the ticket price of less than 200 yuan, one-way from 58 yuan

Grab the ticket tips

Domestic four major airlines:China Southern Airlines, Air China, Hainan Airlines, China Eastern Airlines

Membership Day when most of the routes can go to a discount such as this, foreign lines, although not necessarily cheap airline ◆ Grab Tickets Tips

1, members of the day at 12 o'clock click to grab tickets (you can use the phone to book an alarm to remind to grab the tickets)

2, before grabbing tickets to look at the flights that they want to grab, if the place to go to the popular city, you can choose the area closer to the destination, grab tickets to the destination. The first thing you need to do is to get a good deal of money to buy a new car, and then you'll be able to buy a new car.

3. When you are hesitant, place your order first! Not to pay, or a few seconds later will be gone hahahahahahahaha, because not only are you grabbing, a lot of travel agencies are also grabbing!

Fifteen minutes of payment time should be enough time to go to WeChat to find a fellow traveler (anyway, I hesitate every time because I did not find a companion)

4, sometimes there will be part of the people grabbed the ticket but did not pay, but also can be picked up the omission! So after fifteen minutes and then refresh may have

5, the airlines will be released at different times of different routes, so you can view more time

6, more than one ticket channel at the same time

7, China Southern Airlines also has weekly shopping activities: every Thursday there will be a 100 yuan route products, there will be unexpected low-priced flights.

8, China Southern Airlines 3, 6, 9, mid- to late December will be a travel festival promotion, promotion period of a number of tourist routes can be low-cost shopping.

9. If you buy two or more tickets on China Eastern Airlines' member day, and the discount of each ticket is more than 40%, you can enjoy another 10% discount on the total ticket price.

◆Partners in the Pearl River Delta can pay more attention to Hong Kong and Macau routes! Cabbage price

Often grab special airfare tips set up

_If the time and place has been determined

It is recommended to go to the official website of major airlines, see the real-time dynamic fares, about 20 days in advance there is often a low-priced period

_If it is not determined the time and place of

It is recommended to go to the attention of the app of the various airlines, in the Member's Day to grab a ticket, and that ticket is probably available for the next few months, mainly because it's cheap