AirBank’s airfare consolidators have contracts with major airlines to purchase tickets to international destinations in such huge quantities that the consolidators get a real deal on the price of the flights. But – even though they get cheap tickets from the airlines, often the airlines will run special sales that undercut the price for which they’ve sold the tickets to the consolidators.

Our online booking engine will show you the results of both the special sale pricing from the airlines and consolidator’s pricing.  The lowest total price ticket – including all taxes, surcharges and fees – appears first in the results page.

When booking online, remember to check the “rules” associated with the ticket before you make your purchase:

• Most airfare consolidators tickets can accrue mileage points with appropriate frequent flier programs – but airfare consolidators tickets cannot be used for mileage point upgrades;
• Stopovers are sometimes not allowed, and other times may incur additional fees – call AirBank at 1-888-825-4529 if you would like to include a few day’s stay at a  stopover destination on your international flight;
• Any changes to the ticket once it is issued, will result in substantial fees – and some consolidator tickets prohibit any changes whatsoever;
• Minimum and maximum stays and the “last return date” noted in the rules apply to the initial purchase and any changes.

Consolidator airline tickets are non-refundable once issued; if you purchase a ticket from AirBank and do not check-in for the flight or change your ticket before the scheduled time of departure of your first flight, the ticket has no value.

Real savings are possible when you purchase airfare consolidators tickets for your international flights – check out our real-time online search engine or give us a call to learn how much you can save.

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Consolidator airline tickets are not available for domestic flights within the United States or Canada; generally they are also not available for flights to Mexico and the Caribbean.  There are always exceptions to every “rule” – but you’ll never find a consolidator’s ticket for a flight from one airport in the US to another airport in the US – even to Hawaii or Alaska.  Airline consolidators do not have contracts with airlines for flights within the US.

If you’re looking for cheap air line tickets for flights in the US, it’s best to start looking early, search the web sites of the “discount” airlines (Spirit, AirTran, Southwest, JetBlue, etc.), watch for special sales, and try flexible dates and airports for your departure.

One of the advantages of AirBank’s online search engine is that it will show you the fares for both consolidator airline tickets and published air tickets. (Published airfare is the price the airline is charging the public for the ticket. ) If published air is less than the consolidator’s price for your ticket choice, the published air itinerary will appear first in the results.

When you find a ticket that meets your needs, be sure to read the rules attached to the ticket. Consolidator airline tickets generally have a higher price and more limitations for any changes made once the ticket is purchased. If you have any questions, before you purchase your ticket, contact AirBank at 1-888-825-4529.

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Seriously, the “big boys” with the flashy websites are offering this ticket for the exact same price as the major air carrier to Australia – over $1,250 round trip.  AirBank, specializing in low cost tickets from the airline consolidators, has a price for less than $1,150 per person.

If you check our pricing on this, remember to check the number of stops.  AirBank’s booking engine returned an airfare with only one stop, in LAX.  The lowest prices on competitor’s sites have two stops – with an overall  longer trip as one of the stops is in New Zealand – and these tickets are still more than AirBank’s direct flight.

Here’s another example for a cheap flight to Europe in March – departing from Chicago to Amsterdam, March 1 and returning March 12.  Our competition’s pricing starts with the “low” round trip fare of about $750 with a return flight that will take almost 23 hours!  AirBank’s airline consolidators tickets are about $665 round trip, with all taxes and fees, and the return flight will take only 13 hours.

No additional fees:

AirBank does not charge an additional fee, appearing after your flights are booked, for its tickets – the price you see on our booking engine is the price you pay.  We’re also able to provide the cost of children’s tickets (for most international flights, a child from ages 2 through 11 can fly for the cost of the taxes and fees plus a percentage of the net adult fare.  The exact percentage depends on the airline) and infant’s tickets (an airline defines an infant as a child under age 2 at the time of travel who will sit on the lap of an accompanying adult.  Some airlines provide fold-down bassinets for infants during long-haul flights and these are provided at no additional charge.   An infant’s ticket is priced as a percentage of an adult’s airline taxes on international flights).

Most airlines require an infant to travel on a paper airplane ticket, even though their children and adult tickets are in electronic format.  If you purchase an infant ticket with AirBank, we will add the additional cost of secure delivery of your paper ticket – but this is the only “additional” fee we charge.

Airbank's airline consolidators tickets will take you to brilliant sunsets above the clouds

photo credit: Hunter-Desportes

Our cheap airplane tickets from the airline consolidators are for the same seats on the flights for which you will pay more on other sites.  Our online booking engine draws pricing and real-time ticket inventory from one of the major consolidators – a founding member of USACA, the consolidator’s association.

Each USACA member purchases an enormous number of airplane tickets each year and is able to negotiate extremely competitive pricing with the airlines.  Our well-known competitors go directly to the airlines for their pricing and often, they do not have the volume levels to match our consolidator’s low priced deals.

USACA members do not sell directly to the public – this would violate their contracts with the airlines.  AirBank, a division of a travel agency that specializes in travel to Australia, New Zealand and the South Pacific, is able to purchase airline consolidators tickets and pass on the cost  savings and provide you with the cheapest airfare deals.

Airline Consolidators is a post from AirBank-travel's Airfare News blog where you can get the latest news to find cheap international airfare.

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