Where to advertise Air tickets selling?
 

Hello, sorry for English, i am from Italy and opened airline ticket company. Can you please tell me in few words, where usually or at what websites (no advert, only few words about resources) are you using to find best cheap flight from United States. I mean not official airline companies, mean maybe facebook AD or google search or large forums, travelers boards, article in news paper. I don't know where to find new clients (this is not ad, i just trying to understand how to find new clients) and maybe customers can tell me and be helpful with it. It will help me to do business better and world too. Thanks! Sorry, i am 18 years old and it will help me.

Most people in US who travel frequently buy their own airline tickets directly from the airline's website. Some people do research on websites like expedia or kayak - but then usually book on the airline's website.

People used to use travel agents, either in person or on-line. Now most people do it themselves.

Wishing you success with your business.

We always check Kayak and then also my husband's corporate travel office. Once we determine best deal we buy directly with the airline.

If you can't offer either better price or free upgrades why should anyone buy tickets through you versus directly with the airline.

You are basically trying to start a travel agency - but only for air tickets - and I can't imagine anyone who would want that service. If people need help organizing a trip they usually get a TA who can do a whole tour or cruise or trip planning for them.

If I look at Kayak or expedia, I still ALWAYS buy directly from the airline. Why would I buy from a middleman and create potential problems with cancelled flights, changes, or anything else.

Like nytraveler, I'm not sure what kind of business you hope to generate with the service as you describe it. Who would need or want to buy their air tickets from you?

I always buy directly from the airline, also, but tend to use Kayak for research. I've used Orbitz some, also. Once in a great while I might check Expedia if the flight I've been watching has changed a lot, just to compare.

I would never buy a regular ticket from a standard airline from anyone but the airline if all legs were that airline or partners. The only time I've bought a ticket elsewhere, and it's been a few years, is when I wanted to split the going and return between two airlines that were not partners, so I couldn't book on one of them, AND the price was still what it should be for a RT ticket. You used to be able to do that on Travelocity, but I haven't tried in a while.

I don't know of any website that offers cheap tickets on regular airlines, how could they.

I buy from Travelocity/Expedia about half the time, either because the price is better than going through the airline, or the itinerary is better split between two airlines, or both. I would be wary of buying from a company I've never heard of, though.

I have bought through Expedia in the past without any problems. I tend to use Kayak, and Cheapoair, Hipmunk, what ever gets me the best fare.

We search as the above posters do, and usually buy from the airlines directly, but have also used Expedia, Travelocity, Orbitz.
I would NOT buy from an 18 year old who just started a business.

Is anyone getting ANY idea what this person wants other than to post on a travel board?

My guess is that in europe people may use agents to buy air tickets and he thinks he can start a similar business in NY - when the flight purchase model is completely different here.

In europe there are lots of small agencies that sell air or even train tickets - unlike here where it's mostly do it yourself with a few full service travel agents for more complicated/unusual trips.

I think that's a good point, nyt, and I would go further to say that it's a model that could find a market in the US. (Whether the OP is the one to do that is another question.)

I used a travel agent recently just to buy air tickets, having done a ton of online research beforehand and even identified specific flights I wanted. it was a complicated itinerary, and I thought my only problem was not being able to get Expedia/Travelocity to accept it.

Turns out the agent found better and cheaper flights for me, for a fee that was about 2% of the cost of the tickets.

So I am a convert to the idea of using an agent to buy air tickets.