1.Ticket Price

This is easily one of the most important factors to consider before purchasing a ticket. Prices tend to vary among airlines, and most people tend to look for the cheapest ticket. Even so, before you finalize your purchase, it’s important to determine whether or not the price of the ticket includes taxes, surcharges and fees. Additionally, looks deeply when you going to buy budget airlines ticket because they have extra baggage fees, Add-on such as pre-buying of food, seat, etc. nowadays, from Bangladesh most of the airlines rearrange their services such as decreases the baggage allowances (Malaysia Airlines, Biman Bangladesh airlines) in some route to offer less price ticket to be more competitive, as well in-flight services such as food and other support (Malindo Airlines)

2.Amount of Allowable Baggage

Most airlines only allow a certain amount of baggage before they charge you for extra baggage. The rules for baggage vary among airlines, therefore it’s important to ensure that you know how much free check-in baggage is allowed first so that you will know exactly how much you’re expected to pay to fly that airline, together with your baggage. As an example, I have seen lots of passengers faced an embarrassing situation in the different airport(including Dhaka Airport) Check-in counter for their luggage, as the travel agency didn’t properly inform them the allowance’s or hide them the details, which is a regular picture of Thai lion air, Air Asia Passengers.

 3.Number of Stopovers

Most of the time when you will get a cheaper ticket, it will carry more stopover than usual or from the direct flight. In the airline industry, time is money, and it matters. So, more stopover or more transit time will catch your travel time but give you cheap travel. This completely depends on what types of traveler you are. Suppose you are a business traveler where time is important for your business and as a result, you should look direct flight where you have to pay a high amount of money. On the other hand, next month if you are in travel for your leisure time you may choose transit or stopover flight for reducing the flight cost and minimize your travel budget. So before buying a ticket you have to decide what types of traveler you are and what is your calculation for budget minimizing or maximizing upon your workflow.

4.Time of the Flight

Flights that arrive at their destinations at odd hours are usually less expensive than flights that arrive during peak hours. That’s fine if you’re familiar with the area you’re flying into, else you might be better off just paying an extra few dollars to save yourself unwanted hassles that could have been avoided. As an example, the direct flight from Bangladesh near cities like Bangkok, Kualalumpur, Singapore, etc. are reached on the business hours are comparatively much higher than off time(Night Flight) as those give businessmen to catch their schedule.

5.Total Transit Time

If your flight happens to be an indirect one, it is crucial that you consider the transit times, or you could find yourself stuck at the airport for several hours with absolutely nothing to do in order to catch a connecting flight.

Extremely short transit time could also present problems if your first flight is delayed because you could very well end up missing your connecting flight! Be sure that you have enough time between your first flights to catch your second one!

Ideally, there should be at least two hours between the arrival of the first flight and the departure of the second flight to give yourself some allowance for delays and as well as enough time to collect your baggage if need be.

6.Changing Airports and Transit Visa Issue

In some cases, a cheap flight might mean that you not only need to change planes but also airports. Depending on the airline, you may not even be offered transportation to reach the second airport. Needless to say, this could prove to be a huge hassle and inconvenience altogether, especially if you are a first-time visitor to that city and if you need a visa of that country, especially for Bangladeshi passport holders. The best example is if you are Flying Japan through Cathay Pacific only than you don’t the Transit visa otherwise in other airlines such as Hong Kong Airlines even you need a transit visa if you land in Hong Kong. So these things are minor but as a traveler, you have to remember and check before you purchase an air ticket.

Always check the itinerary of the flight carefully prior to booking so you know whether you need to change airports and if so, the distance between those airports and gauge the potential for inconveniences. Weigh these carefully before plonking your money down. For checking use this authentic source to be hassle-free:

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7.Travel Dates

Being as flexible as possible with your travel dates. Booking in advance is often a good way to save money on the cost of your plane ticket, too.

8.Aircraft

Most airlines nowadays declare which aircraft are they going to use for their flight, so before confirming the flight you can look at which aircraft you are going to fly. Always remember big aircraft such as Airbus 350 to Airbus 380 is much bigger and relax to fly compared to Airbus 320 to Airbus 340. Additionally, Boeing 777 -300 ER to Boeing 747 is many entertainers compare to Boeing 737. So if you are a flight lover and your flight is longer than you have to consider this aircraft issue too.