Plane tickets

As the price of fuel escalates, so will the price of plane tickets. Traveling isn't cheap but I have found some ways to cut back on travel expenses as a student traveling abroad in Southeast Asia. As a student I understand how tight money can be, so I have decided to list some tips and some sites that have been helpful for me.

1. StudentUniverse.com
In my search for tickets I have found StudentUniverse.com to be of exceptional quality for cheap tickets to get from America to international countries. The prices for their flights are as low as they come and they have destinations to locations all over the world. You will need your university e-mail address or some type of documentation to prove that you are a student or faculty member of an accredited university to get these discounted prices.

The only problem is that you usually have to book your flights from big airports. They will not have flight tickets to small airports around the world, so when doing a search try searching for a flight from a nearby big airport. This website is very good for domestic flights and for flight to other countries. However, as of this writing, StudentUniverse.com does not provide flights originating from international countries to other international countries.

2. www.no1-travel.com
This website is in multiple languages and their customer support staff have English speakers. The price of these tickets are lower for traveling between Asian countries. As a general rule of thumb I would recommend never to use American based websites to make inquiries traveling from one Asian country to another.

They usually have special ticket discounts for different seasons. If you are lucky you can get some cheap tickets during their specials. Also, check the departures leaving from different regions such as Osaka vs Tokyo. The fare differences are significant depending on when and where you fly from.

3. www.statravel.com
This website caters to students and provides reasonably cheap flights; domestic or international. The only problem is that it does not accept flights that originate from foreign countries. So if you are planning to do a year round study abroad you'll have to book your return flight somewhere else.

Student flights are often heavily discounted and should always be the first resource for anyone associated with an educational institution.

**Just a general note, flights on Wednesday and Thursdays are usually cheaper on any airline because those are the days people usually don't fly. In order to find the cheapest tickets try to search on on various days and from various airports. The price differences can be surprising.