In the meantime, set up airfare alerts to your destination so you can track rates and monitor sales.
Set up airfare alerts to look for the best deals to fly to the university when it's time.
George Hobica, the creator of Airfarewatchdog, advised travelers to "set up free airfare alerts by email and pounce when there's an unadvertised sale, which could happen at any moment, with huge savings".
cd129f45-31ba-41aa-84f5-d55d36d20026 AT A time when the price of a barrel of oil hovers around the $100 mark and airfares look set to rise, some lucky European travellers have been able to leave their wallets untouched.
IN these tough times, with gas prices setting records and airfares skyrocketing, many people are lucky to have jobs, let alone time to take a vacation.
But, the travel managers say, companies have far less control over airfares, particularly those set by American carriers, which have significantly cut capacity and, along with it, much of the wiggle room in negotiations.
You've mastered the art of modern travel savings: your airfare alerts are set up on Kayak; you flit around Europe on cheap carriers like EasyJet and Ryanair (with vacuum-packed clothing in a carry-on to avoid baggage fees).
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