Have you ever noticed how some of your friends seem to get away on a lot of holidays each year? Maybe they’re just lucky, or maybe they know the secrets to finding cheap airline tickets. 

Before internet usage became so common, the trick to finding the best deals on flights often involved waiting until the very last moment and then phoning a specialist flight broker. 

Such brokers were often able to offer extremely competitive last minute deals, allowing you access to cheap prices. They were able to get their hands on cheap tickets because some airlines would find themselves with excess capacity and would look to brokers to fill seats. 

From a consumer point of view, getting access to airline tickets at lower prices often involved showing great flexibility, making plans at the last possible chance. 

Today, the internet allows all of us to get access to the very latest information on airline ticket prices. Whether you’re looking for domestic flights or travel overseas, you can quickly find out the best prices available using one of the numerous price comparison websites that have sprung up in recent years. 

Yet, despite this change in approach, flexibility remains the key to finding the best deals available. 

Let’s look at some practical tips on how flexibility can help to make savings. The first consideration should be the time of year that you are intending to fly. Some months or weeks see higher flight prices than others, with prices being driven up by factors such as national holidays and school term times. 

You can use this knowledge to your advantage. If you aren’t travelling with children, then moving your intended dates by a couple of weeks to avoid the higher priced school holiday dates can often save you a lot of money. 

The time of day that you fly is also important. Most travellers like to travel at a time of day that does not involve them having to make an early start or a late end to their day of travelling. This pushes prices up during the middle of most days. 

Once again, by being flexible you can use this to your advantage. Consider travelling on an early morning flight, or returning slightly later in the evening - you’ll find that the price makes it worthwhile! 

There are plenty of cheap airline ticket deals around - be prepared to be flexible and you too can become a frequent flyer. 

 

Today marks a day where tens of thousands of superstitious couples, including actress Eve Longoria and San Antonio Spurs star Tony Parker, will be tying the knot in what may go down as the most popular wedding date in U.S. history: 7-7-07. Apparently these starry-eyed couples figure that even if they are lucky in love, why pass up the chance for some extra insurance?
After all, the number seven carries a lot of significance: In Vegas, 7-7-7 is the highest slot-machine jackpot, and triple 7’s add up to Black Jack. There’s seven days in a week, seven musical notes on the scale, the Seven Wonders of the World, and the Seven Deadly Sins.
Many wedding sites report  that on any given Saturday in July (the most popular moth for weddings), there are typically 12,000 weddings taking place. But on 7-7-07, that number has more than tripled - to 38,000. That could possibly make this the most popular wedding day ever.
It’s been a windfall for wedding planners; others are bracing themselves. In California’s Orange County, for instance, the clerk’s office will open for seven hours on Saturday to perform wedding ceremonies every seven minutes. Clark County, home to Las Vegas and its 40 or so wedding chapels, expects to host 3,000 weddings that day - about 10 times the average.
Whether you’ll be attending a wedding on this particularly auspicious date, or just want to give the happy couple something that might bring a little extra luck, here are seven gifts that just might the difference between a future in Seventh Heaven, or that other, not-so-lucky seven: the Seven-Year Itch.
Lucky Tippler – These are a set of European designed shot glasses with dice on both sides, each adding up to 7 of course. And for wine connoisseurs, try dice wine charms.
Crystal – How about some Swarovski good luck magnets? These come in a set of four – a peridot crystal clover, a clear crystal horseshoe, a clear crystal heart, and a red crystal ladybug.
Watch Love Grow: A thriving Dracaena (lucky bamboo) symbolizes good fortune in Asian countries.  A lucky 7 Bamboo from ftd.com will come with two spiraling stalks. Some say they are entwined lovers.  5 straight stalks come in a separate container and are tied with a lucky gold band.
Suitable for Framing: They say four leaf clovers ensure wealth and health. Red Envelope has taken a real four leave clover, set it in clear resin, and placed that in a brushed, polished nickel standing frame.
Keep it Clean: The newlyeweds will be awash in good luck with a set of triple milled soaps from Gianna Rose Atelier, available in four leaf clovers or horseshoes.
Kitchen Aid: You can help the cook up memories of the special day for years to come when you give a cooking apron that proclaims “We Hit the Jackpot 777 On Our Wedding Day.” Personalize it by adding the bride and groom’s name.
Somethings Burning:  Light the way for luck with a set of 12 Wishful Thinking Candles from Red Envelope. A dozen colored tins each hold a lightly scented ivory candle that contains a tiny treasure that reveals itself as it burns. The corresponding wishes include love, luck, wealth, health, wealth and success.
 

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