Is there a good way to get cheap airfare tickets?

Typically, if you book an airfare 3 weeks in advance it is the cheapest, then 2 weeks is the next cheapest, and then 1 week is the next cheapest. If you book it in less than one week it will be very expensive. The reason for this is the airlines know that business people, who don’t care as much about cost, will often book tickets at the last minutes.

I’ve had good luck finding cheap airfares at FareChase, which will compare a bunch of different airlines. But be sure you check if you can change your tickets if you think you might have to: sometimes changing them is expensive, or on some tickets, impossible.

http://farechase.yahoo.com/

Also, depending on where you are travelling, there might be a courier flight. That means that a shipper is using the luggage allowance to ship something, and generally you are only allowed a carry on. I used to find courier flight from NY to Mexico City, for example. Often, though, you can only get on these last minute. It works if you are flexible, but not if you have to be at a certain place at a certain time. You can read more about it here:

http://budgettravel.about.com/cs/aircouriers/

Good luck and happy travels.