Airfare hack: For those of you wanting to save money on airfare, this is probably going to be a life saver (if you don't already know this). The absolute first thing you want to do is open google chrome. On google chrome, go to the top right of the page and you will see the three horizontal little lines. Click that and then click on the option that says "New Incognito Window." The reason you want to do this is because when you visit a website for plane ticket prices, it is like signing into the page without actually signing in. Your computer leaves a signature on that page and every time you return to that page, plane ticket prices will have gone up a little bit. However, when you go incognito, the website doesn't recognize that you have been there before and will therefore keep the ticket prices the same. Now, what I did was I went on a travel site (I think travelocity.com) but I am not 100% sure. I don't remember anymore. However, I do remember that when given the option to compare prices I clicked on every option they provided me. A lot of windows opened and comparing prices did take time. Especially since there are two major airports close to my hometown (SMF and SFO). One thing that makes it cheaper to begin with that i noticed was that if the airport is closer to your destination, the likeliness of the plane ticket being cheaper is slightly higher (since there is a fuel surcharge). After a few minutes I noticed that SFO had cheaper prices. I knew that I wanted to leave America in the morning so that I wouldn't have so much jet lag. For being my first time ever to leave the state (let alone, cross the international dateline) I am glad to say I did not have any jet lag. Anyway, I searched for flights leaving SFO and compared prices among websites and i found my ticket 3 months in advance on cheapfareguru.com and jumped on it. After traveler's insurance, taxes, surcharge and other fees, my plane ticket came out to $399.98 one way!!! I flew United Airlines one way and got from San Francisco to Incheon in 10 hours.
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