English Every Day: Best Day to Buy Plane Tickets

Your Daily English Programme #13 - Best Day to Buy Plane Tickets (Listening B1)

Summer is already here, the heat has kicked in, and many people are thinking of traveling to cooler places. In this post, we'll be listening to an expert's advice on when to buy airplane tickets, and along with it practice some useful vocabulary and expressions related to air travel. So, let's begin!

Think Before You Listen

The majority of people believe that Saturday & Sunday are the best days to buy airplane tickets. Do you agree? Why (not)?

Watch and Listen

Make sure you know the meaning of these words before you listen. Move your mouse over the words to see a definition.

(air)fare	to file (a report, etc)	a landing page
to prep up	to fly domestically	an inventory

Rick Seaney, CEO & co- founder of FareCompare.com, tells us when tickets are at their cheapest. According to Rick, when is the best time to buy plane tickets?

Let's Practice

Listen again: What is Rick's explanation for cheaper tickets on that particular day and time? Do you agree with his analysis?(see 1st comment for the answer)

Over to You

Do you have any travel plans coming up? Write to us using the vocabulary in this lesson (and here is some more useful vocabulary on air travel)

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Well done! We hope this post helped you learn/review some key language in use when traveling by plane. Let us know if this lesson was useful to you (or otherwise)

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