The best way to find a great deal is to be somewhat flexible about your dates and times of travel. If your first search doesn't give you the results you are looking for, try moving your departure and return dates by one or two days.

Traveling during non-summer months will improve pricing. Traditionally, summer pricing falls between June 15 and September 15. In the same line of thinking, Thanksgiving week and December 15 to January 5 are high-travel periods and rarely are discounts available to most destinations.

You will also definitely be able to find better deals by traveling on weekdays rather than weekends. Most weekends add a $50 to $75 weekend surcharge.

Also, you will save by making fewer connections. Why? Because each airport that you connect at usually adds their own taxes and fees. So in many cases a non-stop is cheaper than a flight with one or more connections.