 TITLE: How to Save Money on Flights CONTENT: Plan Your Trip Early\n--------------------\nWhen it comes to planning your trip, the early bird gets the best deals.\nThe major airlines usually load their flight schedules nearly a year in advance. If you can plan that far in the future, you might find good airfares before flights start booking up. But this is no guaranteed way to save, and you also run the risk of schedule changes down the line.\nAccording to Hopper, an airfare prediction app, your best chance of securing the lowest airfares are between 25 and 150 days before travel, so you don't have to be the world's most organized planner to score a bargain.\nThe so-called \"prime booking window\" for many international destinations was between just two and four months out, according to the most recent Annual Airfare Study by travel booking site CheapAir.com. Certain places, like Europe and Africa, were subject to deals even further in advance, so it won't hurt to start looking as early as possible. END