Travel: A lot of sites promise airlines promo codes savings on airfare or hotel rooms — hotels.com, hotwire.com, etc. But if you go directly to the airline’s official Web site, many times you can save big money.

Here is an example.

If you purchase an American Airlines ticket at aa.com, the site will request a promotion code before you can complete your order. If you go to Google and put in “aa.com” and “promotion code” and — depending on your travel dates and your destination — most times you can locate a 5 percent discount code.

Use this search regardless of which airline you fly.

Besides that, some major airline’s offer an online-booking price guarantee — so if you locate a lower price for that flight, you can request a refund and be given the difference (and sometimes a little extra).

If you’re trying to find airlines promo codes, first head over to Farecast.com. You can’t purchase your tickets straight from the site, but you can discover when and where you’re able to get the best deal. Farecast offers something more: It tracks flight prices over 90 days, then looks at the the market to conclude whether fares for your destination are likely to go up or down between now and your travel date.

Southwest Airlines coupons, coupon codes, printable coupons and Southwest Airlines discount offers are subject to change without notice, come without warranty and should be verified before completing Southwest.com orders.

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