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Wouldn’t it be nice if traveling didn’t mean picking up extra hours at work, or going on a serious budget for months just so you can afford it? If only airfare was cheap, the world would be yours for the taking. Guess what? It can be (sometimes) if you use these tricks.

(AP) — Searching for airfares often seems to be a game passengers are set up to lose.  Prices change from day to day, even minute to minute. Scouring multiple websites for the best deal can be overwhelming. And after you book, there’s no guarantee that you got the best price.  “You just don’t know when to pull the trigger. It’s not like buying anything else I can think of,” said George Hobica, founder of Airfarewatchdog.com.  Harriet Levy paid $179 for a recent round-trip flight on American Airlines between New York and Fort Lauderdale, Fla. Sitting just one row behind her, Shirley Harrison paid $215. A few rows back, Ellis and Dianne Traub paid $317 each. There were at least 12 fares on the flight, ranging from $169 to $360.  “There’s no rhyme or reason to it,” Harrison said.

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