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A domestic flight booking checklist: five decisions in order, before you pay.
Quick answer
Work the checklist in order: choose airports (plus alternates), fix dates or a flexibility window, count travelers, plan baggage, and read the fare rules before paying. Five decisions, each shrinking the next one's uncertainty.
The checklist
- Airports: main and alternates on both ends
- Dates: fixed, or the range you would accept
- Travelers: count and names as on ID
- Bags: carry-on only, or checked — changes the fare math
- Fare rules: changes, cancellation, seats before payment
When any step is complicated
Groups, urgent dates, unclear rules — that is where a phone agent earns the call: the checklist gets worked through live, and you approve before anything is purchased.
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