Now we all know that a bit of looking around on the internet can mean much cheaper travel. But sometimes it can be that little extra effort can save you some money.

At one point I was visiting Australia (Townsville) a couple of times a year, as I looked for flights I was shocked at how much the whole package cost to fly from London. The reason for this is that you have to fly from London (via singapore) to either Sydney or Brisbane and then catch an internal flight.  Because it was such a specialised route the only way you could do it was booking with Qantas which meant the price was quite high (cause they hit you up on the internal route). So what I did was book the flight to Brisbane with the cheapest airline and then book the internal flight with virgin blue who were incredably cheap (not to mention enjoyable) and so saved me about £150 ($300) on my ticket.

This trick does not just apply to Australia - it also applies to the US and in a greater sense to Europe. If you are wanted to travel around Europe (particularly back-packers) you can get great low cost flights from a number to airports to loads of destinations.
My wife and I have travelled from London to Sweden for a grand totoal of £28 ($50) including tax, with Ryanair, and we have also flown to Switzerland for about the same price with Easyjet.
So I thought I would compile a little list of low cost airlines - and their hubs so that you can get an idea of a how big these airlines are becoming, and in which places you can take advantage of great deals

• Easyjet                       www.easyjet.com         Based out of London Luton and fly to loads of places around Europe.
• Ryanair                       www.ryanair.com          Based out of London Stansted - flies around europe, very cheap but you pay extra for baggage.
• British Airways             www.ba.com                 Based out of London Heathrow - sometimes they have great deals online.
• virginblue                    www.virginblue.com.au  Based out of Brisbane Australia - great prices for flights around Australia and now have started flying to different Pacific Islands, the additional competition in the region has lowered prices.
• Frontier Airlines            www.frontierairlines.com  Based out of Denver, USA they offer cheap flights to 50 destinations in 3 countries (and they have live TV on their planes…for about $5)
• Tiger Airways              www.tigerairways.com   Based out of Singapore - great prices on flights round Asia and Australia - Singapore to Darwin can be as low as $25!
• Oasis Hong Kong        www.oasishongkong.com  Based out of Hong Kong - this is a great airline for flights to London! See my review of them here

Here are some of the many low cost ways to see the world - please leave a comment to add any others and let me know of your experience on them.