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It's always cheaper to buy online direct from the airline's website as far in advance as possible. I insist on Vietnam Air for domestic flights after my terrible experience with Jetstar Pacific. The new airline on the block is Vietjet with limited service between SGN and HAN and to DAD. Fares are up this year! I also forgot to mention Air Mekong - getting pretty good reviews, but I've only been on the first 2 that I mentioned. If you use a travel agent you will end up paying more!

You should book as soon as possible so that you have the cheapest cost. The best airline in Vietnam is Vietnamairlines. If you arrive in Vietnam you book ticket I am sure that the cost is higher than

Vietjet is backed by Air Asia, but I have yet to hear anyone speak of the service or reliability of this carrier. Any competition is good for the traveler, since ticket prices are going up in Vietnam. I believe Air Asia would have liked to start their own domestic service in this market, but I'm sure that the state owned Vietnam Airlines did their best to block that idea. The latest news is that Vietnam Airlines will invest heavily in Jetstar Pacific - currently owned partially by Qantas.

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you can go online to official website then book it. You also even can arrange seat by yourself.
As far as I know in Sep, Vietjet air has big promotion. From Hanoi to Danang: you pay only 299.000 VND, it is too cheap. I wonder whether service we get will be ok. But to be honest, price is too cheap, a lot of people still want to buy tickets from now.

Hi Hamilmk,

If you're not certain of your dates, booking last minute isn't hugely expensive in Vietnam in my experience, even though it undoubtedly would be more expensive than booking in advance.

When I was out there last year, I ended up booking 2 internal flights (each booked only 1-2 days in advance, because I didn't have a set itinerary or dates, and because I was originally thinking of travelling around more by bus - until I experienced the buses and realised I was terrified of the traffic). Each cost me about £25-30 ($38-45) so it's not prohibitively expensive if you end up having to book last minute.

So I guess my point is: book in advance for the best deals, but if you can't book far in advance, it's not necessary a big problem.

FYI, one I booked on the Vietnam Airlines website, and one I booked at a Vietnam Airline's ticket office (because I didn't have wifi in that town).

http://www.jetradar.com is the only place I go to search flights now, after consistently finding them to find the best deals. They don't 'promote' any particular airline, but are totally transparent, plus they include the extra fees and taxes that you know you have to pay but many other 'comparison' sites leave off. This is helpful, as you can make a fair assessment of which is the best price.

I don't know about Jetradar, but third party sites do not work too well for Vietnam. I have heard reports of flights listed on these sites in the hundreds of dollars, when in fact they're quite cheap on the Vietnam Airline site.