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I start off immediately with Kayak.com. While companies like Orbitz, Priceline or Expedia pull flight fares from the airlines, Kayak.com pulls data from the previously mentioned travel sites themselves as well as the airlines. That means that whatever great deals and promotions that the other smaller travel sites have, Kayak.com will display those same promotional (if any) discounted flights. But the real advantage of Kayak is its size. Kayak will pull up similar flights options from other companies because it has a much larger, extensive network of travel sites and airlines. Here you can really start to compare prices.

Internet deals directly from airlines usually - if not always - impose restrictions such as non-refundable and non-transferrable tickets. You also can not modify dates at all. Cheap Tickets, by the way, doesn't allow you to modify flights after purchase.

If you want to fly domestically from one city to another in the same country, check the local airlines. You will get better deals with the local airlines than the major carriers.
Also, check on different days to see whether flight costs have changed. You can also check the difference in cost as far as arrival and departure days. Thursdays through Saturdays are more expensive than Sunday through Wednesday.

Example: A trip from Bangkok to Chiang Mai, which is the old capital of Thailand, had a cost of $241 minus taxes and fuel surcharges on Kayak.com. The airlines was Thai Airways. I researched this on a Saturday. On Sunday, the price went down to $210. I checked the local airlines in Bangkok, Nok Air, which runs from Bangkok to Chiang Mai. The total roundtrip cost on Nok Air was $107. But, the payment gateway was not functioning correctly on Nok Air's end. I went directly to the Thai Airways site and discovered that they were running a promotion called "Hot Deals" from April to September.
The total cost from Thai Airways via their internet "Hot Deals"? $131.

So, you just have to do your homework.

Packing
When it comes to deciding on what to pack, how much to pack, you should consider how easy it will be for you to carry your luggage if you have to transport it yourself. I suggest that you take the least amount clothes with you. Bring more underwear than outerwear, which you can wear couple or few times before washing. Matter of fact, in terms of things like underwear and t-shirts, take items that you can easily part with. The reason being is twofold: convenience and ease of transporting your luggage and having room to spare if and when you acquire clothes on trips. Leave room in your luggage when you go on a trip.

For luggage, consider a 24 to 30 inch high suitcase with an expandable, sturdy handle. Make sure the suitcase can has expandable compartments with zippers that allow the expansion as far as depth goes. The suitcase should have wheels. This way, you can rest the handle, stretched out, on your lap with the body of the suitcase on the ground in front of you and push it around. I do this half the time when transporting my luggage throughout airports. The expandable handle of a suitcase always has two supporting pipes that you can pull up or push back down. It's the space between these two pipes and the horizontal handle at the top where you can fit over a knee. The knee itself can hold the handle while you're pushing the suitcase. The only drawback to this way of transporting a suitcase is that the suitcase tends to veer left or right so you have to be a bit vigilant about keeping a straight line; otherwise, the suitcase will lead you and not the other way around. Or, hold the handle and push with one hand (or hold the handle and move forward if you use a motorized wheelchair). In addition, a smaller suitcase can fit on your lap if you need to sit the suitcase on them and push.
Also, take a backpack, which can sit on the back of your chair or on your back.

American Tourister suitcases are excellent suitcases as far as quality, sizes and compartments go. They can be bought at your local department stores (Sears) or amazon. They are sturdy, durable, stylish and affordable. I also like to keep a little pad lock on the suitcase. You can keep your key to the lock in your wallet or in the slipcase of the cushion of your wheelchair seat.

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