How can cheaptickets.com and sites like that sell airline tickets so cheap? Are they legit?
You can read reviews ,ratings and user comments in any blogs or forums about that site.It helps you to know about the site.You can also do a Whois search using the Whoisxy.com here you can find the domain name owner details like phone number,e-mail,address,location etc…if you feel those information is real you can use the site.You can also contact the tech,administrator or owner through mail or phone and clarify the doubts.You can also follow this method below if it is a shopping website.
Buy low cost product(ticket) from the site ,if they delivered it soon.It is a legit site,you can proceed to buy high cost service or product.
the sites buy like 10-50 tickets (cheap) from the airlines depending on the flight. Then they turn around and sell them for the price they want. Another reason the sites are cheaper is because say a NWA flight has 50 seats. NWA has control over all 50. They sell 30 seats to orbitz, priceline, etc. Then they try to sell 20 seats on there website. As a result that flight’s seats get advertised in many websites.