collocation · informal
book a flight
/bʊk ə ˈflaɪt/book a FLIGHT
Band 4-5speaking
to buy a plane ticket for a specific journey
Examples
“I need to book a flight to Hanoi next month.”
“She booked a flight well in advance to get a cheaper fare.”
“book a flight to + place”
Band 8 sentence
“To avoid the price surge, I booked a flight to Tokyo three months in advance.”
Collocations
- book a flight to + place
Word family
book vbooking nflight n
Common mistakes
book flight→book a flight
reserve a ticket→book a flight
Say it for a higher band
5buy ticket→6book ticket→7+book a flight
Synonyms
buy a ticket
reserve a seat
Easily confused
buy a ticket
“I need to buy a ticket for the 6pm train.”
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