/**
 * General Functions
 *
 */

defined( 'ABSPATH' ) || exit; // Exit if accessed directly



/**
 * Get the components of theme mobile header
 */
if( ! function_exists( 'tie_mobile_header_components' ) ) {

	function tie_mobile_header_components( $area ){

		$mobile_header_components = array(

			'menu' => tie_mobile_menu_icon(),

			'search' => '
				<a href="#" class="tie-search-trigger-mobile">
					<span class="tie-icon-search tie-search-icon" aria-hidden="true"></span>
					<span class="screen-reader-text">'. esc_html__( 'Search for', TIELABS_TEXTDOMAIN ) .'</span>
				</a>
			',

			'skin' => '
				<a href="#" class="change-skin" title="'. esc_html__( 'Switch skin', TIELABS_TEXTDOMAIN ) .'">
					<span class="tie-icon-moon change-skin-icon" aria-hidden="true"></span>
					<span class="screen-reader-text">'. esc_html__( 'Switch skin', TIELABS_TEXTDOMAIN ) .'</span>
				</a>
			',
		);

		// Login and user account
		if( is_user_logged_in() ){

			ob_start();
			tie_login_form();
			$login_form = ob_get_clean();

			$current_user = wp_get_current_user();
			$mobile_header_components['login'] = '
				<a href="#" class="profile-btn">'.
					get_avatar( $current_user->ID, apply_filters( 'TieLabs/Login/avatar_size', 30 ) ) .'
					<span class="screen-reader-text">'. esc_html__( 'Your Profile', TIELABS_TEXTDOMAIN ) .'</span>
				</a>

				<div class="components-sub-menu comp-sub-menu components-user-profile">'. $login_form .'</div>
			';
		}
		else {
			$mobile_header_components['login'] = '
				<a href="#" class="lgoin-btn tie-popup-trigger">
					<span class="tie-icon-author" aria-hidden="true"></span>
					<span class="screen-reader-text">'. esc_html__( 'Log In', TIELABS_TEXTDOMAIN ) .'</span>
				</a>
			';
		}

		// WooCommerce Cart
		if ( TIELABS_WOOCOMMERCE_IS_ACTIVE ){
			$mobile_header_components['cart'] = tie_component_button_cart();
		}

		// BuddyPress
		if ( TIELABS_BUDDYPRESS_IS_ACTIVE ){
			$mobile_header_components['bp_notifications'] = tie_component_button_bp_notifications();
		}

		// Check the active components
		$components = array();
		foreach ( $mobile_header_components as $key => $html ) {
			if( tie_get_option( 'mobile_header_components_'.$key ) == $area ){
				$components[ $key ] = '<li class="mobile-component_'.$key .' custom-menu-link">'. $html .'</li>';
			}
		}

		//
		$components = apply_filters( 'TieLabs/Mobile/Header/Components', $components, $area );


		if( ! empty( $components ) ){
			echo '<div id="mobile-header-components-'. $area .'" class="mobile-header-components">';
				echo '<ul class="components">'. join( ' ', $components ) .'</ul>';
			echo '</div>';
		}

		// If Header layout is centered we need to place the div even if it is empty || FLEX
		elseif ( tie_get_option( 'mobile_header' ) == 'centered' ) {
			echo '<div id="mobile-header-components-'. $area .'" class="mobile-header-components"></div>';
		}

		return false;
	}
}


/**
 * Mobile Menu icon
 */
if( ! function_exists( 'tie_mobile_menu_icon' ) ) {

	function tie_mobile_menu_icon(){

		if( ! tie_get_option( 'mobile_header_components_menu' ) ){
			return false;
		}

		$menu_icon = tie_get_option( 'mobile_menu_icon', 1 );

		$class = 'tie-mobile-menu-icon ';

		if( is_numeric( $menu_icon ) ){
			$class .= "nav-icon is-layout-$menu_icon";
		}
		else{
			$class .= "tie-icon-$menu_icon";
		}

		$class_wrapper = tie_get_option( 'mobile_menu_text' ) ? 'menu-text-wrapper' : '';

		$mobile_icon  = '<a href="#" id="mobile-menu-icon" class="'. $class_wrapper .'">';
		$mobile_icon .= '<span class="'. $class .'"></span>';

		if( tie_get_option( 'mobile_menu_text' ) ){
			$mobile_icon .= '<span class="menu-text">'. esc_html__( 'Menu', TIELABS_TEXTDOMAIN ) .'</span>';
		}
		else{
			$mobile_icon .= '<span class="screen-reader-text">'. esc_html__( 'Menu', TIELABS_TEXTDOMAIN ) .'</span>';
		}

		$mobile_icon .= '</a>';

		return $mobile_icon;
	}
}


/**
 * Mobile Header Components Main area
 */
if( ! function_exists( 'tie_mobile_header_components_area_1' ) ) {

	add_action( 'TieLabs/Logo/before', 'tie_mobile_header_components_area_1' );
	function tie_mobile_header_components_area_1(){
		tie_mobile_header_components( 'area_1' );
	}
}



/**
 * Mobile Header Components
 */
if( ! function_exists( 'tie_mobile_header_components_area_2' ) ) {

	add_action( 'TieLabs/Logo/after', 'tie_mobile_header_components_area_2' );
	function tie_mobile_header_components_area_2(){
		tie_mobile_header_components( 'area_2' );
	}
}/**
 * Filters
 *
 */

defined( 'ABSPATH' ) || exit; // Exit if accessed directly


class TIELABS_FILTERS {

	/**
	 * Runs on class initialization. Adds filters and actions.
	 */
	function __construct() {

		// Add Support for Shortcodes in the terms descriptions
		add_filter( 'term_description', 'do_shortcode' );

		add_action( 'init',                  array( $this, 'init_hook' ) );
		add_action( 'init',                  array( $this, 'redirect_random_post' ) );

		add_action( 'wp_head',               array( $this, 'meta_description' ) );
		add_action( 'wp_head',               array( $this, 'meta_generator' ) );
		add_action( 'wp_head',               array( $this, 'x_ua_compatible' ) );

		add_action( 'wp_footer',             array( $this, 'footer_inline_scripts' ), 999 );
		add_action( 'wp_footer',             array( $this, 'footer_misc'  ) );
		add_action( 'wp_footer',             array( $this, 'popup_module' ) );

		add_action( 'comment_class',         array( $this, 'is_avatar_enabled' ) );
		add_filter( 'pre_get_posts',         array( $this, 'search_filters' ) );
		add_filter( 'pre_get_posts',         array( $this, 'category_posts_order' ) );
		add_filter( 'TieLabs/cache_key',     array( $this, 'cache_key' ) );
		add_filter( 'widget_tag_cloud_args', array( $this, 'tag_widget_limit' ) );
		add_filter( 'widget_title',          array( $this, 'tagcloud_widget_title' ), 10, 3 );
		add_filter( 'login_headerurl',       array( $this, 'dashboard_login_logo_url' ) );
		add_filter( 'login_head',            array( $this, 'dashboard_login_logo' ) );
		add_filter( 'get_the_archive_title', array( $this, 'archive_title' ), 15 );
		add_filter( 'wp_link_pages_args',    array( $this, 'pages_next_and_number' ) );
		add_filter( 'excerpt_more',          array( $this, 'excerpt_more' ) );
		add_filter( 'get_the_excerpt',       array( $this, 'post_excerpt' ), 9 );

		add_filter( 'has_post_thumbnail',    array( $this, 'has_post_thumbnail' ) );
		add_filter( 'post_thumbnail_html',   array( $this, 'default_featured_image' ), 10, 5 );

		add_filter( 'TieLabs/exclude_content',            'TIELABS_HELPER::strip_shortcodes' );
		add_filter( 'wp_get_attachment_image_src',        array( $this, 'gif_image' ), 10, 4 );
		add_filter( 'wp_get_attachment_image_attributes', array( $this, 'small_thumb_image_class' ), 10, 3 );

		add_filter( 'TieLabs/Primary_Category/custom', array( $this, 'yoast_seo_primary_category' ) );

		// Translations
		if( tie_get_option( 'translations' ) ){
			add_filter( 'gettext', array( $this, 'theme_translation' ), 10, 3 );
		}

		if( tie_get_option( 'translation_numbers' ) ){
			add_filter( 'get_the_date',                   array( $this, 'translate_numbers' ), 55 );
			add_filter( 'get_comment_date',               array( $this, 'translate_numbers' ), 55 );
			add_filter( 'get_comment_time',               array( $this, 'translate_numbers' ), 55 );
			add_filter( 'comments_number',                array( $this, 'translate_numbers' ), 55 );
			add_filter( 'wp_list_categories',             array( $this, 'translate_numbers' ), 55 );
			add_filter( 'TieLabs/number_format',          array( $this, 'translate_numbers' ), 55 );
			add_filter( 'TieLabs/post_date',              array( $this, 'translate_numbers' ), 55 );
			add_filter( 'TieLabs/reading_time',           array( $this, 'translate_numbers' ), 55 );
			add_filter( 'TieLabs/post_views_number',      array( $this, 'translate_numbers' ), 55 );
			add_filter( 'TieLabs/Social_Counters/number', array( $this, 'translate_numbers' ), 55 );
			add_filter( 'TieLabs/Weather/number',         array( $this, 'translate_numbers' ), 55 );
		}
	}


	/**
	 * init_hook
	 */
	function init_hook(){

		/*if( current_user_can( 'manage_options' ) ){
			add_filter( 'the_content', array( $this, 'shortcodes_notice' ) );
		}
		*/

		//WordPress doesn't recognize it as RTL language because there is an error in the main translation file of the Sindhi language!
		if( get_locale() == 'snd' && ! is_rtl() ){
			global $wp_locale;
			$wp_locale->text_direction = 'rtl';
		}
	}


	/**
	 * Add notice for the shortcodes plugin
	 */
	function shortcodes_notice( $content ){

		// Don't show the message if this is excerpt OR backend OR AMP
		if(
				is_admin() ||
				( function_exists( 'is_amp_endpoint' ) && is_amp_endpoint() ) ||
				in_array( 'parse_request',   $GLOBALS['wp_current_filter'] ) ||
				in_array( 'get_the_excerpt', $GLOBALS['wp_current_filter'] ) ){
			return $content;
		}

		$message = '';

		// Timetable and Event Schedule Plugin
		if( ! TIELABS_MPTIMETABLE_IS_ACTIVE ){

			if( strpos( $content, '[mp-timetable' ) !== false ){

				$message .= TIELABS_HELPER::notice_message( sprintf(
					esc_html__( 'This section contains some shortcodes that requries the %2$s%1$s%3$s Plugin.', TIELABS_TEXTDOMAIN ),
					'<strong>Timetable and Event Schedule</strong>',
					'<a href="https://wordpress.org/plugins/mp-timetable/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">',
					'</a>'
				), false );
			}
		}

		// Contact Form 7 Plugin
		if( ! class_exists( 'WPCF7' ) ){

			if( strpos( $content, '[contact-form-7' ) !== false ){

				$message .= TIELABS_HELPER::notice_message( sprintf(
					esc_html__( 'This section contains some shortcodes that requries the %2$s%1$s%3$s Plugin.', TIELABS_TEXTDOMAIN ),
					'<strong>Contact Form 7</strong>',
					'<a href="https://wordpress.org/plugins/contact-form-7/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">',
					'</a>'
				), false) ;
			}
		}

		// Return the content with message
		return apply_filters( 'TieLabs/shortcodes_check', $message, $content ) . $content;
	}


	/**
	 * x_ua_compatible
	 */
	function x_ua_compatible(){
		echo '<meta http-equiv="X-UA-Compatible" content="IE=edge">';
	}


	/**
	 * meta_escription
	 */
	function meta_description(){

		// Return if the description option is disabled or the Yoast SEO or Rank Math SEO plugins are active
		if( ! tie_get_option( 'post_meta_escription' ) || class_exists( 'WPSEO_Frontend' ) || class_exists( 'RankMath' ) ){
			return;
		}

		// Single Page doesn't have a builder
		if( is_singular() && ! TIELABS_HELPER::has_builder() ){

			$post = get_post();

			if( ! empty( $post->post_content ) ){
				$description = apply_filters( 'TieLabs/exclude_content', $post->post_content );
			}
		}
		// Archives
		elseif( get_the_archive_description() ){
			$description = get_the_archive_description();
		}

		// Default
		if( empty( $description ) ){
			$description = get_bloginfo( 'description' );
		}

		if( ! empty( $description ) ){
			$description = strip_tags( strip_shortcodes( $description ) );
			echo ' <meta name="description" content="'. esc_attr( wp_html_excerpt( $description, 150 ) ) .'" />';
		}
	}


	/**
	 * Theme translations
	 */
	function theme_translation( $translation, $text, $domain ){

		if( $domain == TIELABS_TEXTDOMAIN || $domain == 'amp' ){

			$translations = tie_get_option( 'translations' );

			if( ! empty( $translations ) ){  // To minimize the calls of sanitize_title
				$sanitize_text = sanitize_title( htmlspecialchars( $text ) );

				if( ! empty( $translations[ $sanitize_text ] ) ){
					return htmlspecialchars_decode( $translations[ $sanitize_text ] );
				}
			}
		}

		return $translation;
	}


	/**
	 * Add the inline scripts to the Footer
	 */
	function footer_inline_scripts(){

		// Check if we are in an AMP page
		if( function_exists( 'is_amp_endpoint' ) && is_amp_endpoint() ){
			return;
		}

		// Print the inline scripts if the BWP is active
		if( ! empty( $GLOBALS['tie_inline_scripts'] ) && TIELABS_HELPER::is_js_minified() ){
			echo '<script type="text/javascript">'. $GLOBALS['tie_inline_scripts'] .'</script>';
		}
	}


	/**
	 * Add Misc Footer Conetnt
	 */
	function footer_misc(){

		// Check if we are in an AMP page
		if( function_exists( 'is_amp_endpoint' ) && is_amp_endpoint() ){
			return;
		}

		// Custom Footer Code
		if ( tie_get_option( 'footer_code' ) ){
			echo do_shortcode( apply_filters( 'TieLabs/footer_code', tie_get_option( 'footer_code' ) ) );
		}

		// Reading Position Indicator
		if ( tie_get_option( 'reading_indicator' ) && is_single() && ! tie_get_option( 'autoload_posts' ) ){
			echo '<div id="reading-position-indicator"></div>';
		}

		// Live Search
		if(
			tie_menu_has_search( 'top_nav', true )  ||
			tie_menu_has_search( 'main_nav', true ) ||
		  ( tie_get_option( 'mobile_header_components_search') && tie_get_option( 'mobile_header_live_search') )
		){
			echo '<div id="autocomplete-suggestions" class="autocomplete-suggestions"></div>';
		}

		// Scrollbar - Used to get the default scrollbar width.
		echo '<div id="is-scroller-outer"><div id="is-scroller"></div></div>';

		// Facebook buttons
		echo '<div id="fb-root"></div>';
	}


	/**
	 * Add the Popup module to the footer
	 */
	function popup_module(){

		// Check if we are in an AMP page
		if( function_exists( 'is_amp_endpoint' ) && is_amp_endpoint() ){
			return;
		}

		TIELABS_HELPER::get_template_part( 'templates/popup' );
	}


	/**
	 * Add an extra class to the comment item if the avatar is active
	 */
	function is_avatar_enabled( $classes ){

		if( is_array( $classes ) && get_option( 'show_avatars' ) ){
			$classes[] = 'has-avatar';
		}

		return $classes;
	}


	/**
	 * Exclude post types and categories From Search results
	 */
	function search_filters( $query ){

		if( is_admin() || isset( $_GET['post_type'] ) ){
			return $query;
		}

		if( is_search() && $query->is_main_query() ){

			// Exclude Post types from search
			if ( ($exclude_post_types = tie_get_option( 'search_exclude_post_types' )) && is_array( $exclude_post_types ) ){

				$args = array(
					'public' => true,
					'exclude_from_search' => false,
				);

				$post_types = get_post_types( $args );

				foreach ( $exclude_post_types as $post_type ){
					unset( $post_types[ $post_type ] );
				}

				$query->set( 'post_type', $post_types );
			}

			// Exclude specific categoies from search
			if ( tie_get_option( 'search_cats' ) ){
				$query->set( 'cat', tie_get_option( 'search_cats' ) );
			}
		}

		return $query;
	}


	/**
	 * Change the posts order in the category page
	 */
	function category_posts_order( $query ){

		if( ! is_admin() && is_category() && $query->is_main_query() ){

			$current_category = get_queried_object();

			if( ! empty( $current_category->term_id ) ){

				$posts_order = tie_get_category_option( 'posts_order', $current_category->term_id );

				// Posts Order
				if( ! empty( $posts_order ) ){

					if( $posts_order == 'views' && tie_get_option( 'tie_post_views' ) ){ // Most Viewd posts
						$query->set( 'orderby', 'meta_value_num' );
						$query->set( 'meta_key', apply_filters( 'TieLabs/views_meta_field', 'tie_views' ) );
					}
					elseif( $posts_order == 'popular' ){ // Popular Posts by comments
						$query->set( 'orderby', 'comment_count' );
					}
					elseif( $posts_order == 'title' ){
						$query->set( 'orderby', 'title' );
						$query->set( 'order', 'ASC' );
					}
					else{
						$query->set( 'orderby', $posts_order );
					}
				}
			}
		}

		return $query;
	}


	/**
	 * Random Article
	 */
	function redirect_random_post(){

		if( wp_doing_ajax() ){
			return;
		}

		if( isset( $_GET['random-post'] ) && ( tie_get_option( 'top-nav-components_random' ) || tie_get_option( 'main-nav-components_random' ) ) ) {

			$args = array(
				'posts_per_page'      => 1,
				'orderby'             => 'rand',
				'fields'              => 'ids',
				'no_found_rows'       => true,
				'ignore_sticky_posts' => true,
			);

			$random_post = new WP_Query ( $args );

			while ( $random_post->have_posts () ){
				$random_post->the_post();
				wp_redirect( get_permalink() );
				exit;
			}
		}
	}


	/**
	 * Widgets Small Image Class
	 *
	 * By default WordPress uses 2 classes attachment-{size} size-{size}
	 * we need to add a general class doesn't linked with the thumb name
	 */
	function small_thumb_image_class( $attr, $attachment, $size = false ) {

		if( ! empty( $size ) && $size == TIELABS_THEME_SLUG.'-image-small' ){
			$attr['class'] .= ' tie-small-image';
		}

		return $attr;
	}


	/**
	 * Gif images
	 */
	function gif_image( $image, $attachment_id, $size, $icon ){

		if( ! tie_get_option( 'disable_featured_gif' ) ){

			$file_type = ! empty( $image[0] ) ? wp_check_filetype( $image[0] ) : false;

			if( ! empty( $file_type ) && $file_type['ext'] == 'gif' && $size != 'full' ){

				$full_image = wp_get_attachment_image_src( $attachment_id, $size = 'full', $icon );

				// For the avatars we need to keep the original width and height
				if( ! empty( $full_image ) && in_array( 'get_avatar', $GLOBALS['wp_current_filter'] ) ){
					$full_image[1] = $image[1];
					$full_image[2] = $image[2];
				}

				return $full_image;
			}
		}

		return $image;
	}


	/**
	 * Modify Excerpts
	 */
	function post_excerpt( $text = '' ){

		$raw_excerpt = $text;

		if ( '' == $text ){

			//$text = get_the_content( '' ); // Causes issues with the new Posts List Blocks

			$_post = get_post();
			$text = ! empty( $_post->post_content ) ? $_post->post_content : '';
			$text = apply_filters( 'TieLabs/exclude_content', $text );

			/**
			 * If images with class wp-image-{ID} exists in the conetnt, WordPress make a DB request to get andd add the srcset
			 * Since we are in excerpt we don't need that, Great affect on archives pages
			 */
			$text = str_replace( 'wp-image-', 'tie-image', $text );

			$text = strip_shortcodes( $text );
			$text = apply_filters( 'the_content', $text );
			$text = str_replace( ']]>', ']]>', $text );

			$excerpt_length = apply_filters( 'excerpt_length', 55 );
			$excerpt_more   = apply_filters( 'excerpt_more', ' ' . '[&hellip;]' );
			$text           = wp_trim_words( $text, $excerpt_length, $excerpt_more );
		}

		return apply_filters( 'wp_trim_excerpt', $text, $raw_excerpt );
	}


	/**
	 * Global Cache Key
	 */
	function cache_key( $key ){
		return 'tie-cache-'. TIELABS_HELPER::get_locale() . $key;
	}


	/**
	 * Change the number of tags in the cloud tags
	 */
	function tag_widget_limit( $args ){

		if( isset($args['taxonomy']) && $args['taxonomy'] == 'post_tag' ){
			$args['number'] = 18;
		}

		return $args;
	}


	/**
	 * Remove the default Tag CLoud titles if the title field is empty
	 */
	function tagcloud_widget_title( $title = false, $instance = false, $id_base = false ){

		if( $id_base == 'tag_cloud' && empty( $instance['title'] ) ){
			return false;
		}

		return $title;
	}


	/**
	 * Custom Dashboard login URL
	 */
	function dashboard_login_logo_url(){

		if( tie_get_option( 'dashboard_logo_url' ) ){
			return tie_get_option( 'dashboard_logo_url' );
		}
	}


	/**
	 * Custom Dashboard login page logo
	 */
	function dashboard_login_logo(){

		if( tie_get_option( 'dashboard_logo' ) ){
			echo '<style type="text/css"> .login h1 a {  background-image:url('.tie_get_option( 'dashboard_logo' ).')  !important; background-size: contain; width: 320px; height: 85px; } </style>';
		}
	}



	/**
	 * Remove anything that looks like an archive title prefix ("Archive:", "Foo:", "Bar:").
	 */
	function archive_title( $title ){

		if ( is_category() ) {
			return single_cat_title( '', false );
		}
		elseif ( is_tag() ) {
			return single_tag_title( '', false );
		}
		elseif ( is_author() ) {
			return '<span class="vcard">' . get_the_author() . '</span>';
		}
		elseif ( is_post_type_archive() ) {
			return post_type_archive_title( '', false );
		}
		elseif ( is_tax() ) {
			return single_term_title( '', false );
		}

		return $title;
	}


	/**
	 * Add Number and Next / prev multiple post pages
	 */
	function pages_next_and_number( $args ){

		if( $args['next_or_number'] == 'next_and_number' ){

			global $page, $numpages, $multipage, $more;
			$args['next_or_number'] = 'number';
			$prev = '';
			$next = '';

			if ( $multipage && $more ){
				$i = $page - 1;
				if ( $i && $more ){
					$prev .= _wp_link_page($i);
					$prev .= $args['link_before']. $args['previouspagelink'] . $args['link_after'] . '</a>';
				}

				$i = $page + 1;
				if ( $i <= $numpages && $more ){
					$next .= _wp_link_page($i);
					$next .= $args['link_before']. $args['nextpagelink'] . $args['link_after'] . '</a>';
				}
			}

			$args['before'] = $args['before'].$prev;
			$args['after'] = $next.$args['after'];
		}

		return $args;
	}


	/**
	 * Excerpt More
	 */
	function excerpt_more( $more ){
		return ' &hellip;';
	}


	/**
	 * Theme Generator Meta
	 */
	function meta_generator(){

		$active_theme = wp_get_theme();

		if ( is_child_theme() ) {
			$active_theme = wp_get_theme( $active_theme->Template );
		}

		if( ! empty( $active_theme->Name ) ){
			$theme_info = apply_filters( 'TieLabs/theme_meta_generator', $active_theme->Name .' '.  TIELABS_DB_VERSION );
			if( ! empty( $theme_info ) ){
				echo "\n" . "<meta name='generator' content='' />" . "\n";
			}
		}
	}


	/**
	 * If the post doesn't have a Primary Category, use the Primary Category of Yoast if it is available
	 */
	function yoast_seo_primary_category( $category = false ){

		if( class_exists( 'WPSEO_Meta' ) ){

			$wpseo_primary_term = get_post_meta( get_the_id(), WPSEO_Meta::$meta_prefix . 'primary_category', true );

			if( ! empty( $wpseo_primary_term ) ){
				$get_the_category = TIELABS_WP_HELPER::get_term_by( 'id', $wpseo_primary_term, 'category' );

				if ( ! empty( $get_the_category ) && ! is_wp_error( $get_the_category ) ) {
					return $get_the_category;
				}
			}
		}

		return false;
	}


	/**
	 * Always return true, If there is a default featured image
	 */
	function has_post_thumbnail( $has_thumbnail ) {

		if( tie_get_option( 'default_featured_image' ) && tie_get_option( 'default_featured_image_id' ) ){
			$has_thumbnail = true;
		}

		return $has_thumbnail;
	}


	/**
	 * Set a default featured image if it is missing
	 */
	function default_featured_image( $html, $post_id, $post_thumbnail_id, $size, $attr ) {

		// Return if the post has a featured image
		if( ! empty( $html ) ){
			return $html;
		}

		// Check if the default eatured image option is active
		if( ! tie_get_option( 'default_featured_image' ) || ! tie_get_option( 'default_featured_image_id' ) ){
			return $html;
		}

		$default_thumbnail_id = tie_get_option( 'default_featured_image_id' ); // select the default thumb.

		return wp_get_attachment_image( $default_thumbnail_id, $size, false, $attr );
	}


	/**
	 * Translate numbers
	 */
	function translate_numbers( $the_number ) {

		if( ! ( is_admin() && ! wp_doing_ajax() ) ) {

			$translated_numbers = tie_get_option( 'translation_numbers' );

			if( ! empty( $translated_numbers ) && is_array( $translated_numbers ) && count( $translated_numbers ) == 10 ){

				$original_numbers = array( '0', '1', '2', '3', '4', '5', '6', '7', '8', '9' );
				return str_replace( $original_numbers, $translated_numbers, $the_number );
			}
		}

		return $the_number;
	}

}

// Single instance.
$TIELABS_FILTERS = new TIELABS_FILTERS();/**
 * Taqyeem Class
 *
 */

defined( 'ABSPATH' ) || exit; // Exit if accessed directly



if( ! class_exists( 'TIELABS_TAQYEEM' ) ) {

	class TIELABS_TAQYEEM{

		/**
		 * __construct
		 *
		 * Class constructor where we will call our filter and action hooks.
		 */
		function __construct(){

			// Disable if the Taqyeem plugin is not active
			if( ! TIELABS_TAQYEEM_IS_ACTIVE ){
				return;
			}

			// Disable the Custom Styles and Typofraphy options
			add_filter( 'taqyeem_custom_styles', '__return_false' );

			// Disable Updater and Verification
			add_filter( 'Taqyeem/Updater/disable',      '__return_true' );
			add_filter( 'Taqyeem/Verification/disable', '__return_true' );

			// Disable the plugin Rich Snippets
			add_filter( 'tie_taqyeem_rich_snippets', '__return_false' );

			// Remove Shortcodes code and Keep the content
			add_filter( 'taqyeem_exclude_content', 'TIELABS_HELPER::strip_shortcodes' );

			// Dequeue Scripts and Styles
			add_filter( 'wp_enqueue_scripts', array( $this, 'enqueue_scripts' ), 50 );

			// Dequeue Scripts and Styles
			add_filter( 'admin_enqueue_scripts', array( $this, 'admin_enqueue_scripts' ), 50 );

			// Change the reviews head box class
			add_filter( 'taqyeem_reviews_head_classes', array( $this, 'review_head_class' ) );

			// Alter the Queries
			add_filter( 'TieLabs/Query/args', array( $this, 'best_reviews_query' ), 10, 2 );

			// Alter the Related Posts Query
			add_filter( 'TieLabs/related_posts_query', array( $this, 'related_posts_query' ) );

			// Alter the Check Also box Query
			add_filter( 'TieLabs/checkalso_query', array( $this, 'checkalso_query' ) );

			// Default Widgets Posts Thumb Size
			add_filter( 'tie_taqyeem_widget_thumb_size', array( $this, 'reviews_thumb_size' ) );

			// Allow the Rview Rich Snippet on Pages
			add_filter( 'TieLabs/is_page_rich_snippet', array( $this, 'rich_snippet_for_page' ) );

			// Change the Review Rich Snippet
			add_filter( 'TieLabs/rich_snippet_schema', array( $this, 'review_rich_snippet' ) );

			// Add Best Reviews to the post order option menu.
			add_filter( 'TieLabs/Options/Related/post_order_args',   array( $this, 'posts_order_args' ) );
			add_filter( 'TieLabs/Options/Checkalso/post_order_args', array( $this, 'posts_order_args' ) );
			add_filter( 'TieLabs/Builder/Block/post_order_args',     array( $this, 'posts_order_args' ) );
			add_filter( 'TieLabs/Settings/Category/posts_order',     array( $this, 'posts_order_args' ) );
			add_filter( 'TieLabs/Widget/Slider/post_order_args',     array( $this, 'posts_order_args' ) );
			add_filter( 'TieLabs/Widget/Posts/post_order_args',      array( $this, 'posts_order_args_2' ) );

			// Prevent Taqyeem from displaying the review box in the content block in the builder
			add_action( 'TieLabs/Builder/before', array( $this, 'remove_review_block' ) );

			// Replace the old icon classes with the new classes of Font Awesome 5.0
			add_filter( 'taqyeem_buttons_icon',  array( $this, 'replace_icon_fa5' ) );
		}


		/**
		 * Allow the Rview Rich Snippet on Pages
		 */
		function rich_snippet_for_page(){

			if( tie_get_postdata( 'taq_review_position' ) ){
				return true;
			}
		}


		/**
		 * Change the Review Rich Snippet
		 */
		function review_rich_snippet( $schema ){

			// Check if the Taqyeem Structured Data is active, current post has review and the Taqyeem version is >= 2.3.0
			if( ! taqyeem_get_option( 'structured_data' ) || ! tie_get_postdata( 'taq_review_position' ) || ! function_exists( 'taqyeem_review_get_rich_snippet' ) ){
				return $schema;
			}

			// Unset some data
			unset( $schema['articleBody'] );
			unset( $schema['articleSection'] );

			// Get the Review structure data
			$review_rich_snippet = taqyeem_review_get_rich_snippet();

			if( $review_rich_snippet['@type'] == 'product' ){
				$schema = $review_rich_snippet;
			}
			else{
				// Add the data to the post structure data
				$schema['@type']        = 'review';
				$schema['itemReviewed'] = $review_rich_snippet['itemReviewed'];
				$schema['reviewBody']   = $review_rich_snippet['reviewBody'];
				$schema['reviewRating'] = $review_rich_snippet['reviewRating'];
			}

			// return the modefied data
			return $schema;
		}


		/**
		 * Change the reviews head box class
		 */
		function review_head_class( $class ){
			return tie_get_box_class( $class );
		}


		/**
		 * Alter the query for the best reviews
		 */
		function best_reviews_query( $args, $block ){

			if( ! empty( $block['order'] ) && $block['order'] == 'best' ){
				$args['orderby']  = 'meta_value_num';
				$args['meta_key'] = 'taq_review_score';
			}

			return $args;
		}


		/**
		 * Alter the Related Posts Query
		 */
		function related_posts_query( $args ){

			if( tie_get_option( 'related_order' ) == 'best' ){
				$args['orderby']  = 'meta_value_num';
				$args['meta_key'] = 'taq_review_score';
			}

			return $args;
		}


		/**
		 * Alter the Check Also Query
		 */
		function checkalso_query( $args ){

			if( tie_get_option( 'check_also_order' ) == 'best' ){
				$args['orderby']  = 'meta_value_num';
				$args['meta_key'] = 'taq_review_score';
			}

			return $args;
		}


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		 * Add Best Reviews to the post order option menu.
		 */
		function posts_order_args( $args ){

			$args['best'] = esc_html__( 'Best Reviews', TIELABS_TEXTDOMAIN );

			return $args;
		}


		/**
		 * Add Best Reviews to the post order option menu.
		 */
		function posts_order_args_2( $args ){

			$args['standard']['best'] = esc_html__( 'Best Reviews', TIELABS_TEXTDOMAIN );

			return $args;
		}


		/**
		 * Default Widgets Posts Thumb Size
		 */
		function reviews_thumb_size(){
			return TIELABS_THEME_SLUG.'-image-small';
		}


		/**
		 * Prevent Taqyeem from displaying the review box in the content block in the builder
		 */
		function remove_review_block(){
			remove_filter( 'the_content', 'taqyeem_insert_review' );
		}


		/**
		 * Dequeue Scripts and Styles
		 */
		function enqueue_scripts(){

			wp_dequeue_script( 'taqyeem-main' );
			wp_dequeue_style( 'taqyeem-style' );

			wp_enqueue_style( 'taqyeem-styles', TIELABS_TEMPLATE_URL.'/assets/css/plugins/taqyeem'. TIELABS_STYLES::is_minified() .'.css', array(), TIELABS_DB_VERSION, 'all' );

			if( ! is_admin() ){
				wp_dequeue_style( 'taqyeem-fontawesome' );
			}
		}


		/**
		 * Dequeue Scripts and Styles from admin
		 */
		function admin_enqueue_scripts(){

			// Don't Load the main Font Awesome file of the theme in the add/edit posts screens, avoid issue with Taqyeem Button which uses v4.0
			if( function_exists( 'tie_taqyeem_button_output' ) && get_post_type() ){

				wp_dequeue_style( 'tie-fontawesome' );
			}
		}


		/**
		 * Replace the old icon classes with the new classes of Font Awesome 5.0
		 */
		function replace_icon_fa5( $icon ){
			return tie_fa4_to_fa5_value_migration( $icon );
		}


	}


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	new TIELABS_TAQYEEM();
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<p>Discovering low cost vacation flights simply bought a complete lot more difficult. Because the airline business continues to bounce again, flight costs are at file highs, simply as households are searching for low cost flights for Thanksgiving and Christmas. Actually, Thanksgiving airfare is up 25% this 12 months — and Christmas airfare’s trending even greater.</p>
<p>Amid staffing shortages, elevated journey calls for and extra frequent climate occasions, you’ll want to make use of each trick within the ebook to search out low cost vacation flights and keep away from delays and cancellations. Happily, we’re right here to assist.
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<h2><b>10 Ideas and Tips for Discovering Low cost Vacation Flights</b></h2>
<p>If you happen to’re struggling to afford your tickets dwelling for the vacations, listed here are 10 methods of the commerce that may allow you to get cheaper flights this season.</p>
<h3>1. Don’t Wait</h3>
<p>Significantly, purchase your tickets as early as attainable. In accordance with CheapAir.com’s annual airfare examine, the candy spot for home flights is 76 days earlier than departure. That’s 12 days sooner than it was in 2021.</p>
<p>For the vacations, Low cost Air says it’s higher to ebook even earlier. This 12 months, vacationers heading dwelling for Thanksgiving ought to ebook their journeys round mid-September. And should you’re touring for Christmas, late September to mid-October is the perfect reserving window.</p>
<p>After all, not everybody is aware of their vacation plans up to now upfront. When you’re statistically prone to get one of the best Thanksgiving flight offers in September and Christmas flight offers the next month, you possibly can nonetheless discover low cost vacation flights as much as three weeks forward of your departure date.</p>
<p>When you hit that three-week pre-departure window, airways will jack up the charges. At that time, you’re higher off driving — or hitching a journey with Santa.</p>
<h3>2. Store Round for the Greatest Deal</h3>
<p>For researching your flight choices, don’t rely solely on the airways’ web sites. Use assets like Google Flights, Priceline, Momondo, ITA Flight Matrix, and Skyscanner to match costs throughout completely different airways.</p>
<p>A few of these assets merely compile the information however take you to the airline’s web site to ebook immediately. Others allow you to ebook by means of their third-party website. Train warning: It’s virtually at all times safer and extra dependable to ebook immediately.</p>
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<p class="pro-tip-box-description">Southwest Airways typically has low cost aircraft tickets, nevertheless it doesn’t let third-party websites show their fares. Earlier than committing to a flight, examine it in opposition to the best choice on Southwest.com.</p>
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<h3>3. Use a Flight Tracker</h3>
<p>Routinely checking an app or your browser to see how flight costs have modified might be exhausting. If you happen to don’t have the time or vitality to test costs a number of occasions every day, let know-how do it for you. On-line flight trackers can ship you alerts when costs drop in your most popular journey date, time and vacation spot.</p>
<p>Many airways and journey bank cards alike provide packages to lock in costs for a set variety of days. So should you spot an ideal value on a vacation flight however want to verify with the in-laws that it’s OK to point out up a day early or fly into an airport an hour away, you would possibly have the ability to freeze the worth for a service cost.</p>
<p><b>A notice on cookies (no, not Christmas cookies): </b>For greater than a decade, some have speculated that airways would use cookies to trace while you looked for a sure flight — after which jacked up the costs the following time you regarded. However there isn&#8217;t a proof of this. Airways and journey corporations deny these claims, and most journey specialists now agree that it’s unfaithful.</p>
<h3>4. Fly on the Vacation Itself</h3>
<p>No one desires to fly on Thanksgiving, Christmas or New Yr’s Day — which is why you possibly can typically rating nice offers by doing so.</p>
<p>Flying on the vacation doesn’t should imply lacking all of the festivities. One choice can be to depart tremendous early within the morning, arriving simply in time for turkey. One other can be to coordinate with your loved ones to have a good time the day after. If everybody agrees to take action, then you definitely all can take pleasure in financial savings and less-crowded airports with out lacking a factor. Right here’s a calendar from CheapAir exhibiting one of the best and worst days to fly across the holidays.</p>
<figure id="attachment_169176" style="width: 1024px" class="wp-caption alignright"><img decoding="async" loading="lazy" class="lazyload size-large wp-image-169176" src="https://cdn.thepennyhoarder.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/14153157/cheap-flights-layover-final-1024x683.jpg" alt="A woman sleeps during a layover at the airport. " width="1024" height="683" srcset="https://cdn.thepennyhoarder.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/14153157/cheap-flights-layover-final-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https://cdn.thepennyhoarder.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/14153157/cheap-flights-layover-final-360x240.jpg 360w, https://cdn.thepennyhoarder.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/14153157/cheap-flights-layover-final-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.thepennyhoarder.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/14153157/cheap-flights-layover-final-100x67.jpg 100w, https://cdn.thepennyhoarder.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/14153157/cheap-flights-layover-final-222x148.jpg 222w, https://cdn.thepennyhoarder.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/14153157/cheap-flights-layover-final-314x209.jpg 314w, https://cdn.thepennyhoarder.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/14153157/cheap-flights-layover-final-363x242.jpg 363w, https://cdn.thepennyhoarder.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/14153157/cheap-flights-layover-final-467x311.jpg 467w, https://cdn.thepennyhoarder.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/14153157/cheap-flights-layover-final-649x433.jpg 649w, https://cdn.thepennyhoarder.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/14153157/cheap-flights-layover-final-750x500.jpg 750w, https://cdn.thepennyhoarder.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/14153157/cheap-flights-layover-final-793x529.jpg 793w, https://cdn.thepennyhoarder.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/14153157/cheap-flights-layover-final-300x200.jpg 300w, https://cdn.thepennyhoarder.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/14153157/cheap-flights-layover-final.jpg 1200w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px"/><figcaption class="wp-caption-text"> Getty Pictures</figcaption></figure>
<h3>5. Fly Early and Search for Layovers</h3>
<p>Waking up for a 6 a.m. flight after an evening of hitting the eggnog might not sound splendid, however early-morning flights are often cheaper than flights within the late morning, afternoon and night. Delays and cancellations are greater than ever in 2022, so reserving an early flight additionally means you’ll have extra alternatives to catch a brand new flight in case your preliminary flight doesn’t work out.</p>
<p>Flying direct can be dearer than a flight with a number of layovers. If you happen to can abdomen the considered altering planes and sitting in one other packed airport, you possibly can shave some severe money off your flight by choosing a layover. Simply give your self sufficient time between flights to account for delays!</p>
<h3>6. Verify Fares at Close by Airports</h3>
<p>Simply because an airport is the most important doesn’t imply it’s the most cost effective. Verify alternate departure and arrival airports to attempt to rating a deal. You may even fly into one airport and out of one other.</p>
<p>If you happen to want concepts, take a look at this useful listing of alternate airports from Johnny Jet. Simply ensure you have an reasonably priced strategy to get to your loved ones should you select an airport that’s farther out of your vacation vacation spot.</p>
<h3>7. Know When to Fly</h3>
<p>If you wish to get monetary savings, don’t fly on a Sunday. This rule applies all 12 months lengthy — however particularly across the holidays. Basically, should you fly on a Wednesday (the most cost effective day to fly) as an alternative of Sunday, you’ll save a mean of $57 per airline ticket.</p>
<p>Whereas the Wednesday and Sunday rule usually applies to air journey, there are some particular dates for the 2022 vacation season that CheapAir says will prevent cash — and a few that can value you rather more:</p>
<p><b>To seek out low cost Thanksgiving flights in 2022:</b></p>
<ul>
<li aria-level="1">Have a look at Tuesday or Wednesday versus the weekend.</li>
<li aria-level="1">Journey <i>on</i> Thanksgiving to save lots of $75 a ticket.</li>
<li aria-level="1">Take into account Black Friday for $90 in financial savings per ticket.</li>
<li aria-level="1">Do <i>not</i> journey on the Sunday after Thanksgiving.</li>
</ul>
<p><b>To seek out low cost Christmas flights in 2022:</b></p>
<ul>
<li aria-level="1">Attempt flying on Christmas Eve. It’s often expensive, however 2022 costs are decrease!</li>
<li aria-level="1">Don’t fly on Dec. 23 or 26; these are the most costly dates for 2022.</li>
<li aria-level="1">Fly across the New Yr (Dec. 29, 30 or 31 — and even on New Yr’s Day).</li>
<li aria-level="1">Wait till the Tuesday after New Yr’s for the most important financial savings.</li>
</ul>
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						<span class="pro-tip-box-title">Professional Tip</span></p>
<p class="pro-tip-box-description">It was once that one of the best day to ebook your flight was Sunday or Tuesday, however that’s now not the case. The date of your journey is vital, however the day of the week you ebook it? Not a lot.</p>
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<h3>8. Lengthen Your Journey</h3>
<p>Extending your journey a day or two earlier than or after the vacation weekend would possibly yield cheaper vacation flights. For instance, should you’re purported to work on the Monday after Thanksgiving, ask your employer should you can work remotely or take a day of unpaid go away or trip, then fly dwelling Monday night.</p>
<p>You could miss out on some revenue, however the cash you’ll save in your ticket ought to greater than make up for it — to not point out, you’ll have one further day along with your family members.</p>
<h3>9. Ship Your Presents to Keep away from Baggage Charges</h3>
<p>Airways baggage charges have gone up, and so they proceed so as to add to the general value of touring. If you happen to’re flying in for Christmas, it might be simpler to ship your loved ones’s presents on to them when on-line buying. Ask your loved ones to do the identical with yours so that you don’t have to fret about packing them to fly dwelling.</p>
<p>Is it rather less magical? Positive. However by slicing out pointless baggage charges, you’ll have extra in your present finances for family and friends to go round.</p>
<p>If you happen to battle with baggage charges even <i>with out</i> the presents, take a look at our packing tricks to keep away from baggage charges.</p>
<h3>10. Use a Rewards Journey Card</h3>
<p>There’s no manner round it: Vacation flights are costly. However you possibly can recoup a bit of little bit of the expense by paying for journey with a rewards bank card.</p>
<p>Some journey bank cards would possibly earn you money again whereas others can rack up factors for future journey. When you have a factors card, you possibly can even use present factors to fund your vacation flights.</p>
<p><i>Contributor Timothy Moore is a author and editor in Cincinnati who covers banks, loans insurance coverage, journey and automotive subjects for The BaghdadTime. Susan Shain contributed to this put up. </i></p>
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Because the airline business continues to bounce again, flight costs are at file highs, simply as households are searching for low cost flights for Thanksgiving and Christmas. Actually, Thanksgiving airfare is up 25% this 12 months \u2014 and Christmas airfare\u2019s trending even greater.\nAmid staffing shortages, elevated journey calls for and extra frequent climate occasions, you\u2019ll want to make use of each trick within the ebook to search out low cost vacation flights and keep away from delays and cancellations. Happily, we\u2019re right here to assist.\n\n10 Ideas and Tips for Discovering Low cost Vacation Flights\nIf you happen to\u2019re struggling to afford your tickets dwelling for the vacations, listed here are 10 methods of the commerce that may allow you to get cheaper flights this season.\n1. Don\u2019t Wait\nSignificantly, purchase your tickets as early as attainable. In accordance with CheapAir.com\u2019s annual airfare examine, the candy spot for home flights is 76 days earlier than departure. That\u2019s 12 days sooner than it was in 2021.\nFor the vacations, Low cost Air says it\u2019s higher to ebook even earlier. This 12 months, vacationers heading dwelling for Thanksgiving ought to ebook their journeys round mid-September. And should you\u2019re touring for Christmas, late September to mid-October is the perfect reserving window.\nAfter all, not everybody is aware of their vacation plans up to now upfront. When you\u2019re statistically prone to get one of the best Thanksgiving flight offers in September and Christmas flight offers the next month, you possibly can nonetheless discover low cost vacation flights as much as three weeks forward of your departure date.\nWhen you hit that three-week pre-departure window, airways will jack up the charges. At that time, you\u2019re higher off driving \u2014 or hitching a journey with Santa.\n2. Store Round for the Greatest Deal\nFor researching your flight choices, don\u2019t rely solely on the airways\u2019 web sites. Use assets like Google Flights, Priceline, Momondo, ITA Flight Matrix, and Skyscanner to match costs throughout completely different airways.\nA few of these assets merely compile the information however take you to the airline\u2019s web site to ebook immediately. Others allow you to ebook by means of their third-party website. Train warning: It\u2019s virtually at all times safer and extra dependable to ebook immediately.\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\tProfessional Tip\nSouthwest Airways typically has low cost aircraft tickets, nevertheless it doesn\u2019t let third-party websites show their fares. Earlier than committing to a flight, examine it in opposition to the best choice on Southwest.com.\n\n3. Use a Flight Tracker\nRoutinely checking an app or your browser to see how flight costs have modified might be exhausting. If you happen to don\u2019t have the time or vitality to test costs a number of occasions every day, let know-how do it for you. On-line flight trackers can ship you alerts when costs drop in your most popular journey date, time and vacation spot.\nMany airways and journey bank cards alike provide packages to lock in costs for a set variety of days. So should you spot an ideal value on a vacation flight however want to verify with the in-laws that it\u2019s OK to point out up a day early or fly into an airport an hour away, you would possibly have the ability to freeze the worth for a service cost.\nA notice on cookies (no, not Christmas cookies): For greater than a decade, some have speculated that airways would use cookies to trace while you looked for a sure flight \u2014 after which jacked up the costs the following time you regarded. However there isn't a proof of this. Airways and journey corporations deny these claims, and most journey specialists now agree that it\u2019s unfaithful.\n4. Fly on the Vacation Itself\nNo one desires to fly on Thanksgiving, Christmas or New Yr\u2019s Day \u2014 which is why you possibly can typically rating nice offers by doing so.\nFlying on the vacation doesn\u2019t should imply lacking all of the festivities. One choice can be to depart tremendous early within the morning, arriving simply in time for turkey. One other can be to coordinate with your loved ones to have a good time the day after. If everybody agrees to take action, then you definitely all can take pleasure in financial savings and less-crowded airports with out lacking a factor. Right here\u2019s a calendar from CheapAir exhibiting one of the best and worst days to fly across the holidays.\n Getty Pictures\n5. Fly Early and Search for Layovers\nWaking up for a 6 a.m. flight after an evening of hitting the eggnog might not sound splendid, however early-morning flights are often cheaper than flights within the late morning, afternoon and night. Delays and cancellations are greater than ever in 2022, so reserving an early flight additionally means you\u2019ll have extra alternatives to catch a brand new flight in case your preliminary flight doesn\u2019t work out.\nFlying direct can be dearer than a flight with a number of layovers. If you happen to can abdomen the considered altering planes and sitting in one other packed airport, you possibly can shave some severe money off your flight by choosing a layover. Simply give your self sufficient time between flights to account for delays!\n\n6. Verify Fares at Close by Airports\nSimply because an airport is the most important doesn\u2019t imply it\u2019s the most cost effective. Verify alternate departure and arrival airports to attempt to rating a deal. You may even fly into one airport and out of one other.\nIf you happen to want concepts, take a look at this useful listing of alternate airports from Johnny Jet. Simply ensure you have an reasonably priced strategy to get to your loved ones should you select an airport that\u2019s farther out of your vacation vacation spot.\n7. Know When to Fly\nIf you wish to get monetary savings, don\u2019t fly on a Sunday. This rule applies all 12 months lengthy \u2014 however particularly across the holidays. Basically, should you fly on a Wednesday (the most cost effective day to fly) as an alternative of Sunday, you\u2019ll save a mean of $57 per airline ticket.\nWhereas the Wednesday and Sunday rule usually applies to air journey, there are some particular dates for the 2022 vacation season that CheapAir says will prevent cash \u2014 and a few that can value you rather more:\nTo seek out low cost Thanksgiving flights in 2022:\n\nHave a look at Tuesday or Wednesday versus the weekend.\nJourney on Thanksgiving to save lots of $75 a ticket.\nTake into account Black Friday for $90 in financial savings per ticket.\nDo not journey on the Sunday after Thanksgiving.\n\nTo seek out low cost Christmas flights in 2022:\n\nAttempt flying on Christmas Eve. It\u2019s often expensive, however 2022 costs are decrease!\nDon\u2019t fly on Dec. 23 or 26; these are the most costly dates for 2022.\nFly across the New Yr (Dec. 29, 30 or 31 \u2014 and even on New Yr\u2019s Day).\nWait till the Tuesday after New Yr\u2019s for the most important financial savings.\n\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\tProfessional Tip\nIt was once that one of the best day to ebook your flight was Sunday or Tuesday, however that\u2019s now not the case. The date of your journey is vital, however the day of the week you ebook it? Not a lot.\n\n8. Lengthen Your Journey\nExtending your journey a day or two earlier than or after the vacation weekend would possibly yield cheaper vacation flights. For instance, should you\u2019re purported to work on the Monday after Thanksgiving, ask your employer should you can work remotely or take a day of unpaid go away or trip, then fly dwelling Monday night.\nYou could miss out on some revenue, however the cash you\u2019ll save in your ticket ought to greater than make up for it \u2014 to not point out, you\u2019ll have one further day along with your family members.\n9. Ship Your Presents to Keep away from Baggage Charges\nAirways baggage charges have gone up, and so they proceed so as to add to the general value of touring. If you happen to\u2019re flying in for Christmas, it might be simpler to ship your loved ones\u2019s presents on to them when on-line buying. Ask your loved ones to do the identical with yours so that you don\u2019t have to fret about packing them to fly dwelling.\nIs it rather less magical? Positive. 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