What's your favorite place to find cheap flights? ✈️

Question

There are so many sites out there, would be nice to have one that covered 90% of possible flights/combos without having 10 browser tabs open.

Ben Lang · Accepted Answer

I'm a big Skyscanner user, I love their "flexible" / "everywhere" option which makes it super easy to find super cheap flights to random places.

Ryan Hoover · Answer

I've been a long-time Hipmunk fan, not just for the cute mascot.

Enter your flight details and Hipmunk presents a calendar-like view of flights across numerous airlines, sorted by "agony" which is a combination of price + layovers + time of the day.

Aliaksei Krasouski · Answer

Good decision for a small trip.

Sunil Neurgaonkar · Answer

Skyscanner compares list from various networks and help you get the cheapest one. Just like @benln said, it's super easy to use.

Kunal Bhatia · Answer

Hipmunk is my go-to starting point for any flight research. Beyond sorting by agony, it has one of the better interfaces for figuring out optimal dates to adjust flexible travel schedules. E.g., I can move my departure one day in advance and save $300.

lior redlus · Answer

You set your trip dates, and it automatically tracks the prices of flights along with predictions as to when you should book. Doesn't include all airline companies, but definitely worth a close look for traveling cheap!

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Pana makes the actual traveling part of travel seamless, but if you upgrade to their paid version of the platform, you get access to Pana Concierge which takes care of all the booking / scheduling nonsense for you. This effectively eliminates the need for spending time sifting through travel / deal sites altogether 💁

Jack Dweck · Answer

I used to use Hipmunk but recently switched over to Google Flights. It's a lot cleaner and easier to browse.

benburns · Answer

Hipmunk has a far better interface for multi-day options, but Kayak sometimes has "hacker fares" that combine 2 different airlines' 1-ways into a better price, and these options don't show up on Hipmunk.  So my default now is to use both!

Emily Snowdon (née Hodgins) · Answer

Scott's Cheap Flights is a newsletter that will send you emails when they have found great deals on flights for specified locations. They don't spam you and don't even send emails every week - only when a great deal has been found - so it won't clog up your inbox. Not the best way to search for flights for a planned trip but is a great way to discover awesome deals for a more spontaneous getaway that feels like a complete steal.

Ram Rayavarapu · Answer

SkipLagged helps find the cheapest flights even if its the layover destination. The twist is you do not board the connection flight at the layover. The only drawback with this approach is you cannot take Check-In baggage as it drops the bag at the final destination.

Dan Fennessy · Answer

Hitlist is great because you don't even need to search for flights - you just let it know where you're interested in going & they send you the best options as they come up. Amazing deals sometimes! Especially if you are a bit flexible on dates.

Jenny Shen · Answer

I use 3 services to find the cheap flights, Momondo is one of them. TBH if you want to find the absolute cheapest flight, you gotta do a little bit more work by comparing at least 3 diff sites.

Kunal Bhatia · Answer

Quite impressed with lola's ability to provide travel recommendations. It uses both AI and human travel agents to provide flights, hotels, and other travel services. My brother recently travelled to China and Japan with a complex itinerary/requirements. For a first experience, he saved so much time booking through lola. If you value your time, I'd check it out. Flight bookings cost a flat fee, but everything else is free. The experience gets even better starting your second booking!

Ryan Hoover · Answer

AirWander is a different kind of flight search engine for those that don't mind overnight layovers.  It's ideal for longer distance travel where you might find two one-way flights on different days that are cheaper than a single direct flight.

Kunal Bhatia · Answer

After Hipmunk, I can double-check my deals on Google, get more data on best times to book that particular flight, etc. As a bonus, the travel guides give an awesome starting point to plan my travel.

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Kayak has an awesome interface that mixes actual usability with effectiveness. So many times on "deal sites" I find that it devolves into the same sad design, but Kayak has managed to escape it (for the most part) while easily surfacing the best deals on flights.

Product Pearson · Answer

I think this is a no-brainer - Skyscanner is superb for finding cheap flights, and it's superbly popular all around the world.

Abhilash Jain · Answer

It's got so many options/filters plus they have a free api that you can use to build over.

Jenny Shen · Answer

I use 3 services to find the cheap flights, Google flights is one of them. TBH if you want to find the absolute cheapest flight, you gotta do a little bit more work by comparing at least 3 diff sites.

Ryan Dearlove · Answer

Personalised flight deals and travel ideas all within Facebook Messenger!

Matěj Kalužík · Answer

This one combines low cost airlines. I think it is the best to really find out the cheapest flights. The bad side is they have a high percentage fee for booking through them.

Nagarjun Palavalli · Answer

Supremely underrated! This app tells you *when* to buy because buying sooner doesn't always guarantee you the best prices.

Dan · Answer

I always use Kayak. I find its interface the best and it consistently unearths tickets or routes that other services just don't.

Victor Basyul · Answer

It's just a great service cuz it shows you all the different options out there, and it always has flights. I mean it.

Oskar von Hauske · Answer

Data, tons of it

Juan Carlos Haro · Answer

I use Momondo to find better flight options

Mondakranta Saikia · Answer

My starting point for flight search because it loads the quickest. All possible fares displayed in a clean, very user-friendly interface. The filters make sense. In short, if I know where am going, I use wego. Else, I use skyscanner and kiwi flexible feature to help me decide.

Nivas Ravichandran · Answer

Skyscanner is the only tab you need to have open.

Ivan Dimitrov · Answer

Best place for me!

Ryan Dearlove · Answer

The Travel Professor will search online airfare systems to find you the best offers matching your travel preferences, on average you can expect 2 to 4 alerts per month (UK only). Unlike other cheap flight alert services, The Travel Professor is free for everyone, configurable and highly personalised.

https://www.facebook.com/travelprofessorbot/

Sabri Helal · Answer

Surprised no one has mentioned Skiplagged, personally find it's better than Skyscanner but hey to each his own!

Ian Grainger · Answer

Different take on finding cheap flights (and UK only for now). He will email you when a flight to a certain destination has a cheap rate going. If it's something you're interested in, and have the dates available for a holiday it will save you hundreds of pounds.

Wade Yardie · Answer

This is always my first stop before booking any flights !

Punit Makwana · Answer

It searches & compares flights to give cheapest fares

Mohit Menghnani · Answer

It gives you a thorough analysis of how the prices are going to change while giving you the option to play around with the dates. Beautiful interface. Love this app

Anna Zhyhar · Answer

Yeah, it plans a multi-city trip by picking a route and finding the best travel for you

jeevan4 · Answer

if tracks down the best days to book tickets and tells us if that's the right window to book a ticket or it suggests to wait. Very good app powered by historic data

Jenny Shen · Answer

I use 3 services to find the cheap flights, Kiwi is one of them. TBH if you want to find the absolute cheapest flight, you gotta do a little bit more work by comparing at least 3 diff sites.