Google Flights 2.0 - A redesigned web experience to find & track flights 🔎✈️🌎

Wow, we're now adding and up voting Google products now? Sad.

It actually looks really good. I like the map view. It reminds me a bit of AirBnB when scrolling in and out of locations and the results of accommodation changes, but in this case it's all the different destinations you can fly to and the results on the left change on the fly as you scroll in and out. It works very well. I wonder, does Google earn revenue from this product?

Watch out Skyscanner

it's faster than other flight search engines

Pros:

I like the look & feel, makes price comparison easy, no need to scroll below the fold to access the recommendations

Cons:

lack of promotions, deals, incentives

Just tried it to book a flight and it's actually less useful than it was before. Mainly, it doesn't show you other nearby airports options for the return leg of a roundtrip flight anymore (Kayak's 'hacked fares')... Some of us who will wander a metro area with multiple airports do like the option.

Overall, I think Google does a remarkable job at representing a key user problem when researching flights -- users are often left to question, "Is this really the best deal? Can I do better than this price?"

I think those sentiments are representative of a lack of trust that exists between users and flight-booking / travel websites, and Google makes up for that because of (1) the brand and (2) the easy and straightforward UI.

There is still a need, though, for a different "version" of flight browsing, which has more to do with an exploratory "I-don't-know-where-to-go-or-when-yet" mentality, which is more aspirational than anything else. Additionally, it could do a little bit better with sharing data trends/flight insights (when to buy) at first glance instead of being 1-click away (less discoverable for a novice user).

With all the above said, this is my new go-to app for flights! 😅

Pros:

• Fast

• Trustworthy (more on this below)

• Easy UI

Cons:

• A little harder to do open-ended queries

• Not as optimal for booking vacations (exploratory)

• Flight insights are less discoverable

Looks really good!

yeeeey cool

It's sad that they removed API

Looks great at a glance, but upon closer inspection, it feels a bit overwhelming. How do you guide users to perform one specific task without distractions and intuitively?