Finding a cheap flight can be daunting. With travel being as popular as it is there are hundreds, if not thousands, of sites vying for your attention each with the promise of having the lowest price available. Over the years, however, I've cultivated plenty of tips and tricks on how to get the most bang for your buck when flying:
- Start Looking Early - While most of the time you won't have the luxury of knowing that far out when you want to travel, the best method is to search for your flight and track it's progress, figure out which carriers go there most often and become generally more aware of what the range of prices to go there is.
- Browse Flights in a “Private” Window - To avoid airlines or sites changing their prices the more you search, you should use a private window of your browser (called Incognito mode in Chrome) to do your searching. This prevents the websites from following your activity and inflating their prices.
- Shop Around - Variety is the spice of life and the same is true for shopping for airfare. My routine for shopping for a flight usually starts on Google Flights, then I look at my preferred airline provider, then Kayak, SkyScanner, and finally ITA Matrix.
- Follow the “Flight Deal” Aggregators - I started off just following along with Secret Flying, then branched out to The Flight Deal. Today I follow six different flight deal sites and use Slack to keep track of all their Twitter activity since that’s where they publish deals immediately.
- Watch the News and Pay Attention to Trends - Paying attention to current events around the world can lead to some awesome deals. Countries that depend heavily on tourism to fund their economy will often use lower airfares to get more people to come and visit. Alternatively countries going through turmoil may be more difficult, and not recommended, to visit.
An excerpt of this post has been published in the Level Up by Forbes Newsletter.
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