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What flight search sites are you currently using? Got any general cheap flight trips/tricks you want to share/discuss? (alien.top)
submitted 11 months ago by greezy_fizeek@alien.top to c/digitalnomad@expats.zone
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I use skyscanner and skiplagged for my initial searches, then book direct on an airlines website if i'm able to. Just curious what other sites you all are using these days. I will say that recently I have noticed that sometimes the airlines own website has cheaper fares than these aggregators seem to find. Maybe its because they only crawl every so often, and I've caught price drops on the airlines website before the aggregators picked them up.

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[–] thenuffinman47@alien.top 1 points 11 months ago

Google flights

I feel like the days of a website with cheap flights are long gone. Just need a good search built to ping you price changes

[–] MaManPF@alien.top 1 points 11 months ago

Kiwi.com

[–] MaManPF@alien.top 1 points 11 months ago

MyTrip.com

[–] 10percentham@alien.top 1 points 11 months ago

Starting to think Skyscanner isn’t good anymore haha

[–] thewirednomad 1 points 11 months ago

https://www.awardhacker.com/

Useful for booking flights with miles.

[–] inglandation@alien.top 1 points 11 months ago

Pan flights, they allow you to search from region to region, which is very useful.

[–] gilestowler@alien.top 1 points 11 months ago

I find gotogate is pretty good.

[–] stevebradss@alien.top 1 points 11 months ago

Google flights has all the features of other sites

[–] smackson@alien.top 1 points 11 months ago (1 children)

I've just stuck with Kayak for over a decade, love the -/+3-day price grid.

Sometimes they send you to cheap-o bargain agencies/re-sellers you've never heard of... but I haven't had a bad result yet.

[–] hazzdawg@alien.top 1 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Google flights give you a whole month price grid

[–] smackson@alien.top 1 points 11 months ago (1 children)

30 days by 30 days?

Like.... 900 cells???

Are you sure you understood what I meant?

[–] ElectrikDonuts@alien.top 1 points 11 months ago

They give you a month calender view with the lowest priced flight for each day based on your filter settings

[–] Konotopa@alien.top 1 points 11 months ago

I always use these resources:
Google flight
Kiwi
Omio

[–] JackTheManiacTR@alien.top 1 points 11 months ago

I use Skiplagged a lot or Google Flights.

[–] Capable_Wait09@alien.top 1 points 11 months ago

Are there any that list prices by points instead of dollars?

[–] AdHumble4072@alien.top 1 points 11 months ago

Google flights, flight matrix, and skyscanner. I also browse deals on Secret Flying, and Flyer Talk forums.

[–] notfulofshit@alien.top 1 points 11 months ago

Direct from the source

[–] dancavs@alien.top 1 points 11 months ago

Bard with Google Flights... Or Skyscanner

[–] ricky_storch@alien.top 1 points 11 months ago

I usually find the site for the airport and check who flies the routes I am interested in. In some parts of the world, there are airlines that wont get aggregated to Skyscanner.

I also sign up for the email list on the airlines I will potentially use or follow on twitter or IG for sales - especially this time of the year.

[–] kndb@alien.top 1 points 11 months ago

Google Flights, hands down, for flights. And booking-dot-com for hotels/resorts. They have a rewards program, so after a few bookings you will get a $100-$200 off every booking, which is quite nice.