7 Google Flights Secrets to Unlock CHEAPER Flights
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One problem to remember there's been several notices that flights (other than cheapest basic seat) into London now will have huge $200 tax added each way.
I bet you're a loyalty member somewhere. How do you handle that?
That Europe trick with London as a stop – genius. Never thought of that!
That new section you mentioned at 4:12 doesnโt seem to exist on my end.. shame. It would be soooo usefulโฆ
Hey, you are only saying USA to Europe. What about Europe to Europe? Ahh
Kiwi literally has an option to look for cheapest connection flights, you don't have to manually search. This "method' is literally going to lose you money. Imagine that the cheapest flight to Europe is London, and it for is 250โฌ? for example. And the flight to Venice would be 100โฌ, the total cost is 350โฌ.
But then, Warsaw could cost 275โฌ (more expensive, so you'll ignore it), and have a flight to Venice for 30โฌ. The total here is 305โฌ. Just saved 45โฌ on your terrible method.
Kiwi or any other proper search engine will do those things for you. Don't use Google.
These kinds of tips don't work for people living in Australia and New Zealand, cause of the large distance to Europe and American continents..
Suspect this may be out of date, my google page stopped looking like yours at the 4:00 mark.
11:36 That's a forward slash! ๐
Why did you uncheck Spirit?
3rd parties sometimes cost hundreds more if you have connecting flights. I learned hard way and now never buy from 3rd party even with couple hundred difference.
Was just reported last night, single tickets often cost more than booking two.
Airlines think you are a biz traveler vs vacationers.
2:09 Itโs not much cheaper if you have to travel from London Heathrow to London Stansted. If you consider the extra cost and possibly another 4h to your trip (for airport transfer and international departure) itโs not really worth it. Also, Kayak and Momondo are the same company.
A little bit extra for luggage on a budget airline??? You must be joking!!! budget airlines will rob you for luggage
Great advices learned alot even though i was using Google flights prior. Thank you!
Thanks a ton
dont use the flight tab but the explore tab… uses the flights tab inthe rest of his video ๐
You most likely have to switch the airport, since I donโt think that the transatlantic flights arrives in STN, – that does not sound very convenient to meโฆ
What a load of rubbish, you arenโt comparing apples to apples! Your cheap flight to London takes 34hrs ๐๐๐ ๐๐
You don't mention that your first hack is not a single itinerary, but separate tickets (likely on different airlines) so you can't check your baggage through to your final destination. You most likely have to go through passport control to baggage collection and then check-in for the second flight and go through passport control again. This can take hours and is a big PITA just to save a bit of money.
For Tipp number 1 I would not recommend this… To much of a risk if your first flight is delayed plus what you didn't mention is that you have to consider the arrival time of your first flight then the time you have to redo the process of checking in again etc… Not ideal and way to much stress for saving maybe 100 bucks
I am more interested in finding โcheapโ premium economy tickets. I find that premium costs 2-3 more than economy which is ridiculous for 2 inches of leg room. I would rather pay for seat selection (typical $30) to make sure we get isle seat (which allows us to get up walk around on long international flights).
So I followed the instructions on the video, and tried several different city combinations and options. It's interesting but for me using Google flights was a giant waste of time. Since you cannot book direct from Google flights, they give you a link to the airline(s) that you can book from after you have done your search. However, that link just takes you to the airline, you now have to enter all your trip details all over again, and guess what? Yes you guessed it, the prices (seat categories etc) and baggage allowances are all different and/or not available. So I could have just gone direct to United (or whatever airline) to begin with and saved myself the extra time WASTED searching on Google. I don't get why using Google flights is of any use, so you can look and see what you MIGHT, maybe, if you are lucky get on a certain airline? I don't get it.
To make it easier to see several combinations of departures date and return date fares, click on DATE GRID which is seen just below the list of "top departing flight" results at the 8:46 mark in the video. You can use the date grid along with adjusting the length of trip as see in the video.
Great Secrets to Unlock Cheaper Flights. Thank you so much for helpful content.
Cheap, but not worth it when you have to deal with multiple airlines and possibly even have to transfer airprots. Easily turns into a nightmare scenario when doing the first trick.
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*For you guys out there, don't get your panties in a bunch. I love his content but I really get nauseous!
Your site is excellent. Have learned a lot. THANKS
There is no problem booking by a third part. The confirmation and the tickets will be from the airline and all contacts or manage booking will be direct with them. So thats bullshit not to use third part. ๐
But one has to consider one way with no layovers plus must know how if you want to travel economy or premium economy
Plus if rptravel8ng to London may not arrive on the same day,
Your London trip takes 34 hours lol
3:50 I have literally no idea how you went from the page with the map which I see on my side, to the "new cool feature that Google developed". You just swapped to it without saying how you got to it. Very helpful.
Great info. Thanks for the feedback, too. Sharing info makes us smarter in dealing with greedy airlines.
Completely failing to mention the flight to London takes over 30 hours with a stop so presuming a 10-20hr layover somewhere before then having to catch a flight that was a day or so ago by the time you land in London. Plus, Ryanair can charge 30-50 quid extra for luggage and then a surplus of ยฃ13 per kilo over the limit
hello there !
I came to this video because I am interested in the subject and some guy with the Brazilian Portuguese made the voice over on your video; if you can do something about please do it because I don't like Portuguese I came here for English tutorial
thank you kindly
Any advice for regular cheaper price flights within Canada?
Most would consider me a seasoned traveler. So naturally, I usually learn anything from YT or social media post talking about "travel hacks" and feel like I wasted time lol . However, I always learn at least one new thing (sometimes more) from watching your videos. Very nice. Thanks!
for the first "trick" if you search flights to Venice why would it not show that combination of flights via London to Venice? probably because there is something else wrong (i.e. the schedules don't align or you have to switch to another airport because Ryanair flies out of STN)
also you searched for July 15 for London-Venice but it should be 16 in this case because you're arriving the following day ๐
I donโt see that new section with cheapest return and cheapest one way on Google Flights on my iPad. How do you bring that up?
The Bags filter is useless for checked bags. Those are what really drive up the price.
Impossible to fly Chicago -London and London-Venice the same day with departure from London at 06:45 am ๐.
Be carful to delay for the first flight, always book all tickets from the same airlines company ๐
If anything from web..even from airline site direct, they can change your class or airport after youโve paid in part of your connections…after paid in google agent, a phone call after said double booking, (book not = bought) change date + add more money (up selling)…If web buying & their last email changed your airport or class, Since no local shops/agents, hope for good luck. Online they can play so many tricks, recording learning all the time.
it's a bait and switch in reality. I have tried gf many times and when I go to the website to book, it's usually not available, or there is an 'error' or the 'cheap' flight is totally booked. So I just go to my favorite airline to start with.
๐ญ๐ญ๐ญUnable to find such option in Google Flights in Australia
I will try these ideas tomorrow to book a trip to Europe although I am going to Barcelona. Thanks a lot for the video.๐
I learned my lesson on booking through a third party. When our Ireland trip was cancelled due to COVID, Expedia told me that it would give us a voucher. Since we still wanted to go we accepted the voucher. By the end of the year there were still no flights to Ireland and I asked for my money back. Expedia told me that I needed to get the money from Aer Lingus and Aer Lingus told me I needed to get it from Expedia. Very long story short, I got the U.S. Department of Transportation involved and a year and a half later finally got our money returned.
This is great research information, but my recommendation is to take your research
information and book through the airline itself.