I have been a huge google flights fan and have saved thousands of dollars over the past 5 years travelling the world (74 countries, 6 continents so far) but even I learned a couple of useful hacks - great video - thanks! For those who haven't used google flights - you are OVERPAYING!!!!!
Is this still working? I don't think this trick works anymore. It seems that all airlines will assume any round trip from USA is considered a trip by USA customers no matter if you are making the purchase from outside of USA.
I’ve used Google flights many times and I didn’t know you could search by continent or for specific dates with no destination in mind! You’ve saved me a ton of time. Thanks :)
I've been accustomed to using Google Flights, Skyscanner, and the like for years now...but I still learned quite a few things from your video. Many thanks. Hope to hit 100 countries soon, hoping this video helps save me more money :D Cheers!
I’ve been teaching this on my facebook live for years. That’s how I’ve been traveling for years. Now I already know how much certain places cost before I even search. One place that’s always cheap from Chicago is Rome always in th 400-500 range
If you are booking international to Asia. Book separately the flight to Lax and the round trip from Lax to Asia. At least I saw a 1000 to 2000 price difference for 3 people.
That’s a great tip! And I actually think that trick works with several different airlines! Could definitely be worth it if your booking for many people or you live close to the airport 😎
Thank you for your time and posting. Interesting. I was farting around on Google Flights and hit the 'Bags' - Carry-on bag button. All prices doubled and some tripled when I put ONE carry-on bag. Very interesting. Thanks again.
Long time traveler been using third parties all these times never had any issue so far but it’s always good learning about new ways and save money in the process. I’ll give this a try on my next flight! Thank you for sharing! Subbed! Keep’em coming! 😎⭐️👏
Although there is a lot of functionality in this Google Flights it doesn't always give the lowest prices. It may give you what you want but you still need to look on all sites and hunt around. I tested it the last few days as I was looking for an international flight.
Should I expect tickets to arrive in the mail? Or via a ticket number on my receipt? If so, should I print out my receipt and take it with me to the airport and give it to the ticket tacker or what? What should I expect and what should I do?
You should get an email with your ticket info! A lot of airlines also have phone apps you can download and check your info. Some budget airlines ask you to print your tickets, but it's usually not necessary if you have the email/app. At the check in counter, they'll be able to find your ticket by using your passport number (if you're traveling internationally). Hope this helps!
I have been using Skyscanner for years, which offers the same options, but others like specifying a country and not a specific departure airport But I will be able to compare my research with these 2 tools. What I like about Google Flight is the interactive map. Thank you
You're very welcome! Yes, Skyscanner is a good tool as well, I just like some of the extra features Google Maps has. But both can help find cheap flights!
I’m not sure if you’ve mentioned this in your video, but it’s important to browse on private mode because then the browsing history remembers your history and it causes your prices to rise.
if only i had known this earlier this week... i spent hours looking through pretty much all the countries in europe and comparing the prices. it would have been so much easier to just type europe in the search!!
Third party booking sites like kiwi are absolutely atrocious to deal with. They will wait up to 2 days to actually book your flight while at the same time immediately taking your money. Then if the price goes up they will call you and ask for the difference. If you decline you have to wait 7-14 days for them to refund you and often times they make it so you can’t get the emails from the airline by using their own email address instead of yours.
@@ProjectUntethered they all operate that way kiwi isn’t the only trash travel agency. I recently missed a flight to Colombia because the agency had not purchased my flight when I showed up to the airport. The email I got said booking confirmed and everything but when I called they said that it was still being processed by their booking specialist…. Yea missed the flight and nearly missed the window to cancel the hotel booking and missed out on what I had hoped would be an amazing trip :(
totally agree on Kiwi!!! I've only used it once and never will again. It was just too sketchy. -When I bought my ticket, I never got the airline confirmation code. It was only 1 day before my flight that I got my boarding pass and confirmation code from Kiwi!! Now this was just a flight from SFO to LAX, but had it been a bigger trip (like international) I can imagine it would be more stressful. -At one point, I called 3 days before my flight (well before the 48 hour timeline to cancel/rebook) to cancel my booking and get flight credit back. Called customer service and they wouldn't even give me flight credit back even though I was within the 48-hour cancellation policy. -Customer service is trash. Not professional and helpful. It sounded like I was calling the next door neighbor while they were cooking. I swear. -Not necessarily related to Kiwi, but more of an annoyance with booking 3rd party: if you want to add your TSA precheck #, you have to call the airline to add it. Just an unnecessary extra step.
@@annejillianmonsanto8565 when i got the confirmation email saying the booking was confirmed, i started to look for the airline confirmation code as i have always gotten previously anytime i book a flight... the next day i called because i knew something was wrong... sure enough they hadn't even booked the flight yet... it is bad enough putting up with all the shitty games that the airlines play these days, but now the travel companies are getting in on it as well... i wish google would hold them to some sort of standard to be listed on google flights
I usually buy tickets from these 3rd party sites that momondo recommends. If I need to cancel or change dates, I usually just get my booking number that I received from the 3rd party site and go directly to the airline and get them to change the dates. That way I avoid the hassle of contacting the 3rd party site, get a nice price on my ticket and get the service that the airline offers.
@@ProjectUntethered Yeah, these 3rd party sites usually puts fees on their services like rebooking and canceling. You basically pay them to talk to the airline to change date or whatever. But you can just do it on your own. 3rd party sites make most of their money on these services. Just cut the middle man out and contact the airline yourself.😂👍 Glad I could help!
@@fardinkhan00 I did that during covid and British Airlines didn’t let me cancel directly with them. I still had to use the 3rd party company and they took all my funds and I had nothing left.
@@GPCPR1 really? Wow that's terrible, I personally haven't had that issue but maybe it some 3rd party sites book your ticket in a way that you can't change anything without them.
Thank you very much for the advice. Found what I'm looking. Got quoted by a 3rd party 388 euros and google flight was offering same flight from 155 euros.
Hey great info, have been playing around with Google flights. Is there any way to 1) specify stops for each leg (including 0) on Google or any other search engine? 2) specify duration for each leg to get longer duration on an overnight connection for example to maximize free stopover without having 2 separate tickets. I realize these are advanced requirements. thanks
@@ProjectUntethered number of stops applies to all the flights in your itinerary I think. I want to apply different stop restrictions to different flights in my itinerary , some non stop, some 1 stop etc.
@@ProjectUntethered yes god darn it your hunch was right - on ITA you can do it with following extension code on any leg : "MAXSTOPS n MAXSTOPS 2 Set a limit on the number of stops on this portion of the trip."
Thanks for sharing the great tools, I've been looking for vacation tickets recently and tickets are way expensive than 3 years ago. BTW 紀律 discipline, nice tattoos. Hope oneday you'll visit Taiwan where there are great food and sceneries, also people use complicated characters.
Love the video. Thank you for the info. It would be really great if google flights also included south west airlines. But I guess south west has all this features in their website themselves.
@@me-lg1yw same. For some reason, round trips are cheaper for me and I have been looking for a while. Tried one way and multi trip but nothing beats round trip which kind of sucks cuz there’s no flexibility
I’ve never booked off a third party website and I just did for an international flight to Europe with Expedia. I’m taking Condor airlines, which I’ve never heard of… hoping no hidden fees or last minute cancellation pops up cause i already bought the ticket。Anxiety at the finest.
It sounds like worrying won’t help anything in this situation. All you can do is hope for the best, and you may realize all that worrying and stress was for nothing!
What hidden fees? Every third party provider has to state all of the fees and/or inform you of potential additional fees. Been using Trip for years flying from China to europe for 700USD almost always. Never had any issues. And why would you fly with an airline that’s not reputable? So you can save 10 bucks?
Wow what a difference. I wanted one way and open to different days or months . Goggle showed each month and the prices where hundreds lower than the regular " cheap" flight sites .who I had to enter each day over and over again. thanks !
4:24 "Should load all of the different dates" - I dont get any dates loaded. The video cuts, is there any extra steps you take for the calendar to show all date prices?
If you're a Southwest Airlines flyer, though, you're going to have to check its website specifically after all this, correct? Because their fares don't appear on this search engine?
I always use Google flights and then book directly with the airline. Momondo may appear to be slightly cheaper but I’m not sure if it includes taxes. Google flights includes the taxes.
It doesn't quite work in the way as you described. You haven't mentioned one important thing. Some airlines/3rd part websites show you lower price on the page, but once you selected the flight, then for example there is no option with free luggage option(even if you don't have any bags at all), and google flights usually handles those cases and shows you the actual price that you can pay.
Yeah Google sometimes shows if it doesn’t include luggage, but it’s always best to double check on the actual airline website, which can be a pain. It’s my go-to for preliminary research though!
For me, the matrix of ItaSoftware is still the best. Even if Google flights use it as base, you can mix more destinations/dates/other commands options. It works very well and now they even have a new interface.
I’m about to make another video that shows how! But essentially you have to do it manually. I heard about bookwithmatrix.com that could be helpful, but still need to test it out
I think I was using a free version of one called Drift for that video, but I’m not sure if I’d recommend it. I’ve had some issues, but that might be due to crappy wifi connections.
Hola buenas,he estado probando y nose si es que lo uso mal yo pero Ryanair tiene su propio buscador de sus vuelos. Vi un vuelo por poner un ejemplo uno de mi ciudad a Toulouse del 7 de mayo al 20 de mayo por 50€. Busque desde las mismas ciudades que mencioné ida y vuelta en las mismas fechas y me aparecen precios increíbles. Como puede ser? En teoría no deberían ser los más baratos aunque sea compañías como Ryanair? Un saludo.
Hola Yago! No se si entendí tu pregunta, pero la desventaja de todos los buscadores como google, skycanner, kayak, etc es que hay unos aerolíneas que no están en su sistema. Ryanair es un ejemplo de una aerolínea que no sale en los otros buscadores. Entonces necesitas una ruta que Ryanair sirve, tendrías que hacer una búsqueda separada directamente en la página de Ryanair. Espero que eso tiene sentido!
@@ProjectUntethered buah! Muchas gracias y que rápido,se te ha entendido si. Pero ahora solo tengo una duda más. Que compañías admiten cada buscador de vuelos que acabas de mencionar? Como se puede saber eso?
De lo que yo he investigado, los aerolíneas como Ryanair (y southwest en USA) no salen en las buscadores que conozco, toca usar la página web del aerolínea para ver los vuelos de esas aerolíneas. También podrías buscar google por aerolíneas que no salen en X buscador, de pronto hay una lista completa!
@@ProjectUntethered Allow me to share (Europe trip case) with you my "near optimal" approach, but not optimal after hearing from another friend. I used Manila, Bangkok, Jakarta as starting point and any point in Europe (Vienna, Geneva, Istanbul) to search for the cheapest business class ticket. It ended up with Manila - Geneva at only USD1,500 roundtrip business class. However, my Dutch friend told me that he was able to get Manila - Tunis(ia) for only 1,000 Euro or less!!! this means that I neglected other cities within 2 hour flight time into Western Europe (Tunisia to Paris is about 2 hours). this is the reason why I am asking for your advice. I know if we fix Departing city, we can get estimate for different destination cities (in USA, for my next trip). My question is more of .... I fix my destination as Chicago, how can I find the cheapest fare flying from any city in Asia. Can I not doing trial and error (putting one city and another)? Many thanks.
That’s a great question! I wonder if you could just search in reverse to get a rough idea of prices for routes? (Ex. Chicago as your departing airport). Obviously wouldn’t be exact, but it might give you some ideas so you don’t have to search one by one. Also, does google flights not let you add in multiple airports in the departing airport ? I haven’t tried this in a while, but I thought it was possible.
@@ProjectUntethered not really effective. I did so for European city. The ticket price is somewhat based on "willingness to pay". If the departing city (in this case USA) is a developed country, the price is higher than departing from a developing country.
Fantastic information, Great tips. I've been to the Philippines twice both times for a month. I'm thinking of going for 3 or 4 months. Do you think it's better to look for a round trip ticket with ability to change date. Or just a one way ticket? I can save about $400 with a round trip.
That’s a great question. I think it all depends on the flexibility that you need. If you don’t mind a strict return date, then round trip would work. But if you prefer to go with the flow (which is what we generally do), then the extra $400 for one ways might be worth it. I wonder if it’d also be possible to book a round trip with the ability to alter your return date. I’ve never done this before, but if you find that it’s possible, maybe the change fee and price difference would be less than $400 - although if it’s a last minute change, it could end up being more.
Now that I think about it, I think we’ve actually done this before (changed the return date). But that was during the middle of the pandemic, so things may have been more flexible back then.
This doesnt work all the time. I work in the field of IT and have my friends working for travel companies. The tools they use and kind of tracking they do is insane. They kind of track the ip address and geotag the location too. the best way is to do some randon searches so as to confuse the system's algorithm.
Most people want to get from point A to B! I have been traveling for over 40 year's! All your tip's I have been using long before their were cell phones!
Great, but checking with momondo doesn't always mean cheapest, I have exactly the same flight on both momondo and skyscanner and it is the scyscanner one that is cheaper
They both have a lot of similar features, but I just like the feel of google flights more. I’ve been thinking about doing another video comparing the two 🤔
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I have been a huge google flights fan and have saved thousands of dollars over the past 5 years travelling the world (74 countries, 6 continents so far) but even I learned a couple of useful hacks - great video - thanks! For those who haven't used google flights - you are OVERPAYING!!!!!
Hey Brian, that’s so awesome! Hope you find some great deals on country #75! 😎
💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯
I have used them for perhaps 10 yrs or more. I can see the calendar & prices for 9 months at a time.
So where do you find cheaper deals?
Is this still working? I don't think this trick works anymore. It seems that all airlines will assume any round trip from USA is considered a trip by USA customers no matter if you are making the purchase from outside of USA.
I’ve used Google flights many times and I didn’t know you could search by continent or for specific dates with no destination in mind! You’ve saved me a ton of time. Thanks :)
You bet! Happy flight hunting! 😎
Thank you. I'm a pilot for FedEx and I didn't know any of this. Cargo aviation is so different from commercial.
You’re very welcome! :-)
I use always google flights, now I learned more, thanks!
You’re welcome! :-)
I've been accustomed to using Google Flights, Skyscanner, and the like for years now...but I still learned quite a few things from your video. Many thanks.
Hope to hit 100 countries soon, hoping this video helps save me more money :D
Cheers!
That's so awesome!! Good luck on your journey, that's a huge milestone! ✈️
I had no idea about google flights! And yes, I'm always flexible but it takes so long to fill in all the details on other search engines! Thanks!
You’re very welcome! Happy flight hunting! 😇
I’ve been teaching this on my facebook live for years. That’s how I’ve been traveling for years. Now I already know how much certain places cost before I even search. One place that’s always cheap from Chicago is Rome always in th 400-500 range
That’s a great tip!!
Got any other hacks for finding cheap flights? Share 'em in the comments! ✈️
If you are booking international to Asia. Book separately the flight to Lax and the round trip from Lax to Asia. At least I saw a 1000 to 2000 price difference for 3 people.
That’s a great tip! We did that flying colombia to LAX and LAX to Asia - I confirm this can save money!
In the US, if booking with Spirit, you can save $20 per flight if you buy it at the airport counter, instead of online.
That’s a great tip! And I actually think that trick works with several different airlines! Could definitely be worth it if your booking for many people or you live close to the airport 😎
Thank you for your time and posting. Interesting. I was farting around on Google Flights and hit the 'Bags' - Carry-on bag button. All prices doubled and some tripled when I put ONE carry-on bag. Very interesting. Thanks again.
Thank you. I just bought my tickets to travel to Costa Rica 🇨🇷. Each ticket cost $80. I save more than $450.
Holy smokes that is a great deal, nice work!
Long time traveler been using third parties all these times never had any issue so far but it’s always good learning about new ways and save money in the process. I’ll give this a try on my next flight! Thank you for sharing! Subbed! Keep’em coming! 😎⭐️👏
You got it…more videos coming right up!
Although there is a lot of functionality in this Google Flights it doesn't always give the lowest prices. It may give you what you want but you still need to look on all sites and hunt around. I tested it the last few days as I was looking for an international flight.
Nice, what did you find works the best?
From this video I came to know without destination flight cost can be checked.. Superb
Should I expect tickets to arrive in the mail? Or via a ticket number on my receipt? If so, should I print out my receipt and take it with me to the airport and give it to the ticket tacker or what? What should I expect and what should I do?
You should get an email with your ticket info! A lot of airlines also have phone apps you can download and check your info. Some budget airlines ask you to print your tickets, but it's usually not necessary if you have the email/app. At the check in counter, they'll be able to find your ticket by using your passport number (if you're traveling internationally). Hope this helps!
searching FROM multiple airports on google flights in a game-changer! thank you! (i live between toronto, ottawa, and montreal lol)
You're very welcome! Hope you find some deals!!
Great video! Great Google Flights tricks! Thanks
I have been using Skyscanner for years, which offers the same options, but others like specifying a country and not a specific departure airport
But I will be able to compare my research with these 2 tools.
What I like about Google Flight is the interactive map.
Thank you
You're very welcome! Yes, Skyscanner is a good tool as well, I just like some of the extra features Google Maps has. But both can help find cheap flights!
I was scammed by Skyscanner. Never again😢
I’m not sure if you’ve mentioned this in your video, but it’s important to browse on private mode because then the browsing history remembers your history and it causes your prices to rise.
Some airline websites are now even tracking IP address along with MAC address, so private browsing may not help!
@@garvs1401 dang
That is absolute BS !! Prices rise and fall throughout the week.. I see prices rise on Fridays and drop again on Tuesday or Wednesday.
Every airline has different algorithms.
I exclusively use google flights but still learned a few things from this video! thank you
It’s a super handy tool, that’s for sure! ✈️
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️great vid!!
Wow cool looking forward to seeing more tips
if only i had known this earlier this week... i spent hours looking through pretty much all the countries in europe and comparing the prices. it would have been so much easier to just type europe in the search!!
Now the next time you search for flights, it’ll be a breeze 😎
Third party booking sites like kiwi are absolutely atrocious to deal with. They will wait up to 2 days to actually book your flight while at the same time immediately taking your money. Then if the price goes up they will call you and ask for the difference. If you decline you have to wait 7-14 days for them to refund you and often times they make it so you can’t get the emails from the airline by using their own email address instead of yours.
Woah that sounds horrible! We’ve never used kiwi before, and now we never will. Thanks for the tip!
@@ProjectUntethered they all operate that way kiwi isn’t the only trash travel agency. I recently missed a flight to Colombia because the agency had not purchased my flight when I showed up to the airport. The email I got said booking confirmed and everything but when I called they said that it was still being processed by their booking specialist…. Yea missed the flight and nearly missed the window to cancel the hotel booking and missed out on what I had hoped would be an amazing trip :(
That sounds like an absolute nightmare. I’ll definitely be avoiding third party sites at all costs from now on!
totally agree on Kiwi!!! I've only used it once and never will again. It was just too sketchy.
-When I bought my ticket, I never got the airline confirmation code. It was only 1 day before my flight that I got my boarding pass and confirmation code from Kiwi!! Now this was just a flight from SFO to LAX, but had it been a bigger trip (like international) I can imagine it would be more stressful.
-At one point, I called 3 days before my flight (well before the 48 hour timeline to cancel/rebook) to cancel my booking and get flight credit back. Called customer service and they wouldn't even give me flight credit back even though I was within the 48-hour cancellation policy.
-Customer service is trash. Not professional and helpful. It sounded like I was calling the next door neighbor while they were cooking. I swear.
-Not necessarily related to Kiwi, but more of an annoyance with booking 3rd party: if you want to add your TSA precheck #, you have to call the airline to add it. Just an unnecessary extra step.
@@annejillianmonsanto8565 when i got the confirmation email saying the booking was confirmed, i started to look for the airline confirmation code as i have always gotten previously anytime i book a flight... the next day i called because i knew something was wrong... sure enough they hadn't even booked the flight yet... it is bad enough putting up with all the shitty games that the airlines play these days, but now the travel companies are getting in on it as well... i wish google would hold them to some sort of standard to be listed on google flights
Thanks for sharing all these tips! Great content!
You're very welcome!
Great tips . We are leaving to Ecuador. Can’t wait to book with these suggestions on booking .
How exciting! Hope you have an amazing trip!
Hi mam
Wow congrats man on your channel going viral! You really boosted up in subscribers! Not too long ago you had 2k now you have over 18k!! Nice work🎉
Wow thanks for noticing!! Yes it was quite unexpected, but we’re not complaining 😎 you’re van looks sweet by the way - Just subscribed!
@@ProjectUntethered congratulations for sure! Unexpected is always great!! Thanks!! We are filming our new van tour soon! Super excited about it!
That's awesome! I saw you guys are in Michigan too, close to my old stompingrounds :-)
@@ProjectUntethered that’s awesome! Yes we were living in Michigan prior to vanlife, also still have family here
Very cool - enjoy the dunes! Those are some calf-killers!
THANK YOU FOR THIS!!!
I didn't know you can input multiple sources and keep it open ended. Thanks a lot for the tips! Can use this in planning the next leisure vacation
Hey Jim, you’re very welcome - I hope they come in handy! ✈️
Super thank you!👍
Great Video Chanel! 👌 thanks for sharing
Thanks buddy very productive video good info!
Only I have to say: GRACIAS!!! GRACIAS!!!! GRACIAS!!!! Por favor, sube el video en Español. Felicidades!!!
I’ll ask my wife if she can add subtitles!
thank you, very useful 🙏
Thx
Very useful 👌 👍
Good tips! Third party ticket agencies have burned me over the years. I search Google, and then I buy my tickets directly from the airline.
That’s a wise choice!
I usually buy tickets from these 3rd party sites that momondo recommends. If I need to cancel or change dates, I usually just get my booking number that I received from the 3rd party site and go directly to the airline and get them to change the dates. That way I avoid the hassle of contacting the 3rd party site, get a nice price on my ticket and get the service that the airline offers.
Oh wow I didn’t even realize you could do that, great tip!
@@ProjectUntethered Yeah, these 3rd party sites usually puts fees on their services like rebooking and canceling. You basically pay them to talk to the airline to change date or whatever. But you can just do it on your own. 3rd party sites make most of their money on these services. Just cut the middle man out and contact the airline yourself.😂👍
Glad I could help!
Genius!!
@@fardinkhan00 I did that during covid and British Airlines didn’t let me cancel directly with them. I still had to use the 3rd party company and they took all my funds and I had nothing left.
@@GPCPR1 really? Wow that's terrible, I personally haven't had that issue but maybe it some 3rd party sites book your ticket in a way that you can't change anything without them.
Thank you very much for the advice. Found what I'm looking. Got quoted by a 3rd party 388 euros and google flight was offering same flight from 155 euros.
Score!!!
Thanks sooo much. What about buying a ticket with open availability on return
You bet! If you don’t have a set schedule, I generally just buy one-way tickets.
excellent video !!! incredible useful
Hey great info, have been playing around with Google flights. Is there any way to 1) specify stops for each leg (including 0) on Google or any other search engine? 2) specify duration for each leg to get longer duration on an overnight connection for example to maximize free stopover without having 2 separate tickets. I realize these are advanced requirements. thanks
I thought google flights has a filter for number of stops, doesn’t it? And for the long layovers check out airwander!
@@ProjectUntethered number of stops applies to all the flights in your itinerary I think. I want to apply different stop restrictions to different flights in my itinerary , some non stop, some 1 stop etc.
Ahh I see. I’m not by my computer now to check, but have you checked to see if you can do it with ITA Matrix?
@@ProjectUntethered yes god darn it your hunch was right - on ITA you can do it with following extension code on any leg : "MAXSTOPS n MAXSTOPS 2 Set a limit on the number of stops on this portion of the trip."
Nice! I’m gonna have to make an ITA matrix video one of these days 🤓
Thank you so much!
Great video
Best tip- use southwest for domestic flights lmao. Saved about $300 on my last round trip.
Very great info!))
Thanks for sharing the great tools, I've been looking for vacation tickets recently and tickets are way expensive than 3 years ago. BTW 紀律 discipline, nice tattoos. Hope oneday you'll visit Taiwan where there are great food and sceneries, also people use complicated characters.
I hope we can visit soon as well! (And thanks for verifying that my tattoo doesn't mean buttface 🤣)
Love the video. Thank you for the info. It would be really great if google flights also included south west airlines. But I guess south west has all this features in their website themselves.
Yes that is very true, I forgot to mention that!
Okay..this new to me feature is cool
Love the Miller Lite can in the background!
Haha I hide cans in a bunch of our videos 😂 sometimes I need liquid courage to get over my shyness to make videos 🍻
Good Information. Thank You
All great advises!!! Than you so much!
I am a travel vlogger and use Google flights all the time but I learned some new great tricks here. Thanks
You’re very welcome! ✈️✈️✈️
Thanks for sharing
The easiest and cheapest way for me will always be book the flights seperate as ‘one-way flight’ its cheaper in the long run
Very interesting. We usually book one way as well, but that’s usually because we never know what our plans are going to be haha
Exactly
I agree. Just booked one way tickets from east to west coast for about $250 cheaper than selecting round trip.
That’s strange because I always check round trips as well as one-way and one- way is always more expensive for me.
@@me-lg1yw same. For some reason, round trips are cheaper for me and I have been looking for a while. Tried one way and multi trip but nothing beats round trip which kind of sucks cuz there’s no flexibility
I’ve never booked off a third party website and I just did for an international flight to Europe with Expedia. I’m taking Condor airlines, which I’ve never heard of… hoping no hidden fees or last minute cancellation pops up cause i already bought the ticket。Anxiety at the finest.
It sounds like worrying won’t help anything in this situation. All you can do is hope for the best, and you may realize all that worrying and stress was for nothing!
Condor are a German airline and have been around for years around EU and international. You will be fine.
What hidden fees? Every third party provider has to state all of the fees and/or inform you of potential additional fees. Been using Trip for years flying from China to europe for 700USD almost always. Never had any issues. And why would you fly with an airline that’s not reputable? So you can save 10 bucks?
Thank you for this information!
You’re very welcome!
Thanks for this will definitely use these tools
You’re very welcome 😊
Wow what a difference.
I wanted one way and open to different days or months .
Goggle showed each month and the prices where hundreds lower than the regular " cheap" flight sites
.who I had to enter each day over and over again.
thanks !
You’re very welcome! Happy flying! ✈️✈️
Nice video
4:24 "Should load all of the different dates" - I dont get any dates loaded. The video cuts, is there any extra steps you take for the calendar to show all date prices?
Sometimes you have to make sure that you are selecting the actual airports (instead of the general city). See if that works!
wow super helpful
If you're a Southwest Airlines flyer, though, you're going to have to check its website specifically after all this, correct? Because their fares don't appear on this search engine?
That’s a very good point I forgot to mention!
Your advice is fantastic, I'm in YUL prices are high here, I either got to Toronto or go to a close US airport like Burlington to save.
I always use Google flights and then book directly with the airline. Momondo may appear to be slightly cheaper but I’m not sure if it includes taxes. Google flights includes the taxes.
thanks man awesome
It doesn't quite work in the way as you described. You haven't mentioned one important thing. Some airlines/3rd part websites show you lower price on the page, but once you selected the flight, then for example there is no option with free luggage option(even if you don't have any bags at all), and google flights usually handles those cases and shows you the actual price that you can pay.
Yeah Google sometimes shows if it doesn’t include luggage, but it’s always best to double check on the actual airline website, which can be a pain. It’s my go-to for preliminary research though!
Great tips! Thanks!
You bet! 😎
For me, the matrix of ItaSoftware is still the best. Even if Google flights use it as base, you can mix more destinations/dates/other commands options. It works very well and now they even have a new interface.
I’ll have to do some tinkering with that as well!
How do you book it??
I’m about to make another video that shows how! But essentially you have to do it manually. I heard about bookwithmatrix.com that could be helpful, but still need to test it out
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What about animals? (1cat) What site would you recommend?
Since when is Derek Carr giving out flight advice? Seriously, tho, great tutorial on Google Flights. Thanks, man.
Haha that’s the first time I’ve heard that one, and you bet!
How about baggage charges? These chesp flights are excluding baggage, so how to manage to get baggage with cheap flights
Google flights wow this is great I never knew flights are way cheaper !
Super EXPLANATION PERFECT show
May I ask what screen recording software you use or recommend please
I think I was using a free version of one called Drift for that video, but I’m not sure if I’d recommend it. I’ve had some issues, but that might be due to crappy wifi connections.
What tools do you use to project on-screen recording and narration video, side-by-side?
I had no idea you can search multiple departure locations at once - this will save heaps of time....thankyou!
You bet!! 😎
well depends on the distance. I searched for toronto to australia is about Can 2,175. Almost same amount in other websites
Very helpful video dude! It really helped me a lot. Thank you very much, God bless you guys!
You’re very welcome! Happy flight hunting!
Excellent !!!!
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Hola buenas,he estado probando y nose si es que lo uso mal yo pero Ryanair tiene su propio buscador de sus vuelos. Vi un vuelo por poner un ejemplo uno de mi ciudad a Toulouse del 7 de mayo al 20 de mayo por 50€. Busque desde las mismas ciudades que mencioné ida y vuelta en las mismas fechas y me aparecen precios increíbles. Como puede ser? En teoría no deberían ser los más baratos aunque sea compañías como Ryanair? Un saludo.
Hola Yago! No se si entendí tu pregunta, pero la desventaja de todos los buscadores como google, skycanner, kayak, etc es que hay unos aerolíneas que no están en su sistema. Ryanair es un ejemplo de una aerolínea que no sale en los otros buscadores. Entonces necesitas una ruta que Ryanair sirve, tendrías que hacer una búsqueda separada directamente en la página de Ryanair. Espero que eso tiene sentido!
@@ProjectUntethered buah! Muchas gracias y que rápido,se te ha entendido si. Pero ahora solo tengo una duda más. Que compañías admiten cada buscador de vuelos que acabas de mencionar? Como se puede saber eso?
De lo que yo he investigado, los aerolíneas como Ryanair (y southwest en USA) no salen en las buscadores que conozco, toca usar la página web del aerolínea para ver los vuelos de esas aerolíneas. También podrías buscar google por aerolíneas que no salen en X buscador, de pronto hay una lista completa!
Is it possible to see the calendar view of prices if you're doing multicity? doesn't seem to work for me.
The difference is google doesnt add seat charges and checkec in baggar while momondo and kayak does.
So technically its not a hack
The baggage feature is pretty cool, not gonna lie. I talk about it in my next video that’s going out 😇
I am flexible to start anywhere in Asia, and my destination is anywhere in North America. How to operate? Please advise. thanks.
Just type those options for your departure and destination! 🤓
@@ProjectUntethered Allow me to share (Europe trip case) with you my "near optimal" approach, but not optimal after hearing from another friend. I used Manila, Bangkok, Jakarta as starting point and any point in Europe (Vienna, Geneva, Istanbul) to search for the cheapest business class ticket. It ended up with Manila - Geneva at only USD1,500 roundtrip business class. However, my Dutch friend told me that he was able to get Manila - Tunis(ia) for only 1,000 Euro or less!!!
this means that I neglected other cities within 2 hour flight time into Western Europe (Tunisia to Paris is about 2 hours).
this is the reason why I am asking for your advice. I know if we fix Departing city, we can get estimate for different destination cities (in USA, for my next trip). My question is more of .... I fix my destination as Chicago, how can I find the cheapest fare flying from any city in Asia. Can I not doing trial and error (putting one city and another)? Many thanks.
That’s a great question! I wonder if you could just search in reverse to get a rough idea of prices for routes? (Ex. Chicago as your departing airport). Obviously wouldn’t be exact, but it might give you some ideas so you don’t have to search one by one.
Also, does google flights not let you add in multiple airports in the departing airport ? I haven’t tried this in a while, but I thought it was possible.
@@ProjectUntethered not really effective. I did so for European city. The ticket price is somewhat based on "willingness to pay". If the departing city (in this case USA) is a developed country, the price is higher than departing from a developing country.
Thank you for the info. Very useful!
My pleasure! 😎
well explained
Thanks!
Hi there. To research the availability of long layovers without AIRWANDER, what or where do I go?
Just go to the airwander website and search just like I did :-)
Thank you Sir
this helped me book my senior trip! Thanks broski :)
You bet, have fun!
Fantastic information, Great tips. I've been to the Philippines twice both times for a month. I'm thinking of going for 3 or 4 months. Do you think it's better to look for a round trip ticket with ability to change date. Or just a one way ticket? I can save about $400 with a round trip.
That’s a great question. I think it all depends on the flexibility that you need. If you don’t mind a strict return date, then round trip would work. But if you prefer to go with the flow (which is what we generally do), then the extra $400 for one ways might be worth it. I wonder if it’d also be possible to book a round trip with the ability to alter your return date. I’ve never done this before, but if you find that it’s possible, maybe the change fee and price difference would be less than $400 - although if it’s a last minute change, it could end up being more.
Now that I think about it, I think we’ve actually done this before (changed the return date). But that was during the middle of the pandemic, so things may have been more flexible back then.
@@ProjectUntethered Thank You :)
You might have a problem getting into the Phillipines without a return ticket
@@ProjectUntethered Thank you
thank you!!!!!!!
This doesnt work all the time. I work in the field of IT and have my friends working for travel companies. The tools they use and kind of tracking they do is insane. They kind of track the ip address and geotag the location too. the best way is to do some randon searches so as to confuse the system's algorithm.
I use vpn for that reason you had said.
Most people want to get from point A to B! I have been traveling for over 40 year's! All your tip's I have been using long before their were cell phones!
Nice! What’s your #1 strategy for cheap flights?
Great, but checking with momondo doesn't always mean cheapest, I have exactly the same flight on both momondo and skyscanner and it is the scyscanner one that is cheaper
For those interested, the traditional Chinese text tattooed under his right arm translates to “disipline” in English.
What is the difference between this and SkyScanner?
They both have a lot of similar features, but I just like the feel of google flights more. I’ve been thinking about doing another video comparing the two 🤔
woah it was kinda trippy seeing you type detroit right before I was thinking of it lmao!!
Haha I read your mind! 🤯
When I follow your instruction for firm place flexible dates the calendar does not populate with prices. What am I doing wrong???
Try searching again but make sure you enter the actual airport (not the city) in the search bars
This is great information, thank you for sharing!
You bet! Happy deal hunting :-)
Is there a way to get Google Flights to save your list of possible departure airports so you don't have to keep entering them all each time?
what about changing your IP address location? and also what about the hidden city trick?
Both great ideas! We cover both a bit in some other videos in our Cheap Travel Hacks playlist 🤓🤓