How to find cheap flights

di Alessio Michele Amato

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In recent years, the amount of cheap airline flights has increased exponentially. This is especially true for intercontinental flights. Below, I will propose a basic guide on how to navigate to find the best bargains and a list of reference sites to orient yourself to the fullest.

From Where?

Currently, the low cost flights can be found mainly in Europe and South East Asia. For this reason, reference sites you will find only European and Asian airlines. However, even in the other continents are occasions not to be missed. Some examples? Fastjet in southern Africa and the Spirit Airlines in United States. Anyway, keep an eye on sites that offer the error do, namely "companies error fares". Book as soon as you see them, because price errors are transient and may disappear at any moment.

How?

The first step, unless you have a particular destination in mind, you go on Skyscanner. By entering your city or country of origin, without necessarily enter the destination, you can find the flights, both to return that one way cheaper within one year. Recommend to subscribe to the Facebook pages of sites that report the error do so that you can book early.

When?

Depends on destination and airport of departure. The Corriere della Sera reports a survey of startups Hopper where we highlight the best days to leave and return from various UK airports. Regarding the departures, the best days are as follows: on Tuesday, for those leaving from Cagliari, Genova, Milano Malpensa and Pisa on Wednesday from Bergamo, Brindisi, Rome Fiumicino, Florence and Turin, on Thursday from Palermo and Venice and Friday from Bologna, Milan Linate and Naples. Skyscanner suggests starting in February for domestic flights, in may for the long haul and short haul flights in November. Momondo says to book the ticket to 53 days from departure, leaving Tuesday night for further savings.

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Reference sites

Flight search engines

Kayak Explore function, which allows you to see on a map the cheapest destinations from our departure airport.

Skyscanner Ideal for those who do not have a specific destination in mind or is particularly flexible with the dates of departure and arrival. You can see the prices to get in every country in the world from a particular airport or country.

Error fares

Airfarewatchdog Price errors, reported by users themselves, to national and regional flights (Caribbean, Central America) from the United States.

Cheapflightslab Errors rates for flights from Europe and North America. In addition to selling an e-book on how to find the flights as cheaply as possible, for 5 bucks you can spare you the trouble of finding a low price for your ideal destination.

Fly4free In addition to reporting, price errors are also published articles on new airline routes.

Flynous Errors rates for flights from Europe.

Secretflying The main website regarding pricing errors, both for the flight and for hotels (the latter are less frequent). For the more experienced, there is also an application for dabbling with fuel dumping. An explanation of what you can find, in English, here. Keep in mind that if the airline finds out that you book a flight with fuel dumping, you can be banned from the company, besides having the cancelled flight.

Travelfree Errors rates for European flights, mainly from the Baltic States (Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia).

Online travel agents

Flightfox Enter the coordinates of your trip and the price you expect. If the site's experts find a lower price for the difference between the expected price and the cost of the service, you pay the cost of the service. Otherwise, Flightfox is free!

European low-cost airlines

EasyJet Flights to various European destinations, especially in the West, and some overseas trip (Morocco, Turkey, Egypt and Israel).

Norwegian Ideal for low cost travel to the United States and Thailand.

Pegasus Airlines Airline based in Turkey. Offers flights, as well as for Europe, Russia, India, China, Central Asia and the Middle East.

Ryanair I don't think I need to introduce Ryanair. Occasionally offer flights from 1 euro.

Volotea Spanish airline that travels mostly in small and medium-sized cities in Spain, French, Greek and Italian. SuperVolotea, loyalty program costs 50 euros a year, is perhaps the best money for your flights Why? When they leave the regular one-way flights deals, less than 1 euro, you can buy as many as you want! It also applies to your friends, as long as they are included in the same reservation.

Vueling Spanish company that, besides Europe, do you have any flights to sub-Saharan Africa and the Middle East. Especially convenient when there are promotions.

Wizzair Hungarian company specializing in travel to Eastern Europe, Georgia and Dubai. Very low prices, but the size of hand luggage are reduced compared to other companies.

Wow Air Icelandic company that offers flights to United States, Canada and several European cities.

Asian low-cost airlines

Air Asia Malaysian airline based in Kuala Lumpur. The most famous when it comes to low cost. Offers the lowest prices for Australia, East Asia, and a few Middle Eastern destinations (Oman, Iran).

Cebu Pacific Low cost airlines in the Philippines. Flights to Asia, Australia and the Middle East. Periodically there are some really cheap deals.

Flydubai Flights from Dubai to East Africa, Eastern Europe, Middle East, Central Asia and the Indian subcontinent.

Jetstar The only low cost which, in addition to take you around for South-East Asia, makes various flights to Oceania (Australia, New Zealand, Fiji, Cook Islands and Hawaii).

Peach The first Japanese low cost.

Scoot Flights from Singapore to Australia, East Asia, India and Athens.

SpiceJet Indian low cost.

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