Flight search
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Most of the saving on a flight comes from four decisions, and none of them is which site you book on. They are about when you fly, where you fly from, and which fare you are actually buying.
Shifting a departure by a day or two usually beats any amount of site-hopping. Midweek departures are consistently cheaper than Friday and Sunday, and the first flight of the day is often the cheapest on the board.
Most large cities have more than one airport, and the second one is frequently cheaper. Weigh the saving against the transfer cost and time — a cheap fare into a distant airport at midnight can cost more once you add the taxi.
A basic fare with a cabin bag added is often dearer than the flexible fare that includes one. Price the trip you are actually taking: bag, seat, and whether you need to change it later.
Very early booking rarely wins; very late almost never does. Short-haul tends to settle a few weeks out and long-haul a few months. Set an alert rather than watching manually — fares move at hours you are not looking.
A connection is usually cheaper, and on long-haul it can be substantially so. What it costs you is resilience: a delay on the first leg puts the second at risk, and that risk is only carried by the airline if both legs are on a single ticket. Two separate tickets that happen to connect are two separate contracts — miss the second and nobody owes you a replacement. If you book that way deliberately, leave a long buffer and avoid the last departure of the day.
There is no single magic day. Short-haul fares generally reach their lowest point a few weeks before departure and rise sharply in the final fortnight; long-haul settles earlier and holds longer. School holidays and major events override all of it — on those dates, book as early as you can.
The day you travel matters much more than the day you book. Tuesday, Wednesday and Saturday departures are typically cheaper than Friday and Sunday, because that is when demand actually is.
Fares change constantly because seats sell and revenue systems reprice, not because a site noticed you looking. If you see a change between searches it is almost always the fare bucket moving, not you being tracked.
Sometimes, particularly on low-cost carriers where returns are simply two one-ways priced together. On legacy long-haul the return fare is often cheaper than two one-ways, so it is worth pricing both.
On flights departing the EU or UK, and on EU and UK carriers arriving there, you are entitled to rerouting or a refund, and to cash compensation when the cancellation is within the airline’s control and notified late. Those rights sit with the airline regardless of where you bought the ticket.
