Flight deals, get your flight deals!
People are always asking me how I find my cheap flights. Well here you go, people. Here are my secrets listed as well as some good deals I found this week for people around the U.S.
kayak.com/explore (http://www.kayak.com/explore) – my favorite tool. This shows you where you can go anywhere in the world at the lowest price point. I tend to search my home airport first (IND) and then nearby airports (Chicago, Cincinnati, Columbus, etc.) for cheap deals. When I’m searching internationally, I search from major US airports I know I can get a cheap flight to from my home airport (Chicago, Atlanta, Charolette, New York, Denver, etc.).
Fare Calendars for flexible travel – If I’m going somewhere specific but have flexible travel, I use fare calendars on Kayak (+/- 3 day feature), check Southwest sales, and use Frontier and Allegiant’s low fare calendars to show options.
Frontier, Southwest and Allegiant emails – I ignore 75% of what comes through on these emails because they spam you regularly, but every now and then I’ll check and see what deals are available.
Scott’s Cheap Flights (https://scottscheapflights.com/)– I subscribed to this recently and I chose the free version because I already search a ton on my own, but if you’re really dedicated, you can get custom emails for deals specific from your home airport. But he sends several emails a week with deals from major US airports abroad to a specific location. The free version is just from flights in a region of the US (I’m signed up for the Midwest).
I combine flights and flight legs. If I can get cheaply from New York to Barcelona, I need to figure out how to get to New York. If I can get from Cincinnati to New York for cheap, I can get to Barcelona for cheap. It’s not always key to look from your home airport, just places you know you can get to easily.
This weeks flight deals are (but not limited to):
To: Barcelona on American Airlines in late August through October (buy ASAP)
• From:
• Atlanta (ATL) – $481
• Denver (DEN) – $468
• Detroit (DTW) – $481
• Houston (IAH) – $468
• Minneapolis (MSP) – $463
• Washington DC (BWI) – $468
• Washington DC (DCA) – $468
• Washington DC (IAD) – $468
• To/From: Indianapolis > Orlando via Frontier, as low as $40 roundtrip
• To/From: Cincinnati > Minneapolis, Dallas, Tampa, New York (LGA), Atlanta via Frontier, as low as $40 roundtrip
• To/From: Cincinnati > Fort Lauderdale or Fort Meyers via Frontier as low as $100 roundtrip
• To/From: Chicago > San Diego $119 (via kayak.com/explore)
• To/From: Chicago > Rome $514 (via kayak.com/explore)
• To/From: Chicago > Hong Kong $520 (via kayak.com/explore)
• To/From: New York > Belfast $341 (kayak.com/explore)
• To/From: New York > Paris $343 (kayak.com/explore)
• To/From: New York > Copenhagen $313 (kayak.com/explore)
• To/From: New York > Oslo $319 (kayak.com/explore)
Any questions, feel free to ask!
I’ll price out your vacations for you for a small finders fee 🙂