Well that would naturally be the most famous flight search engines such as Skyscanner or Momondo.
I personally prefer Skyscanner, but beyond which website you use, there are other important things you have to consider if you want to find the cheapest flight possible for your needs, it all comes down to flexibility though.
Flexibility when it comes to destination, travel time, travel dates and days, and whether you want to travel with one backpack only or take 2 suitcases, are you willing to make long layovers?
International flights with long layovers tend to be cheaper than those with short layovers.
For all the beginners, here's a little guide I put together about how to use Skyscanner
How To Find The Best Deals For International Flights
Don’t waste money on travel agents.
As a young person who is always traveling on a budget, it’s really important for me to save money in all aspects of a trip.
The most important one is the flight.
It’s really important to make sure you find the best deals for international flights with layovers.
By best deals, I mean how much you’ll pay for the flight ticket and how long it’ll take you to get to your final destination after 1 or 2 layovers.
Now, this is what I do to find the most convenient flight for the dates I wanna travel on.
It’s a very simple guide to follow.
1- Find some free time for research
Grab a couple of hours of your weekend, maybe on a Saturday afternoon, get a cup of coffee or tea, and open your laptop or use your phone.
2- Open any flight search engine of your preference
As a first-time or still novice traveler like me, this is a very important step so you know which airlines operate the route for your flight, average price and other important travel details.
It will give you a good understanding of all the things you have to consider before and during your flight.
My favorite one is Skyscanner
Proceed to input the date for your trip and destination, plus other information such as one way or return, how many adults, cabin class, etc…
3 Pay attention to the important details
Click Search Flights
Now take a really good look at the information presented to you when the search is done.
For this example, I’m trying to find the best deal in terms of money and time for a flight from Miami to Rovaniemi, Finland.
Budget for vacations in Rovaniemi, Finland
At the top of the results, you’ll see three categories, Best, Cheapest, and Fastest.
Now you wanna go and take a look at the “Best” it’s always the one that makes more sense regarding money and time.
The fastest is always very expensive and the average time it takes is almost the same as the “Best”.
The “Cheapest” option will always take longer to get you to your final destination.
This means long layovers of up to 8 hours or more, but if you don’t mind the waiting then is not a problem.
You might even have the chance to go out of the airport and explore the city for a little bit.
Or join free airport tours for passengers with long layovers like the one Singapore’s airport offers. Changi Airport Free Tours
Important pieces of information you need to pay attention to
These are 3 very simple things you need to know to find the best deal for international flights
First, which airlines operate the route? In the results you can see is British Airways and Finnair.
Second, the layovers, how many layovers will there be and where? all of that is shown in Skyscanner.
Third, is the connecting flight in the same airport?
When you have a connecting flight usually you have it within the same airport where you just landed.
But in the case you have to change airports it will be stated clearly in the results page.
When you click Select, you will see all the details for outbound and inbound flights.
- Outbound Flight
- Inbound Flight
In the outbound itinerary, you can see it takes 16 hours and 55 minutes total to get to Rovaniemi. Things to do during winter in Rovaniemi
You can also see the breakdown of the connections.
In New York, you have to go from La Guardia to JFK for your flight to Helsinki.
From La Guardia to JFK is around a 20-minute car ride, and the time allotted for the layover is 3 hours and 47 minutes so you’d have no problems making it on time.
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