Questions tagged [flight-search-engines]
Questions about one or more websites designed to help find the best flights for criteria you provide.
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How future flight fares are gathered by Google flights? [duplicate]
I have checked Google Flights and many other online OTAs, displaying flight fares for future dates (extending upto 1 year). How are these rates decided and from where these data come? Are these rates ...
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Any other airlines that offer a non-stop Madrid-Cairo flight? [closed]
I can only find EgyptAir offering a non-stop flight from MAD-CAI.
Are there other options?
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It it possible to avoid kiwi.com's automatic online check-in and instead do it manually by yourself?
I have a WestJet Flight LGW-YYC that I booked using kiwi.com. WestJet offers free seat selection with the online check-in on their homepage (see their FAQ at "
Can I still select my seat if I don't ...
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Why do flight prices differ greatly across currencies?
I am a Canadian with a Chinese background (so I am bilingual English/Chinese), and some of my family members are planning on a vacation to Tokyo, Japan, and the flight is a direct flight originating ...
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Star Alliance - direct routes
I don't know where I want to go, but I know how I want to get there! I'm looking for an efficient way to search for flights under the following criteria:
Operated by any Star Alliance partner
From a ...
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Looking for a site that suggest a destination for group traveling from multiple countries
We are a group of friends living in different countries. We'd like to find a way to choose a fair destination that minimizes the travel costs for everyone.
Sure, we can pick one place arbitrarily and ...
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Coordinating reverse flight itineraries
I sometimes book flights where I travel from A to B, to pick some people up from B that then follow me back to A. However, I have found that it is extremely difficult to book the same flight from B to ...
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Search flights by stopping location
I'm looking for a platform where you can easily search for flight by origin and stop location,
Is there such a thing?
I would appreciate any help
For example:
The search I want to do -
The all ...
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Flight delay history? [duplicate]
Our United Airlines flight UA6056 from DTW to IAH was delayed on 1/1/2019 scheduled for 8:25am departure and I want to find out when it actually boarded & took off?
They told us at the gate it ...
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4 years travel history of CX358 [duplicate]
how can I check the actual departure time and arrival time of CX358?
Departing at MAN on 26 October 2015 and arriving HKG on 27 October 2015.
TIA!
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What time did FR107 leave Stansted to Dub 20/12/18 [duplicate]
What time did Ryanair FR107 leave Stansted for Dublin on Thurs 20 Dec 2018. Scheduled to leave at 1920 hrs. What time did it arrive in Dublin?
FlightStats does not present historical dates and only ...
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Flight search by time in air?
I don't mind layovers between connecting flights much. If they're long enough I can have a little visit of the connecting city. Short of that, I find spending time in an airport more comfortable than ...
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find all outbound flights from specified airport on specified day and time
I need to find all outbound flights to all destinations from a specific airport and after a given time of the day. Is there a website that allows searching outbound flights with these specifications?
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Searching flights - how to exclude certain layover countries?
Is there any flight search website that allows to exclude results with layovers in certain countries?
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Is it possible that no baggage is free for a flight?
I searched on skyscanner for a flight and I booked it using trip.com because it was the cheapest option suggested by the search engine.
I paid and I received an e-mail with my booking and it says:
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google flights, search without amound of days, trip lenth
in the older version of google flight, when looking at the calendar, it would show the lowest price, no matter the trip length
but now we are forced to choose amount of days and it only searches ...
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Search for a flight with a layover in a specific place [duplicate]
I was looking on skyscanner and kayak one week ago for flights.
I want to go from Buenos Aires to El Calafate around 8 January 2019 (+-2 days) and come back around 12 January (+-2days).
Usually the ...
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How to identify Economy Light fares, or more generally, the booking class, on Skyscanner?
I am booking this flight
The second one is served by KLM which if we look on their website we can see that for a flight Cartagena - Amsterdam - Bucharest, if it is Economy Light the checked-in ...
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Any sure information about Air France free allowed baggage
I want to book a multiple flight:
around January 3 2019: Bucharest - Buenos Aires
around April 16 2019: Barranquila/Cartagena (northern Colombia) or Panama - Bucharest
I will take with me a 70 l ...
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Difference between Economy (R) and Economy (L)
I'm trying to book a flight, one of the segments says Economy (R) and the other one Economy (L). They are provided by the same air company, Air France if this information is useful.
What is the ...
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How should be read the date and times on flights from skyscanner?
I'm looking for a flight, Bucharest - Buenos Aires for 3rd of January 2019.
I found some flights with layovers but I don't understand the time and date on them.
Look at this screenshot:
The first ...
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How can I search for flights from city A to city B only via city C?
I want to find the cheapest flight options between two cities but I'm not able to transit through some countries and I know at least a couple of airlines have an option through a particular third city....
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Flights info for Choluteca?
Choluteca (Honduras) has an airport, but that fact is unknown to Kayak, Kiwi, Adioso, and Momondo. How can I find info on flights to/from there?
Two-hour drive from TGU. Five hours from SAL but FLL-...
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What countries does a Calafia Airlines flight from Mexico to Brazil pass through?
The cheapest flights from Mexico to Brazil are with Calafia Airlines. However, I can't understand what countries it flies through. From Mexico to Brazil directly? Or via the USA?
In Wikipedia, CSL ...
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Broad flight search with specific stopover
Are there websites that allow for a broad search that passes via specific connection airports?
In the case of a one-way flight, I would like to find which flights depart from a certain city (A) and ...
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The difference between STOPS and EXTRA STOPS when using the ITA MATRIX
Using the ITA Matrix for finding flights, I don't understand the difference between the sections stops and extra stops.
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Why does Google Flights show train stations?
When I enter a city name, Google Flights often suggests train stations. For example, I mostly see central stations (hauptbahnhofs) for German cities.
None of the combinations I have tried so far ...
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UK-Jamaica flights without transiting the USA or Canada
I am a Nigerian citizen currently in the UK on a student visa with a residence permit valid for 3 years. I am planning a trip to Jamaica in a few days and do not have time to get transit visas for the ...
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Flight search with NOT (region) as destination?
Say you are willing to go almost anywhere, but you MUST be out of Schengen by a particular date. Or you have a warrant for your arrest in a particular country.
Several search engines allow "anywhere" ...
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Combine Business and Economy flights [duplicate]
I have the weird habit of really enjoying Business class flights while not wanting to spend all of my money on flight tickets.
As of now, I have always been using Google Flights or ITA Matrix to ...
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Flight search engine for weekend flights
I'm looking for a flight search engine that lets me search for a flight from a specific origin to a specific destination. I don't care on which weekend the flights take place, but I want to find the ...
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How is it possible that an indirect flight is shorter than a direct one?
Got a very odd result from Kayak when searching for some flights. It claims that the indirect route, including stop-over time, is faster than the direct one. Is this even possible or an error?
Going ...
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Track flight prices based on route, not specific dates, on Google Flights
Using the new Google Flights, is it possible to track prices for certain routes (e.g. New York to Madrid), but without specific dates in mind?
For example, my schedule is flexible enough that I can ...
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Is there a search machine that can search for flights A->C and B->C
Person a starts in A and is going to meet person b in C. Person b starts in B, meeting up with person a in C.
Is there a service that can find such two flights without too wait time in C?
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What is minimum information required to identify if two people will be on the same flight? [closed]
I have a set of users and their itinerary details. I want to figure out who all will be sharing a common flight. I do not want to rely too much on the "Departure time" as people could have entered an ...
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Is there a way to exclude third-party booking websites on Skyscanner?
Most of the time I purchase tickets from airlines' websites after searching flights on Skyscanner, even if third parties occasionally offer cheaper tickets. Because I don't like signing up for so many ...
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Cheapest flight “from any city”
NB the suggested dupe has no working answers. note that the answers here so far are fabulous and work in 2018
I was just looking at flights from "North America" to ICN (Seoul, Korea); I observe that ...
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How to verify, with different airlines, that the broker booked the flight correctly?
I bought 3 interconnected flights via Kiwi.com, but have been reading so many negative reviews and experiences with this online broker. Many of the problems look to be connected to the booking not ...
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How can I choose FRA without HHN on kiwi.com?
I'm a big fan of the flight search engine kiwi.com but there is one feature of it that annoys me over and over.
When I specify as departure airport FRA (Frankfurt International Airport), I am ...
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First time traveler: how do I book flights?
Is it easier to buy round trip tickets? I'm going on a 5-day trip to Freetown [Sierra Leone] from Cincinnati, Ohio in the US.
The online system is confusing. I'm 46 years old, and my family used to ...
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Is there a platform that would let me automatically buy a plane ticket given a certain set of conditions?
Let's say I want to fly from Prague to New York, with 1 stop or direct, on a route that takes less than 16 hours. I don't particularly care about the airline, the exact times, the exact airports in ...
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Is there a website allowing to see arrivals and departures at a specific airport on a specific date months in advance?
There are many websites showing arrivals and departures at a specific airport, but they only show at most a few days in advance from now. Is there any website to show flight even a month or two from ...
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Flight Search Specifying Duration of Stay
A number of Flight Search Engines allow one to specify flexible dates which are a plus or minus offset number of days from the selected departure and return dates. This works nicely when one has a ...
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Which flight search engine lets one filter based on transit/via-point?
I am looking for a flight search engine that lets one filter flights by transit/via-point besides travel destination.
Like the one that's shown in the above image.
I tried popular travel portals ...
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Are there any alternatives to Azuon?
Until early October, the Azuon tool was worth the subscription fee to me. But it has been non-functional since then. Former use: put in an entire country for origin, box populates with all the ...
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How to find flights leaving an airport on a specific date?
How can you find all flights leaving an airport on a specific date?
The date may be more than a month ahead.
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Airline changed itinerary due to cancelled flight, travel time tripled - what can I do?
I booked a flight (san Andres to Medellin) months ago with a rather cheap fare over atrapalo (booking website) with avianca.
Atrapalo sent me an e-mail that the flight was cancelled and the ...
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Flight search for 3+/4+ stops
I often search multiple-hop flight routes from a source to a destination. it is very important that the flight route fits my schedule and budget. that includes adjustments or constraints due to ...
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Why are there price differences between country sites on flight search engines?
Why can prices vary wildly between two country versions of the same engine (for example, Expedia US vs JP, or Kayak US vs SG)? I sometimes even find that not all the airlines available in one are ...
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Way to avoid two bookings for a flight?
I'm using DoHop to find flights but I notice that some of the best/cheapest flights for me require two bookings.
For example, I found the following:
This raises some questions for me:
Why are 2 ...
