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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What is a married segment and how can I identify them?
I was recently reading this question Are there "traditional" travel agents receiving requests online for ITA fares? that I did a couple months ago. One of the answers, the travel agent ...
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For multi-city flights, how can I find the cheapest flights if my dates are flexible?
I need Skyscanner's calendar view and chart view for multi-city searches, but Skyscanner appears to offer them only for one-way or return trips.
E.g.: My dates are flexible as follows; so how do I ...
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Help a nervous flyer plan routes that minimise flight changes and time spent in the air
I'm new here! I'm just looking for some advice and some guidance. So, I feel like it's just better if I cut to the chase.
I'm from Scotland and this year I was accepted to study abroad in the USA ...
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Is there aggregator flight search allowing full time filter
My requirement is quite simple, but none of the aggregators I know about allows it.
So I need to be in Kyiv in time for work at 9am Monday, and I can leave Tallinn any time starting from 6am Sunday.
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Is there a flight search engine that allows me to pick the departure and return flight separately?
I am looking for a specific route, but unfortunately I have many limitations in terms of schedule.
Many search flight search engines give me good options in terms of price but not the ideal ...
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Ticket meta-search engine with alliance filter?
Is there a ticket meta-search engine?
E.g. Skyscanner has a filter that can remove or keep the airline brands. (Un-)checkboxing them one by one is irritating.
But is there one where I can just (un-)...
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How to search for specific flight numbers?
I am planning a trip from Melbourne to Seattle. I would like as much of it as possible to be on an AA ticket (even if on another airline's plane).
I can buy tickets with Qantas that go MEL-SYD-LAX-...
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Can I find better flight options than those on search engines?
I'm looking to travel from Rome to Baltimore in late April.
By using some popular flight search engines I've found some opportunities with 1-2 connections. But I have the impression there could be ...
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How can I find out on which days SAS operates transatlantic flights
I am trying to construct an itinerary with SAS and would like to know on which weekdays they operate transatlantic flights (in my case in April 2016). I was hoping to find something like (unverified ...
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Buying flight ticket but in different situation
I am going back to my country (Malaysia) from the U.S in May. My girlfriend wants to follow me when I come back to the U.S in August. She will stay for 2 weeks. If I buy a one-way ticket for myself ...
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Find cheap flights with timeconstrains like any week-end [duplicate]
I want to do certain trips when I can get it cheaply, for example cheap flight Friday evening and the following Sunday evening.
(So not a particular week-end but the cheapest week-end in a period of a ...
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Landing in hidden city, coming back from "official" city: is it possible? [duplicate]
Let's suppose someone (who's definitely not me...) wants to go to Colombia to know many cities. This fictional character will buy a ticket from São Paulo, Brasil to Barranquilla, Colombia (to go and ...
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Cheap one-way flight from Europe to South America? [closed]
Very flexible long time traveler but not very familiar with the cheap routes between Europe and South America.
Would be happy to learn about flight routes (from/to airport), airlines, times of year ...
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What is the difference between Google Flights and the ITA Matrix?
Is one better than the other? Does one have features that the other doesn't?
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Is there a website that can show the best deals for roundtrip flights separated by a certain number of days?
I am looking for a website or application that knows how to show results for the following scenario:
Suppose i want to travel from city A to city B by airplane. While i don't impose a specific date ...
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What are the top things to do in Istanbul, Turkey? [closed]
I'm planing my holiday trip to turkey. give me suggestions what it likes.
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Can I check if there is a boarding pass or airline ticket in my name?
In my company we have a Xmas trip every year. These trips are organized by the CEO. Every year is a new place and no one knows the destination. What happens is we have to pack thigns for winter ...
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Last minute travel, which search engine can give me best prices?
I need to make a last minute travel. Its not optional, and last minute means I have one hour to book it and will be flying next day.
I need to fly within Europe.
Is there a fare search engine that ...
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Price search for a weekend flight to a specific city over a few months
I am trying to book flights for a weekend trip from Warsaw to Athens. I would like to fly after work on Friday and return Sunday evening, so I have pretty well defined flight times in terms of ...
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Cheapest way to get from Germany to India and back with flexible dates [duplicate]
I want to travel to Vandenmedu, India from Bochum, Germany.
Starting date would be around 20DEC15, return should be about 2 weeks later, i.e. 04JAN16
What bothers me:
I am flexible in both start- ...
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Booking a flight with a luggage limit via Adioso / Expedia
I've found a ridiculously cheap flight from Southeast Asia to Australia via the flight search engine Adioso which then directs me to the online travel agent Expedia.
It seems that the advertised ...
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Looking for a good flight cost comparison site for flexible schedule [duplicate]
I'm looking for a good flight cost comparison site for flexible schedule.
Let's say I want to plan a one week trip in October. I really do not mind when.
Means I need a site where I can set the ...
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Is "lol.travel" a real travel/flight booking site?
Browsing flights on http://Skyscanner.net, I was referred to a site I've never seen before, http://lol.travel to make the payment.
I'd normally trust that Skyscanner would only refer to real, ...
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what is the most advanced flight search engine besides Azuon and Matrix?
I am looking for a flight search engine which is almost as advanced as Azuon, but includes more airlines. Azuon does what I want, but it does not include many airlines, specifically: Qatar Airways, ...
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Booking several flight tickets with a single payment/invoice
I'm trying to book three flights in a multiple-destination scheme like: A->B, B->C, C->A
I'm doing my search in websites like eDreams, Kayak, etc, and in all of them the following happens: the total ...
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Resource to find regular flights between given cities
Is there a search engine to find regular service flights between cities ? Given two cities, airline optional, I'd like to see a list of flight numbers and their departure/arrival times.
Unlike regular ...
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Mixed flight / bus search engine?
Some months ago I came across a good website that offers to search and plan your travel with mixes way of transportation... Like for example you have to plan a mixed way, like flight and bus, similar ...
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Good ways to find cheap stayovers?
Let's assume my schedule is entirely flex and I'm (mostly) willing to rough it. On the other hand, I want to explore the possibility of long stopovers on my trip. Travel search engines have various ...
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Is there a website that lists last minute opportunities?
Are there any websites that list last minute travel opportunities? either just flights or flights with travel packs (hotel, etc).
I have total freedom and I am situated in Europe.
A couple of ...
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Where to find ferry flights and empty leg flights?
Based on this question Avoiding crew fatigue on empty leg flights I learned that there are "empty leg" flights or "ferry flights".
These seem a good option but I would like to know more about them.
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Low cost airfare for each country [closed]
I'm planning to travel with my best friend this summer and I was wondering if any of you guys know a website that list low cost airfare for each country?
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How to find and compare flights carried out by a specific type of plane?
I'd really like to fly with an Airbus A380. But how do I find and compare the price of flights that are carried out by specific kind of plane? I don't want to fly just anywhere; I plan to go from ...
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Is there an app for Android to look for flights with a "go anywhere" option search?
I thought if you wanted to search for fare prices from one city for a specific date to anywhere under a specific price Momondo, Google Flights or Skyscanner are the stuff to use but they don't work on ...
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Finding Flights to One of Many Cities
Currently planning a trip to see multiple cities in relatively close proximity. I expect to be travelling by land between them, so it does not matter so much which city I travel to and back from. It ...
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Daily alerts for cheapest flights anywhere at any given time?
You can search for flights from your location to "Everywhere" in Skyscanner.net. And the system will show you the cheapest flights first no matter the destination or date.
Every day prices change, so ...
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Reliable, Free Flight Alert Website allowing multiple route combinations
Does anybody know of a website that gives reliable flight alerts for low fares?
Ideally, I would like it to :
Be free
Allow alerts on routes (ex. MXP - TXL), or from city to city (Milan - Berlin). ...
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Flight search tool for multiple travelers from different cities to a single destination city
Are there any flight search engines for planning a group get-together with the cheapest flight costs?
For instance, suppose a small company gathering (much like the one I'm currently planning!), with ...
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Airline pricing website with multiple destinations
Are there any airline pricing websites which displays prices to 5 airports from a departure location in just one search? I know I could try getting the pricing as 5 different searches, but would like ...
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Flight booking comparison including amenity info (e.g. wifi, refreshments)
I'm a big fan of extra amenities while flying. The availability and pricing of things like wifi, power supply for my electronic devices and refreshments are key factors in my choice when booking a ...
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How to pick the (phony) return destination for a roundtrip ticket intended as a one-way?
[Last para:] If you do decide to go ahead with a return, keep in mind that the return leg doesn't need to be the same as the outbound. You might be able to book ZRH-AUS on the outbound, and a cheaper/...
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What's the best way to find cheap flight tickets from any place from a set of places to any place in another set of places? [duplicate]
For example, how do I find the cheapest tickets from any place in India to any place in either of England, Germany, Netherlands, Spain. Hope the questions makes sense?
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Flights - Direct in one direction, but with at least 1 stopover on the other?
1. How can I search for this on my own? I've tried expedia.com, but when you select 1 or 2 stopovers, it assumes that both directions of your journey are either 1 or 2 stopovers.
2. Also, is this ...
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When booking elsewhere, how do you know what Virgin Australia ticket type you will get?
When booking on the Virgin Australia website, it shows there being 4 different kinds of booking classes, along with details of what is and isn't included in them (eg flexibility and bags)
However, it ...
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Where can I find tickets from Stockholm to Cape Verde?
I'm trying to find tickets from Stockholm/Arlanda to any of the Cape Verde islands, nothing shows up in the search engines.
Can I find a list of airlines that frequent those routes or are there any ...
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If there are no planes flying into Nancy, can I schedule my own connecting flight from Strasbourg? Or anywhere for that matter?
I'm visiting a friend in March next year, who lives in Nancy, France. I've been trying to find flights from either Indianapolis or Louisville that fly into Nancy-Lorraine airport for the first couple ...
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How do I search for connecting point-to-point flights?
There are often situations where buying two separate one-way tickets from A to C via B is cheaper than buying a normal multi-leg ticket. This can be especially useful with airlines such as Ryanair, ...
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Where can I make complex queries for airplane tickets?
I am an experienced programmer. I would like to make complex searches such as "Travel from Stockholm to Vancouver between February 14th and 19th and back between March 12th and 18th. I want to avoid ...
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Is the price per person affected by searching a flight for more than one person?
When I search for a flight for more than one person I usually search the flight for one so that I can easily have the total amount per person.
I wonder if there are cases in which searching for more ...
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What to do when no search engine can find a connection that clearly exists
For about six months now, it seems that flights to Iceland, where I live, from very many places in the US, including where I go to visit my family, just don't show up in any search engine I've tried (...
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List all non-stop flights between any European city and city X? [duplicate]
My friend was asking "from which European cities can you fly non-stop to Mumbai?"
Similarly I'd like to know all cities in Europe with non-stops to Hong Kong.
(Note too that ideally it would be ...
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