Flight search & fare tips

Five rules we use ourselves

1. Search in incognito. Some sites do raise prices on repeat visits. It takes ten seconds and occasionally saves a lot.
2. Be flexible on day, not city. Tuesday/Wednesday departures are usually cheapest; flying into a different airport rarely is, once you add ground transfer.
3. Book 6–10 weeks ahead for short-haul, 3–5 months for long-haul. Booking earlier than that almost never helps.
4. Don't chase "secret" hacks. Hidden-city ticketing, fuel-dump fares, and similar tricks are fragile and risk your booking.
5. Check the airline's own site after. Once you've found a fare on a comparison engine, search the airline directly. Often the price matches and the change rules are friendlier.

What we don't recommend

We don't recommend "mistake fare" sites that pressure you to book in five minutes, hidden-fee aggregators that look cheap until the cart, or any service that asks for your passport before you've paid. If a deal feels off, it usually is.

Once you land

Every route in our archive includes practical arrival notes: which airport to pick, how long the transit actually takes, and whether a taxi or train is the better call. Read the route first, then book the flight — not the other way around.