{"id":264962,"date":"2023-03-13T13:00:00","date_gmt":"2023-03-13T17:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.www.smartertravel.com\/?p=264962"},"modified":"2023-03-13T13:10:51","modified_gmt":"2023-03-13T17:10:51","slug":"the-best-flight-booking-sites","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.smartertravel.com\/the-best-flight-booking-sites\/","title":{"rendered":"The 14 Best Flight Search Sites for Booking Cheap Airfare"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Wondering which website you should be booking your airfare with to get the best deal? You\u2019re not alone. There are seemingly endless options when it comes to choosing the best flight booking site these days.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In addition to the option of booking directly with your airline, there are dozens of flight booking websites, also known as online travel agencies (OTAs), to choose from. The uncomfortable truth is that no one flight search engine can guarantee the best price 100 percent of the time, but using a mix of the right resources can help ensure you\u2019re not overpaying.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Best Flight Booking Sites<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

The Best Flight Booking Sites<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

One important thing to remember about booking sites\/OTAs is that Southwest fares are not sold on them. Some other airlines have also pulled their fares from some booking sites<\/a>, but most airlines do make their fares available.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Here\u2019s why these 14 are the best flight booking sites and metasearch options out there, and the best defining feature of each. Since it\u2019s impossible to know which site will provide the best price for your particular trip, you should always compare fares from a few sources before you book.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Ranking<\/strong><\/th>\nWebsite<\/strong><\/th>\nOTA\/Metasearch<\/strong><\/th>\n<\/tr><\/thead>\n
Best Flight Search Site for Comparing Flight Types<\/a><\/td>\nTravelocity<\/td>\nOTA<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Best Flight Search Site for Comparison Shopping<\/a><\/td>\nBookingBuddy<\/td>\nMetasearch<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Best Flight Search Site for Transparency\u00a0<\/a><\/td>\nExpedia<\/td>\nOTA<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Best Flight Search Site for Nonstop Flights<\/a><\/td>\nCheapAir<\/td>\nMetasearch<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Best Flight Search Site with Flight Reviews<\/a><\/td>\nTripAdvisor Flights<\/td>\nMetasearch<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Best Flight Booking Site for Environmentally-Conscious Flyers<\/a><\/td>\nSkyscanner<\/td>\nMetasearch<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Best Flight Booking Site for Flexible Travel\u00a0<\/a><\/td>\nOneTravel<\/td>\nMetasearch<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Best Flight Booking Site for People on a Budget<\/a><\/td>\nTravelzoo<\/td>\nOTA<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Best For Where You Don\u2019t Care Where You Go, You Just Want a Good Price<\/a><\/td>\nGoogle Flights<\/td>\nMetasearch<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Best Flight Booking Site for Filtering<\/a><\/td>\nKayak<\/td>\nMetasearch<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Best Flight Booking Site that Includes Southwest<\/a><\/td>\nMomondo<\/td>\nMetasearch<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Best Flight Booking Site for Multi-Stop Itineraries<\/a><\/td>\nNomad from Kiwi.com<\/td>\nOTA<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Best Flight Booking Site for Fare Alerts\u00a0<\/a><\/td>\nAirfarewatchdog<\/td>\nMetasearch<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Best Mobile-Friendly Flight Booking Site\u00a0<\/a><\/td>\nHopper<\/td>\nMetasearch<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Best Flight Search Site for Comparing Flight Types \u2013 Travelocity<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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It should be noted that Expedia owns Travelocity<\/a>, so this flight booking site basically gives you Expedia price results with a different color scheme and organizational preferences. Travelocity\u2019s homepage is streamlined but doesn\u2019t offer a flexible-dates search. On the results page, bag fees are revealed by clicking a drop-down for each fare, which makes it a little difficult to compare fees (you will likely have to scroll a bit). Travelocity rates each flight itinerary with a score on a scale of 10, which takes into account the duration, type of aircraft, and \u201cquality of amenities\u201d available onboard from \u201cVery Good\u201d to \u201cSatisfactory\u201d to \u201cFair.\u201d Travelocity charges booking fees for some but not all flights.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Best Feature:<\/strong> The out-of-10 flight rating assigns each itinerary a clear score, so you\u2019re a lot less likely to mistakenly book a long layover or miss out on a better itinerary with Travelocity.<\/p>\n\n\n\t

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Why You Should Always Pack a Second Bag in Your Carry-On?<\/a><\/p><\/span>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

Best Flight Search Site for Comparison Shopping- BookingBuddy<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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Editor\u2019s note: BookingBuddy is owned by SmarterTravel Media, SmarterTravel.com\u2019s parent company.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Compare multiple airfare sites with one click to find the best flight deals on BookingBuddy<\/a>. This metasearch site lets you easily compare prices from other sites (like Priceline) without having to do a bunch of different searches. You can choose which flight search sites you want to compare, and BookingBuddy opens up a new tab with your selected flight dates and destinations already filled in.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Looking for a flight and hotel? BookingBuddy offers a combination flight and hotel search that can save you some decent money by bundling.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Best Feature: <\/strong>Sign up for a price drop alert, and BookingBuddy will email you when costs drop on your route.<\/p>\n\n\n\t

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Best Flight Search Site for Transparency- Expedia<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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As previously mentioned, Expedia<\/a> is nearly identical to Travelocity, but fares did vary between the two sites on some of my searches. As with Travelocity (and to be fair, a number of other OTAs), Expedia will try to up-sell you on adding a hotel to your itinerary. This can save you money, but be sure to compare prices before you book. On the results page is a \u201cShow flexible dates\u201d option so you can see whether cheaper flights are available if you shift your trip a day or two. Expedia charges variable booking fees (and they are not always the same fees that Travelocity charges). When you select your fare from the list of options, there\u2019s an interstitial step that displays what is and isn\u2019t covered in the fare, including seat selection, cancellations, changes, and baggage rules.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Best Feature:<\/strong> Like its subsidiary Travelocity, Expedia basically double-checks that you understand what sort of fare you\u2019re choosing before you click \u201cselect\u201d again. It\u2019s a helpful bit of transparency in today\u2019s cluttered airfare landscape.<\/p>\n\n\n\t

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Best Flight Search Site for Nonstop Flights- CheapOair<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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Much like Travelocity and Expedia, flight search sites CheapOair<\/a> and OneTravel are versions of the same product, owned by Fareportal Inc. CheapOair charges the same booking fee as OneTravel: from $0 to $35 per ticket. Though the sites are owned by the same company, the fare results are not always identical, so it\u2019s worth checking both. CheapOair shows some \u201cSuper Saver Fares\u201d for which you don\u2019t find out the airline you\u2019ll be flying until after you book\u2014which means you also don\u2019t find out what baggage fees apply until after you book. However, the savings might be worth it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Best Feature: <\/strong>CheapOair prioritizes nonstop prices over itineraries with stops, organized in an easy-to-read chart that\u2019s organized by airline.<\/p>\n\n\n\t

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5 Travel Neck Pillows That Actually Work<\/a><\/p><\/span>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

Tripadvisor Flights<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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Tripadvisor is known for its hotel reviews, and now travelers can apply their ratings to airlines, plus search for airfare on Tripadvisor Flights<\/a>. On testing this flight booking site it\u2019s clear that Tripadvisor doesn\u2019t always serve up the cheapest fares, but sometimes it did. It always, however, gives you the option to surface Expedia, Travelocity, and other flight booking sites\u2019 results, so you can compare right away with one click. Tripadvisor Flights also has some helpful search options up front, like a checkbox for prioritizing nonstop flights.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Best Feature:<\/strong> Tripadvisor\u2019s flight search tool is unique from others in that it offers review-based FlyScores of airlines alongside their fares, so you\u2019re less likely to book with an obscure, poorly rated airline without realizing it.<\/p>\n\n\n\t

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Skyscanner<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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Skyscanner<\/a> is a popular metasearch site that works with hundreds of other travel providers to find the best fares. You can specify nonstop-flights-only right from the homepage, and there\u2019s also a handy \u201ceverywhere\u201d option if you don\u2019t have a particular destination in mind and want to see what\u2019s available. Search results show the \u201cbest\u201d option (based on a combination of price and speed) as well as the fastest and cheapest, and you can filter by airline, alliance, number of stops, and flight times. When you select a result, you\u2019ll see a variety of places to book that particular flight. Skyscanner casts a wide net, so you\u2019ll often see very cheap fares from booking sites you\u2019ve never heard of; to help you figure out how trustworthy they are, Skyscanner shows user star ratings for each.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Best Feature:<\/strong> For flyers concerned about the environmental impact of their travel, Skyscanner has a unique \u201cGreener flights\u201d filter, which shows only itineraries with lower-than-average CO2 emissions based on your search. The site also highlights certain itineraries in your results as a \u201cgreener choice.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\t

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OneTravel<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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OneTravel <\/a>borrows its interface from Google Flights\u2019 calendar search feature. When you enter your departure and destination airports, the dates field brings up a calendar with prices pre-populated. This is a helpful feature for immediately honing in on the travel dates with the best prices if and when your dates are flexible.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

One major drawback: OneTravel charges a steep service fee of up to $35 per ticket. OneTravel also offers different (and in my opinion, sometimes worse) itineraries than most at the top of its results page. Many highlighted itineraries, upon closer inspection, include an extra stop. It\u2019s important to make sure you\u2019re comparing the same exact flights by looking at the flight number, or at least by keeping track of the different options.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Best Feature: <\/strong>The calendar organization that\u2019s hard to find on other flight booking sites is the most ideal format if you\u2019re flexible on travel dates.<\/p>\n\n\n\t

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Travelzoo<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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Travelzoo<\/a> is quite different from the other sites listed here. Instead of booking specific itineraries, you can search broad timelines (this week, next month, this summer, etc.) for deals in your desired destination by either month or season. This makes Travelzoo a good fit for people with a budget and time frame, but no firm idea of when or even where they want to go. The downside is that if you do have specific plans in mind\u2014for example, you need a flight to Omaha in March\u2014Travelzoo is not likely to be helpful.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Best Feature: <\/strong>Travelzoo\u2019s flexibility requirement can afford some great deals you won\u2019t find elsewhere, like cheap business-class flights and multi-city itineraries that will make a dream trip a lot more affordable than you\u2019d think.<\/p>\n\n\n\t

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How to Get Over Your Fear of Flying<\/a><\/p><\/span>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

Google Flights<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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Google Flights<\/a> is a powerful, simple metasearch site that comes free of ads and distractions. After you enter your departure and arrival airports, the calendar pre-populates with prices so you can target dates with lower fares (OneTravel uses this tool). Once you have your results, you can track fares on your selected dates and receive updates by email. You can also view fares over various dates using the \u201cPrice Graph,\u201d which shows you a bar graph that makes it easy to see when the lowest fares are available.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Best Feature: <\/strong>Instead of putting in a certain city as a destination, you can put in a larger region such as Europe or South Africa. You\u2019ll then see fares to various cities within that region displayed all at once on a map. This can be helpful if you want to go to Europe in April, for example, but don\u2019t have a particular destination in mind.<\/p>\n\n\n\t

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Kayak<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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Often imitated and frequently duplicated, Kayak<\/a> was a game-changer when it launched back in the mid-2000s. And it\u2019s still one of the most powerful metasearch tools available. You can also set up fares alerts to track prices over time. The interface is noisier than Google Flights thanks to a preponderance of ads, but still easy to use. Like Google, it has a flexible search feature that lets you search for good deals to a region like Europe or even simply put in \u201canywhere.\u201d Another handy feature available on many itineraries: an \u201cOur Advice\u201d box that lets you know whether you should buy now or wait, depending on whether Kayak thinks fares will go up or down over the next seven days.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Best Feature:<\/strong> Its Hacker Fares claim to piece together separate one-way tickets, potentially saving you money compared to similar itineraries, and its wide range of filters, sorting options, and predictive technologies put a lot of tools at travelers\u2019 disposal.<\/p>\n\n\n\t

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Momondo<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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Like Kayak, Momondo<\/a> is a metasearch site that takes you to other sites to make your purchase. One plus: Momondo surfaces results from Southwest, including flight times and other details from the carrier \u2026 but no prices. Only by clicking through to Southwest could I see the fare. Still, it\u2019s nice to have a reminder that Southwest is an unlisted option. Another plus: Momondo searches for fares from a ton of smaller OTAs, which could lead to a deal that other metasearch tools miss.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Best Feature: <\/strong>The mention of Southwest is unique to Momondo. It gets kudos for flagging a reminder to check a competitor for something it doesn\u2019t offer.<\/p>\n\n\n\t

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Nomad from Kiwi.com<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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Kiwi.com<\/a> is an OTA like many others; you book directly on the site (as you would on Expedia) rather than being linked off to a different site (as you would on Kayak or Momondo). But what sets it apart is its Nomad<\/a> search engine, which lets you find cheap itineraries for multi-destination trips. You enter the starting and ending places of your journey as well as the cities where you want to stop along the way, including how many nights you want to spend in each place. Hit \u201cfind routes,\u201d and the site will put together an itinerary that mixes and matches airlines and routes for the lowest possible price. (For example, I was quoted a route involving four flights\u2014New York City to Rome to Moscow to Tokyo and back to New York\u2014for a measly $1,031 round-trip.) You can filter your results to weed out routes with multiple layovers or flights that don\u2019t include checked baggage.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Best Feature: <\/strong>This is by far the easiest tool I\u2019ve used to research around-the-world and multi-stop itineraries.<\/p>\n\n\n\t

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The One Thing You Should Never Do If An Airline Loses Your Luggage<\/a><\/p><\/span>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

airfarewatchdog<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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Full disclosure, airfarewatchdog<\/a> is a sister site to SmarterTravel, so we are slightly biased with this one, but promise it is worth your while. Airfarewatchdog is the best for flexible travelers who are just looking for a great deal on airfare. Search fares from a city, to a city, or you can \u201cchoose an adventure,\u201d which will show you fares from your city to various hotspots depending on what you are looking for \u2013 castles, caves, coffee, you name it, airfarewatchdog will point you in the right direction. Their blog features great travel tips, and one of the best features is the fare alerts<\/a> you can sign up for. If you know you want to travel somewhere, but all you want is a cheap price, sign up for an alert, and you\u2019ll find out as soon as the price dips so you can book it right away.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Best Feature: <\/strong>The fare alert- it allows you to stop searching daily for that perfect price! Let airfarewatchdog do the work for you.<\/p>\n\n\n\t

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Hopper<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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Hopper<\/a> is actually an app for your phone, not a website, but it is worth putting on here just the same. Have you ever been scared to book a flight because it might go down, or afraid to not<\/em> book it in case it goes up? One of the features of Hopper that makes it shine is its price predictor, which means you never have to worry about making the wrong booking decision. Another bonus is it shows you the price with all of the fees and taxes included, so there is no sticker shock when you finally go to book. After you search, if you aren\u2019t ready to book, you can set up an alert to watch that trip, dates and all.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Best Feature: <\/strong>Hands down the price predictor.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\t

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Which Flight Booking Site is Best for Me?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

In determining which of these sites are the best ones for you to compare prices with, it\u2019s helpful to determine which sites meet your trip-booking needs. Do you want to clearly see bag fees up front? Do you want an easy \u201cflexible dates\u201d function, or are your dates firm? If your travel plans are loose, do you want to see prices for multiple destinations? Different flight booking sites have different capabilities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Once you determine which site is worth your time depending on the trip, compare prices with a few to make sure you\u2019re getting the best deal. And always check the airline\u2019s own site: OTAs are good at displaying fees associated with an individual flight, but it\u2019s trickier to compare fare options (classes like basic economy vs. economy) on that flight.<\/p>\n\n\n

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6 Things Not to Wear on a Plane<\/a><\/p><\/span>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

Lastly, it\u2019s important to remember that this list can be separated into two main types: booking sites (also called OTAs) that you book directly with as a third party, and aggregators otherwise known as metasearch sites that\u2019ll send you to a booking site to make your transaction. The latter are better if you want to use any frequent flyer programs you might belong to and acquire points.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Editor\u2019s note: This story was originally published in 2019. It has been updated to reflect the most current information. Sarah Schlichter and Megan Johnson\u00a0 contributed to this story.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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