I would like to add a tip that I just learned. It goes along with searching multiple airports, sometimes more than a few hours away. For example when flying to Asia from Detroit, it may be cheaper to fly round trip to Chicago and then round trip from Chicago to Asia on the same airline. This saved me 1200.00. For close by airports it saved me 600.00 and the first flight was to Detroit and then the same flights I would have had flying from Detroit.
I’ve noticed most of the complaints for budget airlines are from people who don’t know how they work. If you pack smart and know what you’re getting into, like you said, they’re not that bad. Great tips!
This was a great video! Well organized, easy to follow, and you in general presented the info well. It should definitely have more views!! My husband is across the country from California to the very east coast of Georgia for the next 3 months for work. We can’t afford multiple trips back and forth but at minimum, I plan to fly to see him and arrive (in Jacksonville, which is where we would stay) on November 3rd (Thursday) have a day to explore the city or just plain relax because I can’t see him until Friday evening he has to be back for work early Monday morning (the 7th) and would fly home that day. Any additional tips for flying domestic with an exact destination in mind? I’m not dead set on Jacksonville. Savannah is about the same distance to his North. From what I can tell though, between now and when he comes home just a few days before Christmas, November 3rd-7th looks to be the cheapest option since he is only able to leave on weekends.
lol, i do a hybrid of this. Im like man i wanna go to ______ so i search flight from around me to around there and look at the month prices/ date grid then i look for hotels in that time to make sure the savings on the flight isnt outweighed by the cost of my stay.
Ok, everyone says "be flexible with your travel dates" to get the best air faires, well what if (Like me as a nurse) don't have flexibility and has to request off months in advance for a vacation, are there tips for great air faires for us everyday schleps who can't plan off the cuff? Thanks, I don't mean to be rude, but after watching so many videos with the same advice, I would like some more reality for so many of us that don't have the option/luxery of being so flexible in vacation traveling. I chose you to address this because your seem very personable and relatable. This is my first every comment on you tube. ( sorry you get the question.) I have tried some cheap flight avenues but they are usually for those "flexible" time frames.
Terrific question, and I get it. I'm happy to address this because I've been there. You're right: At the absolute extreme, the person who can choose to fly on any date at all is at an advantage here. However, that doesn't mean deals don't exist for someone with stricter parameters. Here are a few things to consider. 1. You can still take advantage of and book cheap flight deals well in advance of when the flight happens. A common misconception is that these flights all "leave tomorrow" or "next week". On the contrary. Many of the cheap flight deals I've taken advantage of from services like Scott's Cheap Flights, I booked 3 months, 6 months, and once almost a full year out. So even if you have to request off far in advance, it can be done. 2. In this video, I mentioned a 3 step search approach that many people use (WHEN/WHERE/SEARCH FOR FLIGHTS). For someone in your situation, I suggest choosing your destination last. Let's say you have no control over when you get to take off work. If you know what your dates are, my next step would be to begin searching for flights. Google Explore is great for this. Then, based on where you can go cheapest, plan your trip around that. (WHEN/SEARCH FOR FLIGHTS/WHERE). I used a similar approach recently because we'd like to take advantage of the long labor day weekend. We wanted to visit Portugal, but really, we would be happy anywhere in Europe for this trip. I found a killer deal from the USA to Austria, so, I booked the trip and built an itinerary around Austria. We'll get to Portugal eventually. In this instance, I still had flexibility. But, if I said "It has to be Portugal, and it has to be these dates", then, I basically just have to pay whatever it costs. It's like if you were house hunting to rent or buy. If you decided "I have to move now, and it MUST be on this street", then, if there's only one option, you're essentially saying you're willing to pay whatever the cost is. The person who needs to move now but is flexible on neighborhoods and streets has wiggle room to find a better deal. The person who is flexible on location AND time has the most wiggle room. 3. If you have your heart set on a specific place, and there's no date flexibility, this is where services like Hopper are great because it can also share data with you about prices and whether or not you should book now, or wait for a drop. 3.a. This is also where accumulating points and miles through credit cards can really help. (I understand Credit Cards aren't for everyone, and I'm not advising you to get one). This is my favorite way to book travel. The points price for a flight may still be high just like the cash price, but it still costs me nothing, and money saved is money earned. I hope this helps!
Very good and informative video. Thumbs up. BTW, not sure if it's accurate or not but you show flying out of Fayetteville (XNA) as an example. We live on Table Rock Lake and use XNA as our primary airport. Excellent.
Thank you for sharing these valuable tips. I freeze a price on hopper but when I try to actually buy the ticket, it is asking me to freeze again. What should I do? Please help
Nik, what's your view on asap Tickets? They seem to offer very good deals but in order to book you need to call them. Any experience or reviews on that business? Thanks
Ty soo much for your channel!@ However,I took your tips and still ended up paying $2500 e round trip to italy??? HOW IN THE WORLD are you affording to take 40 trips in 6 months???? I'm missing SOMETHING!? Can I email you for brief questions, please?? I'm so FRUSTRATED!😢 TIA for ANY help.
Whoa whoa whoa - are y'all based out of NWA?! I'm in Fayetteville and about to begin my own sabbatical! I'd love to pick your brains sometime - beers on me, ofc!
I get emails of all kind of locations and dates now not just my current trip. I ended up getting round trip 305 from St. Louis to Houston. I searched doing Sepereated tickets from St. Louis to Houston to IAH to St Louis . I got round trip deal at Priceline for Houston in Tx in December. I did round trip for airlines miles
Hum... Rarely is 'when' you fly negotiable, maybe plus or minus a day, if you don't mind shortening your trip. Generally being flexible doesn't lengthen your trip, unless you are retired and don't work. Most people travel around a holiday, or state day off, or scheduled time off from work. And then they have a place in mind, family or a place they have always wanted to go, etc. Sure you could be open on new things and places every once in a while, after you've been to your dream spots and visited family. It's nice that you can travel when ever you want and for how ever long you want, most of us don't have that luxury. Apparently the cost to stay there doesn't play into it either? This seems just for retirees, but you don't seem that old, so wealthy and traveling the world, good for you, but your advise don't help most people traveling.
I don’t think that’s true - we’re in our 40’s and work year round. We’re planning an anniversary trip about 6 months out, and we will take whatever 7-8 day span we can find affordable flights for. We’ll request whatever days off we need then. We will still only use up 5 or six vacation days from work. We are not rich, and we’re trying to be as frugal as possible. Maybe some jobs are more strict on “when” so then you make your plan around a flexible “where” instead. It’s very do-able, even for normal working folks.
I appreciate your feedback, and Expedia certainly finds great deals, but this is certainly not a gimmick. Booking w/ third party sites can have many drawbacks as explained in this video. If your only mission is to find the cheapest flight at all costs, it could be the right choice. But if earning miles, having your airline status recognized, easily cancelling/changing your flight outside the 24 hour window, or customer service are important to you, it’s better to book direct with the airline. And many of the tips I shared in this video will help you do that cheaply. As always, your mileage may vary. I hope you have a great trip!
Link to sign up for cheap flight emails >>> Scott’s Cheap Flights (Now "Going"): going.sjv.io/zaAkbG
Faredrop: bit.ly/3POZCSD
I would like to add a tip that I just learned. It goes along with searching multiple airports, sometimes more than a few hours away. For example when flying to Asia from Detroit, it may be cheaper to fly round trip to Chicago and then round trip from Chicago to Asia on the same airline. This saved me 1200.00. For close by airports it saved me 600.00 and the first flight was to Detroit and then the same flights I would have had flying from Detroit.
Great tip! Thanks for sharing, Peter!
I’ve noticed most of the complaints for budget airlines are from people who don’t know how they work. If you pack smart and know what you’re getting into, like you said, they’re not that bad. Great tips!
Thank you for sharing these valuable tips
Great tips! I still can't fathom that you haven't reached 10k yet. Good people, brilliant videos!
A very useful set of tips! Definitely, something to consider if you are doing your own research.
very well delivered, thumbs up for u
This was a great video! Well organized, easy to follow, and you in general presented the info well. It should definitely have more views!! My husband is across the country from California to the very east coast of Georgia for the next 3 months for work. We can’t afford multiple trips back and forth but at minimum, I plan to fly to see him and arrive (in Jacksonville, which is where we would stay) on November 3rd (Thursday) have a day to explore the city or just plain relax because I can’t see him until Friday evening he has to be back for work early Monday morning (the 7th) and would fly home that day. Any additional tips for flying domestic with an exact destination in mind? I’m not dead set on Jacksonville. Savannah is about the same distance to his North. From what I can tell though, between now and when he comes home just a few days before Christmas, November 3rd-7th looks to be the cheapest option since he is only able to leave on weekends.
Thank you Nik! Needed that today. I'm about to book international flight.
THANK YOU… WONDERFUL DIRECT DETAILS.
YOU HAVE A NEW SUBSCRIBER 🎉❗️
lol, i do a hybrid of this. Im like man i wanna go to ______ so i search flight from around me to around there and look at the month prices/ date grid then i look for hotels in that time to make sure the savings on the flight isnt outweighed by the cost of my stay.
Ok, everyone says "be flexible with your travel dates" to get the best air faires, well what if (Like me as a nurse) don't have flexibility and has to request off months in advance for a vacation, are there tips for great air faires for us everyday schleps who can't plan off the cuff? Thanks, I don't mean to be rude, but after watching so many videos with the same advice, I would like some more reality for so many of us that don't have the option/luxery of being so flexible in vacation traveling. I chose you to address this because your seem very personable and relatable. This is my first every comment on you tube. ( sorry you get the question.) I have tried some cheap flight avenues but they are usually for those "flexible" time frames.
Terrific question, and I get it. I'm happy to address this because I've been there. You're right: At the absolute extreme, the person who can choose to fly on any date at all is at an advantage here. However, that doesn't mean deals don't exist for someone with stricter parameters. Here are a few things to consider. 1. You can still take advantage of and book cheap flight deals well in advance of when the flight happens. A common misconception is that these flights all "leave tomorrow" or "next week". On the contrary. Many of the cheap flight deals I've taken advantage of from services like Scott's Cheap Flights, I booked 3 months, 6 months, and once almost a full year out. So even if you have to request off far in advance, it can be done. 2. In this video, I mentioned a 3 step search approach that many people use (WHEN/WHERE/SEARCH FOR FLIGHTS). For someone in your situation, I suggest choosing your destination last. Let's say you have no control over when you get to take off work. If you know what your dates are, my next step would be to begin searching for flights. Google Explore is great for this. Then, based on where you can go cheapest, plan your trip around that. (WHEN/SEARCH FOR FLIGHTS/WHERE). I used a similar approach recently because we'd like to take advantage of the long labor day weekend. We wanted to visit Portugal, but really, we would be happy anywhere in Europe for this trip. I found a killer deal from the USA to Austria, so, I booked the trip and built an itinerary around Austria. We'll get to Portugal eventually. In this instance, I still had flexibility. But, if I said "It has to be Portugal, and it has to be these dates", then, I basically just have to pay whatever it costs. It's like if you were house hunting to rent or buy. If you decided "I have to move now, and it MUST be on this street", then, if there's only one option, you're essentially saying you're willing to pay whatever the cost is. The person who needs to move now but is flexible on neighborhoods and streets has wiggle room to find a better deal. The person who is flexible on location AND time has the most wiggle room. 3. If you have your heart set on a specific place, and there's no date flexibility, this is where services like Hopper are great because it can also share data with you about prices and whether or not you should book now, or wait for a drop. 3.a. This is also where accumulating points and miles through credit cards can really help. (I understand Credit Cards aren't for everyone, and I'm not advising you to get one). This is my favorite way to book travel. The points price for a flight may still be high just like the cash price, but it still costs me nothing, and money saved is money earned. I hope this helps!
Very good and informative video. Thumbs up. BTW, not sure if it's accurate or not but you show flying out of Fayetteville (XNA) as an example. We live on Table Rock Lake and use XNA as our primary airport. Excellent.
We're NWA based too!
This information is amazing, thank you so much!
I wish it was a bit slower, but I will rewatch again to get all of the info.
Thank you for sharing these valuable tips.
I freeze a price on hopper but when I try to actually buy the ticket, it is asking me to freeze again. What should I do? Please help
Nik, what's your view on asap Tickets? They seem to offer very good deals but in order to book you need to call them. Any experience or reviews on that business? Thanks
Ty soo much for your channel!@ However,I took your tips and still ended up paying $2500 e round trip to italy??? HOW IN THE WORLD are you affording to take 40 trips in 6 months???? I'm missing SOMETHING!? Can I email you for brief questions, please?? I'm so FRUSTRATED!😢 TIA for ANY help.
These are great tips! Thank you for sharing Nick!👍
Whoa whoa whoa - are y'all based out of NWA?! I'm in Fayetteville and about to begin my own sabbatical!
I'd love to pick your brains sometime - beers on me, ofc!
Secret cities like austin tx but get off in Houston
Solid tips!
We can’t do 24 hours rule in Thailand or Europe.
So you’re saying that this only works if you don’t have issues with traveling in certain dates.
I don’t want to be on airplane over night for 2-4 hour flight I get with United or Southwest
Fair point!!
Nope ! Hope to book cheap flights for life ! That would be the hack of one’s life 😂😂😂😂
great and comprehensive ,thanks
Google flights app link please
Please write here, if You know tips how to flight from Europe to Colombia and to other countries. ... or if You know who know those things.
what about going from Europe to colombia? not sure what you are looking for. one tip, avoid if you can going through Bogota
I get emails of all kind of locations and dates now not just my current trip. I ended up getting round trip 305 from St. Louis to Houston. I searched doing Sepereated tickets from St. Louis to Houston to IAH to St Louis . I got round trip deal at Priceline for Houston in Tx in December. I did round trip for airlines miles
Great plan!
I like secret lay over idea and I subscribed to airline connections
👍👍👍👍👍
Thanks for watching!
Booking direct is NEVER CHEAPER
For international roundtrip i havent found a cheap ticket yet compared to direct with same airline direct flight
That’s not been my experience on domestic flights
Hum... Rarely is 'when' you fly negotiable, maybe plus or minus a day, if you don't mind shortening your trip. Generally being flexible doesn't lengthen your trip, unless you are retired and don't work. Most people travel around a holiday, or state day off, or scheduled time off from work. And then they have a place in mind, family or a place they have always wanted to go, etc. Sure you could be open on new things and places every once in a while, after you've been to your dream spots and visited family.
It's nice that you can travel when ever you want and for how ever long you want, most of us don't have that luxury. Apparently the cost to stay there doesn't play into it either? This seems just for retirees, but you don't seem that old, so wealthy and traveling the world, good for you, but your advise don't help most people traveling.
I don’t think that’s true - we’re in our 40’s and work year round.
We’re planning an anniversary trip about 6 months out, and we will take whatever 7-8 day span we can find affordable flights for. We’ll request whatever days off we need then. We will still only use up 5 or six vacation days from work.
We are not rich, and we’re trying to be as frugal as possible.
Maybe some jobs are more strict on “when” so then you make your plan around a flexible “where” instead.
It’s very do-able, even for normal working folks.
Sorry, but this is all a gimmick. The on line bookers are ahead of the game. Tried a trip to Europe and couldnt find it cheaper than Expedia.
I appreciate your feedback, and Expedia certainly finds great deals, but this is certainly not a gimmick. Booking w/ third party sites can have many drawbacks as explained in this video. If your only mission is to find the cheapest flight at all costs, it could be the right choice. But if earning miles, having your airline status recognized, easily cancelling/changing your flight outside the 24 hour window, or customer service are important to you, it’s better to book direct with the airline. And many of the tips I shared in this video will help you do that cheaply. As always, your mileage may vary. I hope you have a great trip!
A lot of bullshit cheap flight vids out there. This is a handy and useful set of tips
Ryanair $20 flights???? No bags obviously
This information is amazing, thank you so much!