Best Cheap Flights Websites NOBODY is Talking About | How to Find Cheap Flights

today i'm going to show you four of the best cheap flights websites that nobody seems to be talking about it's not that popular tools like google flights skyscanner and momondo are bad by any means they're actually some of the best websites to find cheap flights it's just that today i want to show you how to find cheap flights using a few clever specialty tools for anyone who wants to take their travel hacking game to the next level if you've already heard all four of these consider yourself a cheap flight finding expert alright chief airfare here

we come [Music] first up on our list is skip lagged and skip lagged shines in its ability to help you find hidden city flights hidden city flights are when you can save money by getting off at your layover instead of your final destination for example let's say you wanted to fly from new york to orlando and for some reason the tickets were super expensive so you could use skip lag to look for one of these hidden city flights and you might find that say a flight from new york to dallas is actually cheaper and it

has a layover in orlando and you can just get off on your layover instead of taking your final flight to dallas i have no idea why some of these flights are cheaper when they actually have more stops and travel more distance but sometimes they are on skip lagged you can see which flights are hidden city flights because the last flight in the itinerary will be crossed out this works best where the place you want to go is a popular airport hub where there's lots of connections and it doesn't work on all routes if you do

decide to do this just be careful not to check any bags even at the gate because your bags are going to continue to your final destination even if you get off early also airlines don't necessarily love it when you do hidden city flights so it's probably not a good idea to do the same route over and over with the same airlines that said if you follow all the tips on the skiplag faq page this can be a pretty sneaky travel hack speaking of travel hacks i made a free download revealing 15 tricks that professional travelers

use to pay about a third of the price as everybody else so if you're interested in saving money grab that down below the next tool up on the list is called ita matrix and we made a whole video about how to find the cheapest flights on google flights that was super popular and in that video many commenters said that they actually prefer using it matrix over google flights by the way if you haven't already seen that video there's some really good tips in there so i'll link that down below as well anywho ita matrix is

basically the technology that powers google flights and many other search engines it's similar to google flights but it gives you some extra advanced features for travel hackers like you and me to nerd out on that said it kind of comes down to personal preference and so you'll have to test it out to see which you prefer some people swear by it saying that it's more accurate and better at finding the cheapest prices possible and a lot of people use it for open jaw flights where your origin and your destination aren't exactly the same both ways

it's also a powerful tool in finding long stopovers which can add an extra destination to your trip for free or really cheap for some of these search features you need to know how to harness all the search power that ita matrix gives you and maybe i'll make another video about that in the future but in most cases it's going to take a little bit to get the hang of it the last two i'm going to show you guys makes finding these long stopovers dead simple and is a lot more user friendly now one thing to

know about ita matrix is that unlike google flights you can't book your flight directly with ita matrix you have to do one extra step you can either book directly with the airline or you can copy the flight itinerary that they give you on ita matrix and paste that into a website called bookwithmatrix.com next up on the list is scott's cheap flights which is a newsletter that sends out epic deals that are personalized to your airport you set the departing airports that you're interested in and whenever they find these awesome cheap deals they send them directly

to your inbox and they only send the best deals usually forty to ninety percent off these usually aren't last minute deals either so you'll have plenty of time to plan your trip after you buy a ticket they also tend to shy away from more basic uncomfortable airlines so when you see their deals you know they're for actual quality flights speaking of which if you're thinking about flying with spirit airlines don't book your ticket without first watching our video on tips for flying with spear airlines which includes our nightmare experience scotch jeep flights has both free

and paid plans but i just recommend signing up for the free plan to start the free plan will send you all the deals for international flights if you fly domestically a lot you might want to sign up for their premium plan which just costs a few bucks per month premium members save an average of 550 dollars per ticket so even if they just help you find one flight the savings you'd get would basically pay for your membership for over a decade i can personally attest to this because the newsletter once helped me and my wife

save a thousand dollars on two tickets from la to asia now it's important to note that they currently only focus on flights that are leaving from the united states and so if you're based outside of the united states it really doesn't make sense at this time before we move into the last one i just want to mention that all four of these tools can help you find super cheap flights but there are other travel hacks that allow you to fly practically for free i'm gonna make a video on exactly how i traveled all the way

from detroit to spain for just five dollars so subscribe and hit the bell if you want to be notified when that video drops alrighty last up on the list is a site called airwander airwander helps you find long stopovers which essentially lets you add another destination to your itinerary on the cheap stopovers are long layovers where you have time to leave the airport and do exploring before taking your connecting flight sometimes these stopovers can last for days and so you have plenty of time to see a bunch of awesome stuff here's how it works with

airwander first you search for your origin and your destination like you normally would then all you have to do is hit this little plus button when you do this it will search for flight itineraries that have long layovers and it will tell you exactly how much extra it would cost to add a pit stop into your itinerary you can even set the length of the layover that you're looking for so if you want to explore for let's say three days before moving on to your final destination it will tell you exactly how much extra it

would cost to do that in some cases it's just a few dollars extra to add a whole another destination to your trip cha-ching once you finally find your cheap flight this next video will show you some sneaky personal item packing hacks that will save you loads of money on checked bags check it out bye bye guys