Top 5 tips on finding cheaper flights

We are often asked how to find cheap flights. Here are a few ideas on how to find the cheapest flights to your chosen destination.

 

A large number of airlines offer flights to beach holiday and city break favourites. You will find a range of flights to Spain and Greece with low-cost airlines like Jet2, bmi, flybe, EasyJet, Ryanair and Air Berlin. The peak summer holiday and winter holiday seasons see the addition of charter airlines like Thomson and flythomascook. Add scheduled airlines like British Airways and foreign airlines like Cyprus Airways and you have quite a complex picture. Airlines come and go and flight prices can change on an hourly basis. Our online flight search scans all the airlines flying to your destination to find the cheapest flight at any given time.

 

Low-cost airlines like EasyJet and Ryanair frequently discount flights for a short period of time. Subscribe to email bulletins to keep informed of the latest cheap flight deals. Our email newsletter will keep you up-to-date with cheap holiday deals and the latest holiday flight discounts.

 

On any flight you will find passengers paying much lower airfares than others. The passengers with the cheapest flights have normally booked well in advance or have hung on for late deals and last-minute flight offers. Booking early is usually the best way to secure cheap flights to Portugal or Spain with low-cost airlines like Ryanair. Cheap flights with charter airlines like Thomson and Monarch also usually go up in price as the beach holiday season approaches. Waiting for late deals requires more flexibility and involves greater risk. Cheap last-minute flights can mean significant savings but cannot be guaranteed. Each year sees very cheap last-minute flights to beach holiday favourites like Cyprus and Greece.

 

You will find much cheaper flights by avoiding the school summer holidays and busy holiday periods like Easter and Christmas. Beach holiday destinations from the Algarve to the Caribbean see sensationally cheap flights in early and late season. Holiday resorts in the Mediterranean enjoy plenty of warm sunshine in spring and autumn. For the cheapest city break flights try unfashionable holiday months like October and February.

 

Staying flexible is the key to finding cheaper flights, especially in the busy summer holiday and Easter holiday periods. You are more likely to find cheaper flights in midweek. The cheapest flights are often early and late departures. Are your dates written in stone? You may find cheaper flights to either side of your preferred departure dates. The cheapest flights may not be from your local airport. Include regional UK airports like Bournemouth or Doncaster Sheffield in your search.