Flight booking has moved on since the days of popping down to the travel agent on the high street. Today, you have the tools used by travel agents at your fingertips, but there’s still an art to finding the best deal.
Try these tips.
Myth busting
Before we get started, there’s no ‘cheapest’ day to book, though there are definitely cheaper days to fly. And despite what you may have heard, using your browser in ‘incognito’ mode or clearing cookies after every search is unlikely to make much difference to the fare.
Be a midweek flyer
Demand and prices peak at weekends, while Tuesday and Wednesday are usually the cheapest days to fly. Click on the date field while searching on Google Flights to bring up a calendar showing how prices vary on different dates. Most airline websites display a calendar of daily fares when you search, making it easy to spot the …