Google Flights

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Captain hum

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apologies if this website is common knowledge, but I have just found about it and it rocks. it offers -
the ability to search for flights to a particular region.-For example, if you want to fly to Europe, but you don’t really care what country as long as you get the cheapest possible flight, with Google Flights you can type in your departing city and for destination, you can simply put “Europe”.
Google Flights will then open a map of Europe with fares on each city, so that you can choose the cheapest place to fly to.

Multi-City Tab -It allows you to group multiple flights together

I’m Feeling Lucky--Once you’ve chosen a destination region and expanded the map view, you can click the “I’m Feeling Lucky” button to scan through random destinations and see which one is the cheapest.

Maximum Flight Time
Drag the “Flight Time” indicator down to your maximum allowable travel time and the flights will automatically update.

Best Flight Indicator
Google will do all or your calculations for you. Once you’ve chosen a destination and you’re looking at that long list of fares, Google will calculate which flight gives you the best bang for your buck based on a combination of cost and speed.

Flight Fare Tracking -Simply click the “Save This Itinerary” function and Google will warn you of price drops via the Google Now app which will send you notifications on your smart device.
 
I've been using this for over a year - generally to do initial searches then using ITA to refine things.

It's a bit resource hungry to do much more.
 
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Just had a look. Much more expensive than Google flights. Do you use it to actually book or just to do research?
I certainly use ITA with a script to book flights - much cheaper for multi segment than google flights when used properly.

Here's some FT advice:

ITA Software Matrix Airfare Search Consolidated Information and Help Thread - FlyerTalk Forums

How to specify the booking code on ITA - FlyerTalk Forums

TIP: More hidden features of ITA - FlyerTalk Forums

ITA-Purchase Fares on Orbitz/Delta/United Userscript - FlyerTalk Forums
 

Thanks so much . Researching and booking a cheap fare is like having another job eh? ;)
 
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