[HN Gopher] Ask HN: What is your best flight booking app/site
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       Ask HN: What is your best flight booking app/site
        
       I know this is not a tech question(and kind of a reddit type
       question), but which site do you use for booking cheap and safe
       international travels , especially the ones that are not
       predatory(visit the site twice and they bump up the price) or the
       ones who simply map some random airlines to give out some plan
        
       Author : totaldude87
       Score  : 4 points
       Date   : 2024-01-19 21:33 UTC (1 hours ago)
        
       | whatamidoingyo wrote:
       | I'd love to know too. I used the trip.com app to visit Thailand
       | from the US. They misspelled my name wrong throughout the
       | tickets, which terrified me because I thought it was going to be
       | a problem (second time traveling solo). It wasn't a problem.
       | During check-in, they said it happens all the time, nothing to
       | worry about.
       | 
       | Everything worked out, no complaints from me, but would love to
       | hear about alternatives.
        
       | aryanmann wrote:
       | My go-to has been checking Skyscanner, Google Flights, and
       | Momondo then booking through the airlines website.
        
       | asadalt wrote:
       | if your goal is just to look up prices, google flights is
       | amazing!
        
       | Cheer2171 wrote:
       | Always book directly with airlines. You'll almost never find a
       | cheaper price from a third party, unless you are a corporate
       | traveler with negotiated agreements through a corporate travel
       | agency. It's the opposite with hotels. For airlines, use third
       | party sites only to find routes and estimated prices, then see
       | what the cost is to book directly with the airline. Google
       | Flights is usually the best search engine for most people, but
       | don't clickthrough the links to book directly with the airlines.
       | ITA Matrix is the backend to Google Flights and if you're a HNer,
       | you'll appreciate the power interface.
       | 
       | > visit the site twice and they bump up the price
       | 
       | This is a myth, at least for flights. Flight prices normally go
       | up the closer to the date. They almost never go down as you get
       | closer to the date.
        
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