Whenever I’m buying airline tickets, I first scour the web to find different deals. It’s always surprising to see the difference in pricing depending on which site I am looking at. Personally, I like Expedia where I often find the lowest price, and comparison sites, which provide a fast comparison search between numerous sales sites.
There are always new apps and sites popping into the market promising even better flight deals, so I try to stay up-to-date on those as well. Hopper seems to be gaining in popularity – it’s an app that predicts the optimal time to purchase a flight ticket by analyzing billions of airfares and evaluating when prices are lowest.
Another interesting site is Options Away, which allows you to lock in an airfare 2 days to 3 weeks before making a purchase. If the airfare is lower by the date of purchase, you pay the lower price. If it goes up in price, you pay whatever you locked in.
