It’s Cheap Flights Season — Here Are Some Insane Deals You Can Book Right Now

It may be hard to accept, but the truth is that travel doesn’t have to be more expensive than life at home. It can even be less expensive, depending on where you go and when. You spend money everyday at home, don’t you? That cash could easily be spent seeing someplace new. Yet, cost is often cited as the biggest barrier to travel. And while that’s fair for many people, it shouldn’t stop anyone from searching for a good deal. Especially in those moments when you have a little extra cash.

“Little cash” is the operative phrase today. Budget airlines and apps are making inexpensive travel easier and less expensive and with the US travel industry suffering a “Trump Slump,” deals abound. So we’ve rounded up a few amazing fares floating around the internet. By the time you read this these may not even be the best deals anymore. Saving serious cash on travel means you have to set alerts on your phone, shop deals on websites, follow #ErrorFares and @secretflying on Twitter, be completely flexible, and be inquisitive all the time. So here’s a start.

RYANAIR

If you’re already in Europe, awesome first of all. Welcome to Europe! Traveling around Europe is crazy cheap these days. The cheapest of the cheap is Ryanair. It’s a no-frills airline that is perfect for flights under two or three hours, and a breeze if you don’t have to check luggage.

You can check flight deals to destinations by scrolling to the bottom of Ryanair’s page and clicking on one of the links to a particular place. A list like the one we posted here will come up with the cheapest deals available to that airport or region from cities all over Europe.

KAYAK CHEAP FLIGHT FINDER

One way to use Kayak besides simple searches for specific flights is to search their Flight Routes. You can use it to find the cheapest deals between two places. So, for instance, in that screengrab above we have the best deals right now between the USA and South America. You can select specific airports to fly to and from. And right now you can fly from Florida to Columbia for about $220 roundtrip.

Conversely, you can also search flights by destination. Click on Kayak Explore and set your home airport. A handy map will come up and show you the costs to fly to every airport in your area. If you’re flexible and just want to get outta dodge for a weekend, this is a great tool to find the cheapest option.

INSANELY CHEAP FLIGHTS

It’s all in the name. Insanely Cheap Flights is best for looking for random deals of the day or coming up in the near future, especially around the USA. The site also offers various discount codes for $20, $50, and sometimes $150 or more off flight purchases through their page.

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WOW AIR

WOWair is bringing the world of discount air travel to trans-Atlantic routes. This is one you really have to shop. The best tactic is to select one of their destinations and choose a departure city and the average cost of a one-way ticket will come up for the next year or so. Then all you have to do is find the cheapest time to fly — for instance you can fly from Boston to Reykjavik for $99 each way in March, April, and June of this year.

WANDERU – EXPLORE

You don’t always have to fly somewhere to get out of town. Wanderu Explorer is a nifty search engine where you put in your home city, then all the bus and train options and deals will come up — deals as cheap as $1 each way. You can mix and match or plan travel around the USA by bus and train with ease by checking for the cheapest days to travel between cities. Or surprise yourself and see whichever destination is the cheapest and just go there next.

JETBLUE

JetBlue is America’s answer to Europe’s budget, no-frills airlines. You can peruse JetBlue’s webpage by home airport and find their cheapest fares around the US and Caribbean. Sometimes you’ll have to plan ahead. Sometimes they’ll have deals for next weekend. The best way to track their deals is to set an alert for their Twitter handle. They post all their upcoming deals there.

NORWEGIAN

Norwegian is coming after the market WOWair opened up. They just announced new flights between east coast USA and Ireland and the UK. If you’re willing to plan ahead a little, you can get a one way flight from New York to Ireland or Scotland for $99. You can find the cheapest flights they have on offer by clicking on Destinations.

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