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Select 'everywhere' or check our flexible calendar to see the cheapest day, month or best time in the year to fly

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What are flexible flights?

What are flexible flights?

Flexible flights, a financially savvy choice, usually refer to flight tickets that can be amended or cancelled after you purchase them. It can be much cheaper to buy this option rather than paying change or cancellation fees at a later stage, which can be extortionate in many cases. This flexibility was a vital option during COVID-19 times when your travel plans could change unexpectedly. With most airlines and travel agents, you may have to pay a premium to avail of this facility. You can select this option on most travel agents and airline websites by selecting flexible tickets when checking out. Be aware, however, that the overall price will probably be adjusted as a result. Another definition of flexible flight date tickets is the ability to see if flights are cheaper across a specific date range. FlightsFinder lets users quickly see these flight price differences using our flexible date calendar. Select the degree of flexibility you have by selecting either three days before or after your desired departure, the entire month or year.

Why search for a flexible flight?

The most significant benefit of searching for different flight dates is the price savings you could make. If your flexible itinerary allows, you can adjust dates slightly using our calendars, which let you see which dates are cheaper to fly on. Sometimes, your savings can be significant, well into the hundreds, while you may save much less on other occasions. Nevertheless, regularly checking for flexible flights ensures you get all the deals.

How do you find cheap, flexible date flights?

How do you find cheap, flexible date flights?

So, how do you find these elusive cheap, flexible date flights? With FlightsFinder.com, you have three different options to check flexibility on flight dates, putting you in control of your travel plans.

1.) Searching anywhere from your airport on different dates:
FlightsFinder has a feature that allows you to see the best flights to any destination by selecting 'Flexible - Search Everywhere'. Once selected, you can specify your flexibility regarding travel dates. Once you choose your rough dates in the calendar, you can see options three days before or after your chosen dates, the entire month or year.

2.) Searching for a particular city on different dates:
This feature lets you see the best flights departing to a specific destination city like Paris or Bangkok. Once you enter your desired departure and arrival point, you can choose the degree of flexibility you have; this will give you a list of the best flight prices using our calendar.

3.) Searching from country to country on different dates:
You will find a unique search function on our site that allows you to see the cheapest routes between any two countries - for example, the whole of the USA to France or the entire United Kingdom to Spain. You can also filter your search by month so it gives you the best price during that particular time. You can play around with this search facility below and see what it throws up. It has the potential to save you hundreds on your next trip.

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Which search engines are best for flexible flight searches?

Which search engines are best for flexible flight searches?

When comparing flexible change fees or changing your flight dates post-booking in the search engines, your options are limited. However, your best bet is to search the following sites for the cheapest flexible-date flights and add further flexibility at checkout.

KAYAK -
KAYAK has a handy colour-coded date calendar on its site, which indicates cheaper flights. The most affordable dates are presented with green labels, mid-price flights are displayed with orange, and the most expensive are shown in red. KAYAK also has a handy feature that allows you to enter more than one departure airport and add recommended airports within a 70-mile radius, allowing you to check multiple flexible options simultaneously.

Skyscanner -
Skyscanner is the original flexible flight search engine. They pioneered the concept of 'Searching anywhere'. The site offers multiple options: You can specify dates or choose flexible dates on no destination or a specific destination if you have one in mind. The only downside is that these flexible searches are only available for Economy cabin searches. Nevertheless, they will give you a rough idea of cheaper dates to fly on. Remember that the prices shown are estimates based on historical data; you must undertake a live search to avail yourself of the actual cost.

Google flights -
Google Flights is, without a doubt, the fastest search engine out there. It offers multiple flexible flight-searching options, including its 'Explore' map option and its date grid, which can be viewed as a calendar view or bar graphs. The most fantastic feature is that it updates the calendar based on any filters you have selected. For example, if you choose non-stop flights, the calendar will show only the cheapest dates for non-stop flights. The downside is that other search engines can sometimes beat the prices on Google flights. A good practice is using their site to get rough ideas of better days to fly and then plug those dates into FlightsFinder, allowing you to compare multiple search engines on those dates to see if any cheaper options exist.

KIWI -
KIWI is another handy site which allows users to do broad searches. You can add airports within 250km of your desired departure or enter an entire country or continent. The search engine works by stitching fares from airlines that traditionally don't have partnerships. This may result in passengers having to self-transfer and recheck luggage, and there is a small risk that connecting flights could be missed. However, KIWI has a 'KIWI guarantee' that they will reimburse you or put you on another flight free of charge in such an eventuality.

How to find cheap flexible flights: Questions & Answers

What are the top 5 flexible flight search engines?

The top 5 flexible flight search engines, if you are searching for flexible flight dates, are Skyscanner, KAYAK, momondo, Kiwi.com and Google flights. These are powerful search engines with some form of calendar view showing the cheapest days to book your flight. Here at FlightsFinder, we use data from multiple aggregators to populate our flight calendar, making it one of the most complete you can see online. The difference with our search engine is that once you have identified the cheapest days to fly, you can then go on and compare all of the world's leading search engines from one dashboard, potentially saving you up to 20% off your next airline ticket.

How much can I save with flexible flights?

The number one factor affecting flight prices are the days you choose to fly. The savings can be truly remarkable if you look a month or two either side of your flight times or even check a few days. For example, if you wanted to fly to London from New York in May, It could set you back by about $442. However, our flexible search will tell you that the price will be around $300 in March. If you want to check a few days before or after your travel dates, select our check box in the flexible dates field that says +/- 3 days. To find the cheapest flight in the entire month, select 'whole month' and select' whole year' to find the best possible return flight price across the entire year.

How to find flexible flights that have no cancellation fees?

In a post covid world, it has become necessary to find tickets that you can amend quickly if unexpected events occur. Common issues that may mean you need to change your booking are the travel policies shifting of a country you intend on visiting by requiring you to quarantine on arrival or on your return, which may not be feasible. Or you may become ill, requiring you to change your travel plans. Whatever the case may be, many airlines charge a premium for you to change or amend your booking once made. To get around these exorbitant change fees, it is sometimes wise to look for flexible flights that have no change fees. You can find these 'no change fees' tickets on our site via our first flight search engine results. Select the filter that says 'no change fees', and we will show you the flights via KAYAK with flexible rebooking options for no extra charge. Just check the change fees for a regular booking to see if the price is lower than booking a flexible 'no change fee' flight.

How to use Skyscanner flexible dates?

Skyscanner has one of the world's most comprehensive flexible date flight engines. They offer users the ability to search from entire countries to 'everywhere' - for example, the United States to anywhere in the world. This search shows you the cheapest airports to fly to from your departing country. Moreover, Skyscanner lets you select on their calendar which month you would like to travel in (for a monthly overview) or select the 'cheapest month', which will tell you the cheapest month to fly in the whole year. They have flexible calendars for both one way and return flights. The downside to the Skyscanner flexible dates calendar is that it only shows flights found by users in the last four days, which sometimes mean the results can be outdated. Moreover, less travelled routes contain fewer historical prices and sometimes none. We use Skyscanner data to populate our calendars; the only difference is that we let you compare numerous flight comparison site results alongside Skyscanner results which often lead to savings, sometimes up to 20%.

How to use KAYAK flexible dates?

KAYAK has a handy 'explore' feature which shows you the best flexible flight deals plotted on an interactive global map. All you need is to enter your departure airport, and the map will show you the best domestic and international flight deals found by other KAYAK users in the last 48 hours. You can also refine your results by searching for a particular country, a specific month, direct flights or flights with stops, budget, duration and type of trip. Once again, because it relies on other users' historical usage, you may find that less searched for routes have little data about them. You can play around with their flexible calendar here: KAYAK/explore. Once you have found a deal on KAYAK, we encourage you to use our site to price check against multiple other aggregators on our website as, on occasion, they can beat the prices found on KAYAK.

How to use Google flights flexible dates?

Google flights have the fastest search engine on the planet, results load in seconds, and they have very comprehensive calendars which show you the cheapest days to travel in the entire month. You can see their flexible flight price calendars by selecting the 'date grid' or the 'price graph' buttons. The date grid presents data in a calendar view whilst the price graph shows you flights in bar graph form. The ITA matrix provides the data and is not dependent on previous searchers to populate it, making it some of the most comprehensive flexible flight data on the web. However, it is a fact that Google flights don't always get you the best possible deal due to the limited number of OTA's Google searches. To get the best possible benefit from them, we recommend you get the best dates to fly from their flexible calendars, then come to FlightsFinder.com and compare multiple aggregators on those dates and see if you can save even more. You can often save up to 20% more simply by checking numerous flight aggregators via our easy to use dashboard.

How to use Kiwi.com flexible dates?

Kiwi.com is the Czech Republic's biggest metasearch engine famous for finding cheap flights by virtual interlining, stitching together fares from airlines that traditionally do not work together. You can find their flexible flight calendars on their search results page by selecting the 'pricing table' or to view a bar graph of the lowest priced flights instead, pick 'price trends'. Their flexible flight results are very comprehensive, and you can find data on even the most obscure routes. Once again, we suggest finding the best days to fly by using our Flexi calendars then price checking their live results with our multi aggregator tab based flight dashboard to see if you can pinch a bit more off your ticket.

How to find the cheapest flexible flight 3 days before or after your flight

Sometimes you can find cheaper flights if you look a few days on either side of your travel dates if your schedule permits. Please enter your departure and arrival airports, then select your preferred dates of flying; after that, choose our flexible dates tab and check the box which says +/- 3 days. We will then take you to our flexible dates calendar to quickly look at prices on surrounding dates. Please note that the display prices were found in the last 15 days and may no longer be available - the only way to check live availability is to select a date and click 'show flights' - then compare multiple live prices.

How to find the cheapest flexible flight in the entire month

Our flight finder also allows you to find the cheapest return flight in any particular month. For example, say you wanted to see the most inexpensive return flight from Miami to Toronto or Los Angeles to Mexico City in June. First, enter your departure airport to one of those arrival cities. After that, select some dates in June in our calendar; select the flexible dates tab, and check the box that says 'whole month'. We will then show you the cheapest combination of departure and arrival dates for your search on our calendar in that particular month. Our results are colour coded so that the lowest price will be in blue, whilst lower prices will be in green while the more expensive days will be in red. Once again, prices are rough guides only found by other users in the last 15 days.

How to find the cheapest flexible flight in the entire year?

If you are highly flexible with your travel dates, you may want to know the cheapest flights possible in the entire year between two city destinations. For example - what's the cheapest flight from New York to Las Vegas in the whole year?. Our flight finder allows you to do this in seconds. First of all, enter your departure and arrival cities, then select our flexible dates tab, after that check the box which say 'whole year.' We will then pinpoint the cheapest date combinations to fly in seconds on our calendar in the entire year. This option is also particularly useful in uncovering potential error fares and is the quickest way to find unbelievable flight deals.

How to find the cheapest flexible flights to anywhere?

If you don't have a fixed destination in mind and are looking for inspiration on where to fly next, we recommend using our 'flexible - search everywhere' option. First, enter your departure airport, select 'search everywhere', then enter the dates you are looking to travel or look for the cheapest flights in the entire month or the entire year by checking the relevant box. Once you click search, we will list the most affordable destinations fitting your search parameters leaving from your chosen departure airport. You can also refine flights to see direct options by selecting the 'direct only' check box on our destinations list.

How to find the cheapest flight to a particular country?

To find the cheapest flight to a particular country, we recommend using the search everywhere option in our search engine. You can then select the country you are interested in visiting in the destinations list, and we will show you the cheapest cities in that country to fly to. Another alternate way of seeing the best deals to any country is by using our recent deals carousel engine. You can find this below our main search engine form. To use the recent deals engine, enter your departure airport and enter the country you are interested in visiting; you can refine flights by month or select 'anytime' to show you the cheapest deals we have ever found.

How to find the cheapest flight to a particular city?

To find the cheapest flights to any city, enter your desired destination in our search engine. After that, you choose to see the best deal in the entire year by selecting the year on our flexible dates checklist; this will give you the lowest prices ever found. Select the 'whole month' for costs in a particular month and +/- 3 days to see a few days on different sides of your chosen travel dates.

This page is fact-checked by Shahab Siddiqui.

This page is fact-checked by Shahab Siddiqui.

This content was created and verified by Shahab Siddiqui, the visionary founder of FlightsFinder.com. Over 15 years ago, he pioneered the concept of a Meta-Meta flight search engine and remains a prominent authority on international travel.

Shahab's expertise has been highlighted in several prestigious publications, such as Business Insider, The LA Times, The Daily Mail, The Telegraph, and The Huffington Post. Remarkably, he developed FlightsFinder.com while undergoing dialysis treatment for kidney failure. You can read his inspiring story here.

To connect with Shahab, visit his LinkedIn profile.

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