I usually start off on Google Flights but try to check out CheapTickets.com or Priceline.com, which sometimes have "blind deals" meaning they sell you a ticket without a time for a discounted rate. You know the date you are leaving, but you don't know the time until you purchase the ticket. Oftentimes, these are early morning flights, which I prefer since they are less likely to be packed and you often can get rows to yourself.
Some advice on getting cheaper tickets:
- Make sure you are months out although sometimes you can get deals within a month of the flight
- Purchase your plane ticket on a Tuesday
- Fridays, Saturdays, and Mondays are probably going to be your most expensive days
- Be willing to adjust your flight by a few days -- Google Flights is especially helpful with showing you quickly the difference in prices and it can be a few hundred bucks saved just by leaving the next day or a day earlier
- Always check your prices in Incognito mode first and when you are ready to make an actual purchase, then you can go into Regular mode
- Almost always, early morning flights are cheaper
- Direct flights are almost always more expensive
- Pack light, take little, save the most
- Look for the airlines with special deals -- Spirit airlines is headquartered in Vegas, so they are always trying to get people to come to Vegas for a vacation -- likely sponsored by Vegas, and you can get these tickets for less than $100 roundtrip. Southwest and Frontier also have amazing deals. The issue with these flights, however, is that they will fly you into their HQ and you may have a long layover, but it could be worth it
- Google Flights is often good at letting you know if its a good deal as they keep a price watch on all flights
Some advice on getting cheaper tickets:
- Make sure you are months out although sometimes you can get deals within a month of the flight
- Purchase your plane ticket on a Tuesday
- Fridays, Saturdays, and Mondays are probably going to be your most expensive days
- Be willing to adjust your flight by a few days -- Google Flights is especially helpful with showing you quickly the difference in prices and it can be a few hundred bucks saved just by leaving the next day or a day earlier
- Always check your prices in Incognito mode first and when you are ready to make an actual purchase, then you can go into Regular mode
- Almost always, early morning flights are cheaper
- Direct flights are almost always more expensive
- Pack light, take little, save the most
- Look for the airlines with special deals -- Spirit airlines is headquartered in Vegas, so they are always trying to get people to come to Vegas for a vacation -- likely sponsored by Vegas, and you can get these tickets for less than $100 roundtrip. Southwest and Frontier also have amazing deals. The issue with these flights, however, is that they will fly you into their HQ and you may have a long layover, but it could be worth it
- Google Flights is often good at letting you know if its a good deal as they keep a price watch on all flights