How I find the best flight(s).

I think you all know how to find a cheap flight but nevertheless, I want to share how I find my flights. If I am in a hurry and stuck to pretty much fixed dates, I use the ebookers site. Before you begin, consider to use the “private” mode on your browser or search with one computer/device and book with another. Rumors are that some airlines/travel agencies increase prices of u search for specific items a lot. There is no need to roam around many other sites because the all browse the same data from the airlines. Please note that some regular airlines now also often reasonable priced one-way-tickets. Last November, I wanted to travel from Sofia to Amsterdam. The best option was to travel from Sofia over land to Istanbul (and a great stopover there) and then with KLM (www.klm.com) to Amsterdam for just 70 Euro!!!

If I am more flexible and I know where I want to go more or less I will:

• Find out which airports are in the country or region I want to go to.
• Search which (low cost) airlines fly from and to these airports
• Check the airlines destination map
• Check out the low cost airlines prices.
• Don’t limit yourself, e.g. we wanted to visit Bulgaria but the flights back where quite expensive so we found a flight from Skope to Eindhoven and we had a wonderful stopover in Skopje (read more)

You will be amazed where you can fly for little. Last December (2015) we made a return trip for 75 Euro’s per person to Cyrpus. From Eindhoven we flew to Sofia and from Sofia to Cyprus. We went the same way back, all with www.wizzair.com .

One warning: if you book separate tickets, your flight gets delayed and you miss your connecting flight…. You are stuck. The airlines do not have to reschedule or re-route you and they won’t. So make sure you have enough time (preferably a night) to connect to you next flight.

If you are thinking about going to Cyprus, please read my Cyprus in Winter story. It is absolutely worthwhile and does not have to cost much.

Please note that this tip is outdated. Skyscanner.com offers this functionality!