Ask HN: Is there better airfare search than Google Flights?

11 pointsby aridiculous4 lata temu8 comments

8 comments

I was searching for flights on Google today and it showed that there were zero flights from DEN to SFO departing in the morning. None.

I couldn't believe that two United hubs would have no flights in the morning, but before I took the time to check United's website I remembered that SWA isn't on Google Flights. They had plenty of morning flights (out of SJC, which IMO is more pleasant anyway).

I don't know if I encountered a glitch or if Google Flights has bigger problems. But it was really surprising that they would show no morning flights between these cities, and it raised a red flag for me!

jbms4 lata temu

Long established and popular but it astonishes me how many people still haven't heard of https://www.skyscanner.net/

pipiscrew4 lata temu

the best&newest is

https://www.flightlist.io/

by kiwi.

https://www.tripadvisor.com/CheapFlightsSearchResults

https://www.cheapair.com/

https://www.kiwi.com/

https://www.flyblueair.com/

already4 lata temu

Kayak.com shows more options. Also, prices for some international flight are about $30-$40 cheaper than Google Flight.

realdlee4 lata temu

Kayak also finds creative routes by joining one-way flights from different airlines.

any idea why the same flights are cheaper on Kayak?

GoldenMonkey4 lata temu

https://www.skiplagged.com

josephcsible4 lata temu

ITA Matrix (also by Google) is way more powerful, though missing some airlines.

JimmieMcnulty4 lata temu

“Better” is subjective, but one of the people from Hipmunk built a new… browser plugin that mimics some portion of Hipmunk’s functionality.

I used it a bit, but Google Flights is getting me 80% there so I haven’t overcome the switching inertia yet.

https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/flightpenguin/nofn...