Has it never happened to you that when you type in the search engine «flights + departure city + destination city + name of flight company» , instead of taking you to your blog page or results and other websites where talk about it, you see, in the foreground, a flight service that allows you to know the availability of dates and prices without entering any website , in the results of search? This is Google Flights , an application in which the giant company makes the leap.
As we will see, this just described is just a preamble, the real functionality, which makes this service something interesting and attractive for the user if it requires access to the Google Flights site .
Let’s see what it is, what it offers us and how it does it, so that, without eating it or drinking it, we provide a much faster flight unifying service , comfortable and intuitive than any page comparator and that, in addition, over time, is offering more and more things.
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Let’s see what this novelty is that is leading head-to-head comparators and, of course, users, who, we advance, are delighted.
What is Google Flights?
Google Flights , as we have been anticipating, is a flight comparison service , like so many currently on the network. In it, in a very simple way and with an interface that sucks directly from the huge suite of services of the corporation, we will be able to make inquiries about flights between destinations of our interest on the dates we want. That is the essence; nothing special. However, has details that, little by little, are improving the experience .
Google Flights is accessed with our Gmail account, so that all our searches and queries as well as reservations and purchases remain correctly stored in the cloud and we have access to all this from any device from the one we log in.
Available options
You can choose between options Only one way or round trip, the number of passengers, the type of ticket you want, the currency in which you want the prices to be shown …
Also you are informed of recent destinations that have been consulted and suggestions are given to you based on your previous budgets introduced in other queries as well as in relation to the companies with the most queries and destinations that They may be of interest based on the personal information that Google obtains from you through its various services.
If you access the available map, you will see that, in addition to appearing other parameters to filter flights such as price, the existence of stopovers, the company, the duration of the routes, etc. we come across a world map where we are shown examples of available tickets on the selected date from our location or point of origin that we choose.
Thus, we have, at a glance, a lot of interesting options, conveniently filtered, that allow us to know paths that we can make around the entire diameter of the planet. Once you are interested in a flight, you are given new options that range from tips to the display of graphics with prices that are trending on trips with the characteristics introduced, compared with prices at other nearby airports and the ability to see how much the same ticket costs on another nearby date.
In addition, we will end up including among its interesting options the price tracking , which allows you to create a list of flights in which you are interested and know if their price increases or decreases when you visit them.
It is, without a doubt, a full-fledged service that, in addition to being light and fast showing us results of all companies, makes suggestions to us and even gives us ideas of possible destinations throwing so just a quick look.
How to use Google Flights to search for cheap flights?
Let’s see what are the functionalities of this flight search engine, from the most basic and simple to perform to those that add great value.
Choose your origin
Obviously, we started with the airport of origin which, thanks to the location, Google will default to the one closest to your location .
- However, if you are doing a search for another person or if you are simply not going to leave from there, you can make the change without problem, clicking on the first box of the configurator , which include a circle inside.
- Type the city from which you want to catch the flight. You will be shown all available options you can choose at your convenience.
- Click or click on the one you want to be your place of origin, from taking the flight (or other means of transport until you reach the most convenient airport).
Choose your destination
As in the previous case, enter your destination in the second box , which is defined with a location point. You will also see that you can choose, if there is a possibility, between several airports and other stations and nearby destinations recommended.
You can click on the map you will see a little below . In it you will find prices of flights to different points of the globe from the chosen origin. You can move through it and do the search, with the same parameters, but seeing the results here. This serves to give you an idea of distances between flights to airports near your origin and you may even be given an idea to make a stopover you never thought of.
Choose the characteristics of your flight
On the main boxes of airports and dates you will find three options that allow you to customize your flight.
- Number of flights : You can choose a one-way, round trip or fly from city to city , creating an itinerary where you will be adding flights at will.
- Number of passengers . You can choose the number of adults, children between 2 and 12 years old and babies both in lap and in seat. Essential to know if the flights of your choice have the total number of seats you need.
- Ticket class . This filter allows you to choose between tourist, premium tourist, business or first class flights .
Select available dates
Depending on the flight chosen, after the destination box you will have one or two more. These correspond to the date of departure (and return if there is one).
- Click on it to display a calendar in which you can move monthly.
- Choose the date of your choice.
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- If you have return flight you will have to do the same for the day of return.
Choice of your flight
Compare the prices of reservations
One of the above options is really interesting and deserves separate mention. We talk about the dates, first of the tabs once you have performed the search. You can see, without delving into this option, without even choosing it, if there are cheaper flights in nearby days (you have a small notice on the tab).
If you click on it you will see a whole price comparison on the calendar (showing those that are really bargains in green), in graphics and in relation to nearby airports; A joy, the truth!
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Once you have chosen the itinerary with your preferences, you are given the option to make the reservation of those options that keep your desires. However, we also found something really interesting.
This is an option that allows us to track the itinerary created as is to find out when the lowest price is offered, informing yourself by email of the changes and giving you personalized advice.
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Google Trips is the icing on an already succulent and delicious cake. This is a travel app designed to have on hand all the information of your next adventure . This includes reservations for both flights and hotels, information on destination cities, important points, tips and aspects to consider, itineraries and discounts.
Discover the amount of things it allows you to do:
- Everything you buy using your Google account will be added automatically.
- In addition, you can make tourism itineraries by selecting points in maps , something that facilitates the application by giving you the schedules of the places to visit, so that you can create a day of visits without surprises.
- Another logical aspect if we consider this is that lets us know where we are at all times.
- It will also tell you where you have already been and where you are going to go .
- It is really interesting how complete is its offline mode , which allows you to enjoy many of its options without consuming data, something essential if we travel to countries where roaming is not free. li >
- You can filter shows, visits and other entertainment based on various features, including those that are close to you.
- Very useful information is that offered on telephone and address of various places with which you might have to communicate .
- Possibility of save premises in favorites >, detail what visits we have made and in what places we have been.
- Grouping reservation emails of the trip, so that they are more easily accessible being all together. li >
- All information is saved, so that, after the trip, there is a memory that we can review .