Comments on: How to Save BIG Using a VPN for Flight Searches

By: Rajesh

Rajesh — Wed, 10 Oct 2018 11:57:26 +0000

I’ve tried this with NordVPN. It kind of worked when selecting a server in the destination country. Wasn’t a huge difference but still good to save some.

By: Nora

Nora — Sat, 06 Oct 2018 16:21:58 +0000

In reply to Forgot gmail password.

I’m with you on avoiding OTAs for the most part. In my opinion, it’s generally best to book directly with the airline. And if you see a better price through an OTA, it’s probably too good to be true.
I booked a ticket once through an OTA that had a great connection and cost less than anything else I could find. Right after I booked, they completely changed my itinerary (like, drastically…flying on a different day entirely with a different connection and a 12-hour layover). Luckily I got my money back but it was a whole lot of useless stress.

By: Forgot gmail password

Forgot gmail password — Sat, 06 Oct 2018 10:50:57 +0000

I would recommend Momondo or Skyscanner for booking a flight. There’s already enough discrimination in airline prices, no need to let silly OTAs get another share.
If you can replicate any Cookie or IP related price discrimination on Skyscanner or Momondo, I would be very interested to hear about that?

By: Nora

Nora — Fri, 21 Apr 2017 18:47:51 +0000

In reply to Jonothan.

Hi Jonothan,
Wow – really?! Interesting to know! Thanks. 🙂

By: Jonothan

Jonothan — Fri, 21 Apr 2017 16:28:27 +0000

I know this post was a while back, but I thought I would say that you may also find that booking a flight using a Mac can sometimes be more expensive than using a windows-based laptop. Their rationale is that Mac users are apparently more affluent than non-Mac users.

By: Phillip

Phillip — Sat, 11 Mar 2017 22:15:45 +0000

My home is in the USA. When flying to places like Malaysia I have found that using skyscanner.com USA I can look up any flight to anywhere in the world in US $. I fly SFO to HKG (Hong Kong) United non stop, then HKG to KUL (Kuala Lumpur) non stop on Air Asia There is a British version if you want prices in Pounds. You can select the currency and see airlines and prices which can be filtered out. Most airlines always fly thru their home country, so Canada Air will take you thru Vancouver. Japan Air will take you thru NRT and so forth. There is a filter provision to select non-stop, 1 stop, 2 stops or more stops. Remember the more stops the higher the price. You can look down the list to see total time and times between stops before selecting. There is also a provision at a whole month for best price.

By: Nora

Nora — Sat, 11 Mar 2017 17:30:50 +0000

In reply to Max Jacobs. Hey Max, Thanks! Sounds like you're on an awesome trip. Happy travels, and let me know if I can point you to some resources to keep your travels sustainable (and fun)! :-)

By: Max Jacobs

Max Jacobs — Sat, 11 Mar 2017 02:50:21 +0000

Hey Nora,

Great article! I’m always on the look out for new strategies to use while travelling so thank you!

I’ve just started my world tour and I can happily say I’m living my dream 🙂 So far I’ve been travelling sustainably for ~8 months through Japan and soon flying to Canada for at least the next year.

I’m excited to read more of your articles to help keep my dream alive 🙂

Cheers,
Max

By: Linda

Linda — Thu, 06 Oct 2016 20:32:18 +0000

In reply to Nora.

I was already searching this route so it didn’t take long at all – just a minute between changing VPN locations to reconnect. Probably took me 15 minutes to search all and convert local currencies to USD using xe.com.

I anticipated maybe the departure country site (Singapore) and/or arrival country (Malaysia) might have the lowest fares, but I was really surprised the US was competitively priced, and that UK and European fares came up 10-15% higher.

I’m going to try this on longer routes to see the price difference and will post results later.

By: Nora

Nora — Thu, 06 Oct 2016 19:13:16 +0000

In reply to Linda.

Hey Linda,
Thanks for providing this comparison search! Since this is a low-cost flight to begin with, the prices aren’t that different – but if you look at the percentage differential, it would be totally worthwhile to do some comparison shopping before booking a more expensive long-haul flight.
How long did it take you to do these comparative searches?