Here are four more excellent tips for finding cheap flights on Skyscanner.

You can see my previous tips for finding cheap flights here and 14 airlines we’ve loved flying within Asia.

So here you are – some extra tricks for finding and grabbing cheap flights on Skyscanner – hope you like!

More tips for finding cheap flights on Skyscanner:

1. The Month View – score price drops by clicking on departure dates

The first thing to do is to go to the month view by clicking on the departure date.

This will bring up the calendar and you can choose the cheapest month or the month you would prefer to fly. Do the same for the return box.

You can look at these two boxes and see prices for both legs, and try to find the two cheapest days and match them up to get a super cheap flight.

BUT when you click on departure dates you will see the return price will change.

Sometimes the prices will go up- but often the prices will go DOWN.

There can often be multiple hundreds of dollars in the price difference from one day to the next.

For example here if I look at the combo of Sydney to Singapore:

If I DEPART 7 JULY for $212 the price to return on the 20th is $408 – a total of $620.

BUT if I leave just one day earlier and depart on 6 JULY the outbound flight is $214 and the return on the 20th is $266 – a total of $480.

That’s a saving of $140 per person!!! Just from traveling one day earlier. 

It’s so worth doing this. I LOVE this discovery.

2. Look at other airports close by

So silly me unknowingly planned to leave China over the Easter holiday and I was checking flights out of Guangzhou which is where I assumed we would fly from. Then when I looked into departure points I found that I could also get a train to, and fly from, Shenzhen. So I checked the prices and found a much cheaper flight and better train connections so less time hanging around the airport.

So if you can’t find a good flight out of your chosen airport, see if there is another close by.

And if there is, remember you don’t need to book a return flight. You can book a different arrival and departure point if the flights suit.

3. Do your own flight combos

Something I’ve also started checking is the combinations Skyscanner provides. Most of the time they are the most efficient and cheapest, but sometimes it pays to investigate. If you’re traveling in Asia for example you will often route through a hub. For example, our flight to Zhangjaijie in China is routed through Guangzhou. So I checked the ports I could fly from to get there to (Ho Chi Minh, Danang and Hanoi) and took the cheapest option. You can also check different hubs as in Asia you can generally route through Singapore, Kuala Lumpur or Bangkok on different airlines. So check the prices on all.

For example, if we weren’t stopping in Singapore on the way from Guangzhou to Sri Lanka I would be checking flights:

Guangzhou – Bangkok – Colombo

Gunagzhou – Kuala Lumpur – Colombo

Guangzhou – Singapore – Colombo

It’s worth it – sometimes I find a cheaper combo.

4. Search and find Skyscanner Hotels

But there’s no use getting the cheapest flights if you pay too much for your hotel.

I’ve been so focused on flights I missed this little gem.

You can book hotels through Skyscanner as well as flights. They search a massive database to find the best deals of the day, and has super handy filters including BABYSITTING!

Are you kidding me? You can filter hotels based on baby-sitting services. Yes please!

Other filters include:

• Price
• How many stars the property has
• Meal Plans
• Cancellation policy (always important)
• Facilities like wifi and a swimming pool

The other standout in my opinion for Skyscanner Hotels is its map. I am so down on maps at the moment on other hotel booking sites. They open too small or don’t show me whether the hotel is relative to landmarks and other hotels. But this one does and I love it.

Find your cheap flights on Skyscanner now!

Let me know if you found this helpful and I’ll keep stalking and searching for new ways to save money on Skyscanner.

And check out my other two articles:
How we find cheap flights and save money on airfares
14 airlines we love flying in Asia

And if you have any tips please leave them in the comments! Thanks!

Evie & Emmie

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