ADVERTORIAL
It’s here again: that time of year when work slows down and festivities ramp up, but you’d rather escape from it all. Negotiating with travel agents and manoeuvring through dozens of airline websites shouldn’t be part of your holiday plans. Why not make it easy for yourself with Skyscanner?
The travel search engine has a simple mission: to bring you the best deals on flights. Skyscanner compares flights – across hundreds of airlines, from full-fare to budget – based on criteria that you tailor, so you can pick the one that best suits your requirements. Oh, and the service is completely free.
How it works
Whether you’re a luxury traveller with a taste for the high life or a backpacker on the slimmest of shoestrings, Skyscanner will get your vacation sorted.
Here’s how it works: After keying in your destination and travel dates, the website will trawl through thousands of flights and compile a list of compatible results. That’s when the fun starts. Narrow down the search results to the most specific of details, such as departure times, number of transits, journey duration and, of course, airlines. Love a particular few? Just check the boxes next to their names and the results will only display flights from those airlines.
Say you’re craving sushi and are making plans to hit Tokyo. Only thing is, you hate red-eye flights and want to take advantage of your frequent flyer membership with a particular airline. Skyscanner makes searching for flights in the day and on your preferred brand easy – and once the results have been finessed to your liking, you can still tweak your travel dates to find the perfect deal.
Cheap tricks
Even if you’re on the fence about a particular flight, Skyscanner has a neat solution: Price Alerts. You can opt to receive notifications on any changes in prices for flights to your destination. Either view these fluctuations as they rise and fall over a particular month, or choose a calendar view where you can check out the cheapest flight on any date.
Perhaps the most annoying thing about typical airline websites is hidden fees. Not on Skyscanner. What you see is what you get – prices on the search engine include all the mandatory taxes and charges, so you won’t be left scratching your head wondering why the cost of your ticket suddenly doubled.
When you’re happy with your flight choices and fares, Skyscanner connects you to the airline or travel agent to directly make a booking. There’s no middleman involved, which means you’ll not only save time but money, too. Hurry up, your holiday awaits.
See www.skyscanner.com.sg to jump-start your December holiday.