Google has introduced a “Cheapest Flight” filter in Google Flights. This will help passengers find the cheapest option available. The company has announced that it will be rolling out the feature over the next 2 weeks worldwide. With the onset of the festive season, several travelers plan their trips but some impromptu plans also happen which can become an expensive affair.
When you search with Google Flights, you find the best options appear at the top of the results, based on a mix of price and convenience. But now, the “Cheapest” tab on Google Flights will enable users to find the lowest flight prices for their next trip.
With the new “Cheapest” search filter, the company will make affordable options available for those passengers who are willing to give up some convenience for the best deal. Beginning this week, flyers can enter their trip details and tap on the ‘Cheapest’ option to see more flights with even lower prices.
The new “Cheapest” tab will display additional options with the lowest prices, taking into account creative itineraries. With the price highlighted in green, this might involve longer layovers, self-transfers, or purchasing different legs of the trip through multiple booking sites or airlines.
This feature is aimed at those times when cost matters more than convenience. The Cheapest feature gives travellers an easy way to see the lowest prices available and then decide what adjustments they want to make.
“For example, there could be a third-party booking site offering a lower price than the airline itself. Or you might be able to save by flying back to a different airport that’s in the same city you departed from—like flying out of New York’s LaGuardia and returning to JFK,” Google said in a blog post.
The self-transfer option, also known as virtual interline, will generally require travelers to check into each flight separately, collect and recheck baggage during layovers, and waive the benefits of communication between airlines.
It is to be noted that Google Flights will continue to note advisories like separate tickets booked together at the bottom of each card. However, when it’s the new “self-transfer” or “separate tickets,” flyers will see a red warning message.
