Favorite "Flight deals from [City] to anywhere" alerts?
March 26, 2021 5:33 AM   Subscribe

I plan my travels by flight deals. What are your favorite newsletters/apps/subscription alerts that provide truly good flight deals from a chosen destination to anywhere in the world? That is, no entering specific dates or destinations, just cheap flights from X to anywhere. I know of Scott's Cheap Flights, but the other ones I find through Googling either seem sketch or I'm not sure how good the deals actually are.
posted by anonymous to Travel & Transportation (6 answers total) 1 user marked this as a favorite
 
I used to use Jetsetter.com, but sadly it has stopped updating as of Sept 2019. Maybe it will come back post Covid, though.

Really, the best way is to learn how to use the ITA flight matrix.
posted by ananci at 7:44 AM on March 26, 2021 [3 favorites]


Airfare Watchdog seems to find decent deals.
posted by soelo at 11:31 AM on March 26, 2021


Google Flight Maps is a good way to do this either with open or closed dates range. I spend hours upon hours at looking various combinations (dates, departure airports, one way vs. return, etc.). Can truly get some spectacular deals if one breaks the notion of having to go to some specific place at a specific time.

Now is an excellent time to book flights for the next 12-months if your thesis is that the world will be opening-up. Prices are still very low, and many/ most airlines are offering better cancellation rights. I also use Kayak, and individual airline websites, etc., but Google flight is a good starting point.
posted by zeikka at 1:08 PM on March 26, 2021


Response by poster: I'm aware of ITA Flight Matrix and Google Flight Maps, but what I'm interested in is a service that finds the deals for me.
posted by Anonymous at 5:30 PM on March 26, 2021


Oh, I remembered another one, The Flight Deal.

Now, another good trick in general is to know that flight prices change depending on what country you're in (according to your ISP) so sometimes I would use a VPN to change my location to Canada or England or Australia just in case the price is even lower.
posted by ananci at 8:51 AM on March 27, 2021


I subscribe to Scott’s cheap flights and have been very happy with the deals they send me.
posted by purenitrous at 9:01 PM on March 27, 2021


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