There are plenty of routes you can take to try to save big on your next flight.
You can book in advance during a sweet spot, study Google Flights or continuously clear your cache. However, Scott's Cheap Flights might be the easiest path to a flight deal you can brag to your friends about.
Believe it or not, airlines make mistakes. And when there's a mix-up on fares, Scott's Cheap Flights finds the mistake and alerts users to the deal.
"Most of the time with mistake fares airlines do end up honoring the fare for a multitude of reasons," Scott's Cheap Flights founder and CEO, Scott Keyes told TravelPulse. "Some of these best deals usually don't last very long. The best deals only last 24-48 hours maximum or even as little as a few hours."
The growing service, which is closing in on 1 million subscribers, will launch a brand new mobile app next month to ensure users find out about the best deals even sooner.
"Up until now, we've been entirely email-based. Obviously, it's 2017 and people spend a lot more time on their phones, so having a mobile app will be more convenient and provide the advantage of push notifications," said Keyes.
The app, which Keyes says will provide the business with a more stable platform to build onto and customize moving forward, will allow users to easily browse past deals and use them as a comparison when shopping future deals.
For avid travelers and explorers, Scott's Cheap Flights is a no-brainer.
"In general, the more flexibility you have with your travel schedule the more likely you'll be able to take advantage of one of these cheap flights because it can be hard to predict when they're going to pop up," added Keyes.
While the best deals don't come around often, those who land them tend to save dramatically.
"We surveyed folks and close to 30 percent of people said they had booked a deal, saving anywhere from $500 to $600 off their ticket," said Keyes. "A smaller percentage had booked multiple cheap flights, saving a ton along the way."
"We sent out one last year from Washington, D.C. to Santiago, Chile for $170 roundtrip."
According to Keyes, a subscriber who booked that deal was stunned to find out that about half the passengers on the flight had booked the same fare through Scott's Cheap Flights.
Right now, the service only alerts users to international flight deals. However, Keyes points out that that could change soon.
"We are evaluating a bunch of ideas and getting a lot more user feedback about what sorts of features they would like to use." He said subscribers have been making requests for things like destination filters and domestic flights, which could be much easier to implement with the mobile app in place.
Scott's Cheap Flights is also considering spicing up the deals with travel content like off-the-beaten-path attractions and travel tips recommended by team members and subscribers.
Keyes believes featuring user-generated content could help transform the travel service into a community.
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