Want to take advantage of the Google Flights Search Anywhere tool? Check out this post for your ticket to endless adventure!
Finding cheap flights in this day and age shouldn’t be so hard if you’re looking to travel on a budget. However, many third-party sites claim to have the cheapest fares for destinations worldwide. While some people may be aware that these sites exist, sometimes you have to pay for them like with Going since the deals are so exclusive.
Luckily, the Google Flights Search Anywhere Tool makes finding cheap flights accessible to everyone. Using the tool is a comphensive and efficient way to find flights to destinations worldwide and it works in lightning speed.
So, if you’re looking for a ticket to endless adventure, the Google Flights Search Anywhere Tool is what you need. It’s easy to navigate once you get the hang of it and this post will breakdown all the steps you need to follow to be successful.
Step 1: Go to Google Flights through the Google Search Engine
To start using the Google Flights Search Anywhere Tool, you first need to find the webpage on Google by typing in ‘google flights’. Once that is typed in, press enter and Google Flights should be the first thing in your search results.
Step 2: Select the ‘Anywhere Option’ in ‘Where to?’
Once you’re on Google Flights, you’ll notice that your origin destination is already in the ‘Where from?’ field. Google Flights does this automatically so you’re welcome to change it to whatever you want by clicking the field and typing in your preferred city.
Afterwards, click in the “Where to?” field to select the “Anywhere” option in the drop-down menu. Selecting this tells Google Flights that you don’t have a preference of where you want to fly to from your origin destination, giving the algorithm the opportunity to find you flights from anywhere in the world.
Step 3: Choose Your Travel Dates
Then comes the opportunity to select your travel dates in the next two fields on the right. If you’re looking for a round-trip ticket then you must enter two dates but if you’re looking for a one-way then it’s just one. Once that’s all set and done, click on ‘Explore’.
Step 4: Set Your Price
Here is where things get interesting! At this point, you’re probably seeing a lot of cities pop up on the map to the right but you’re feeling overwhelmed in terms of options. To resolve this, set your price in the filters to narrow down the results.
You can do this by clicking on “All filters” in the middle bar and scrolling down to “Price”. From there you can drag the price range to the left to keep your flights as low and affordable as possible.
Step 5: Refine Your Results
Lastly, refining your results is all that’s left to do for you to find your prefect dream flight. This can be done by focusing on the tabs in the middle bar to figure out what’s a dealbreaker for you and what’s not. Filtering by airline, stops, duration of the flight, and baggage policy helps with this.
Airlines
To filter by airlines click on “Airlines” in the middle bar.
It will give you the option to select all airlines Google Flights has for your search results or not. If you do not want your search result list to include all airlines Google Flights has, then please toggle this option off. You can even select a specific airline alliance like Oneworld, SkyTeam and Star Alliance if you have a preference for one.
Stops
To filter by stops, click on “Stops” in the middle bar.
It will give you the option to select whether you want a nonstop flight, or a flight with 1 stop or two. The stops are in reference to the layovers that can occur during your trip so if your flight is really long the fewer stops you have the better.
Another thing that’s also important to note is that if you don’t filter this option, Google Flights will automatically select “Any number of stops” by default.
Duration
To filter by duration of the flight, click on “Duration” in the middle bar.
It will give you the option to select the flight duration range that works for you by dragging the button. Dragging the button to the left will keep your flight duration low while dragging it to the right will increase it.
Bags
To filter by bags, click on “Bags” in the middle bar. You may need to click the right arrow to find it since it’s all the way at the right end.
It will give you the option to enter the amount of carry-on bags you would like to bring on your flight so that you can avoid airlines that don’t include this baggage allowance in the ticket. This will come in handy when you’re trying to narrow it down between two flights since a generous baggage policy correlates to a good trip.
Google Flights Search Anywhere FAQs
All in all, to end this post, I thought it would be important to also answer some frequently asked questions people might have about Google Flights Search Anywhere!
Which airlines don’t show up on Google Flights?
There are a lot of airlines that don’t show up on Google Flights. In the U.S., this includes Southwest Airlines while internationally several large Asian airlines are absent from the results. Those Asian airlines include Air China, China Eastern, Thai Airways, and Philippine Airlines.
To get around this, I highly recommend checking these absent airlines directly on their sites as you compare them to the results you get on Google Flights.
Is there an app for Google Flights?
No, there isn’t an app for Google Flights but you can always use Skyscanner, and WayAway as an alternative.
How do you track a flight on Google Flights?
To track a flight on Google Flights, follow these steps:
- Go to Google Flights and sign in to your Google Account
- Select your origin destination and where you want to go in the search fields
- Choose your travel date and whether you want to do a one-way or a round-trip
- Feel free to enter the number of passengers and cabin class too
- Lastly, toggle the “Track prices” button below the top section
Doing this will send alerts to your Google email when the price changes for the travel date(s) you selected. However, if you’d prefer to get alerts for any dates you can toggle the “Any dates” button next to it.
Do all flights show up on Google Flights?
Not all flights show up on Google Flights because a partnership with Google is required for the flight to show. So, although Google uses over 300 partners, like airlines, online travel agencies, and aggregators, there will still be some flights that you won’t see on your radar.
Overall, I hope you enjoyed this post on how to use the Google Flights Search Anywhere Tool to the best of your ability. Please let me know in the comments below what cheap flights you were able to score because of it. I would love to hear from you! 🙂
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