A couple of years ago, we quite consciously wrote on Lifehacker that it's worth trying to order tickets online — it's cheaper, faster and generally does not limit your capabilities to local carriers and sales offices. Today I find myself thinking that I don't even admit one iota that tickets can be bought in any other way except via the Internet. You can do this on airline websites, but only if you know who works in which region, and are ready for trials on these sites, where ordering turns into a struggle with the interface. But there is another way...
These are aggregator sites that search for countless airlines and are built exactly so that buying and choosing are a pleasure for you. The oldest and one of the best such services is SkyScanner. I suggest you run through its capabilities with us.
On SkyScanner everything is built so that you find the cheapest option of your flight available. The service is not tied to the specified data by dates and points of flight, but looks wider and offers you departures on other days — after all, they can be significantly more profitable for you.
In addition to the usual ticket search interface for such services by entering point A and point B, and then the date and number of travelers,...
...SkyScanner has a map search. It is convenient for its interactivity and simple visibility for those who do not really understand the location of cities and airports in them. The video below shows how this search interface works.
When you decide on the direction and dates, you will be taken to the flight selection interface.
In it, you can select a convenient flight time, exclude certain airlines if you fundamentally do not want to use them, or give preference to only one — your favorite company.
We should also mention the mobile version of SkyScanner for iPhone, in which you can do everything from searching to buying the tickets you need in a convenient touch interface.
By the way, in addition to booking flights, SkyScanner offers hotel search and car rental. And all this is available in Russian and even Ukrainian!
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