10 Ways To Find Cheap Domestic Flights

Going across the pond to Europe for your next adventure sounds like a great idea – until you see the prices. Don’t even think about Asia. Even fares to Mexico and the Caribbean seem to have no sympathy for us vacation-seekers.

And since it’s out of the question to not go on vacation at all, many travelers have turned to domestic travel lately. To be fair, you don’t have to be put off by high prices to want to see our country. I’ve been to all 50 states, and I still have an impossible-to-finish list of things I want to do in America.

Finding cheap deals on a domestic flight is a bit easier these days, even if they have become rarer. If you’re wondering what you can do to find the cheapest flight possible, know that there are a few very important strategies to utilize at all times, as well as a few expert tricks that are amazing under the right circumstances.

Let’s take a look at some of my most successful methods below.

1. Sign Up for Fare-Finding Services

First, finding cheap domestic flights is easy when someone else does it for you. With fare-finding services, you simply sign up (for free), tell them which airports you fly out of, and wait for the deals to roll in. Real human beings scour the internet for deals from everywhere to everywhere in search of flight deals that are so great they have to tell their members.

Our favorite of these are Going (formerly Scott’s Cheap Flights) and Dollar Flight Club. Their travel experts search high and low for flights, whether they’re one-way, round-trip, domestic, international, last-minute, or long away. When a really good deal is found from your home airport, they simply send you an email to tell you about it – it’s then your call whether to take action or not.

They won’t bombard you, either, as they try to only notify you of the best deals. Domestic flights are specifically included in the free versions of these, although premium memberships will unlock additional savings, such as the elusive mistake fare.

See Related: How to Use Going.com (Formerly Scott’s Cheap Flights)

2. Use The Right Search Engine

If you’d rather find and book domestic flights on your own, make sure you’re using the right flight search engine. Long gone are the days when you needed to…