This Google Flights Feature Got Me Ultracheap Plane Tickets on Bucket List Trips

Last year, millions of Americans traveled for spring break and Easter between March and April. And the 2025 season may be even busier. 

If you are one of the millions of people planning to travel by air this spring, you may be looking for the cheapest available airfare — and Google Flights has a feature to help.

In October 2024, Google unveiled a new “Cheapest” tab on Google Flights to help travelers save money and find ultracheap flights with ease. Here’s how it works and how it got me super cheap tickets on trips I’ve been aching to book. 

Read more: Southwest Airlines Flights Are Now Available on Google Flights

How I found the cheapest flights on Google Flights 

To start, I pulled up Google Flights, which you can do either by heading to www.google.com/travel/flights or searching for “google flights.”

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The “Cheapest” tab aggregates flights strictly based on price. 

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To aggregate the cheapest options, Google Flights has expanded its flight offerings from third parties, such as online travel agents, and providing flight itineraries that may be less convenient, such as flights with longer layovers or booking different legs of the trip across different airlines or booking providers. 

The “Cheapest” tab feature rolled out globally in October and November 2024. We’ve already covered the cheapest times to book flights based on destination and time of year, and now, Google Flights is offering a new upgrade for when cost is more of priority than convenience to maximize your travel budget. 

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