My Tussle with Flight Prices
Alright, let me tell you how I started wrangling with flight prices. I really needed a vacation, just wanted to get away, you know? But money was definitely a factor. Constantly checking flight search sites felt like a part-time job I wasn’t getting paid for. Prices would jump up, dip down, it was driving me nuts.
Finding the Alert Thingy
So, I was messing around on one of those big search engines, the ones that look for flights across different airlines. Just typing in places I dreamt of going. I spent way too much time doing this, refreshing the page like a maniac. Then, I noticed this little button or link, something like ‘Track prices’ or ‘Get price alerts’. I hadn’t really paid attention to it before.
I thought, “Huh, what’s this then?” Clicked on it. It basically asked if I wanted them to email me if the price for the flight I just searched for went up or down. Seemed like a decent idea, better than me losing my mind checking manually.
Setting It All Up
So I decided to give it a proper go. Here’s what I did:
- First, I did a search for the trip I actually wanted to take. Put in the departure city and where I wanted to land.
- Then, I picked some dates. At first, I was specific, but the price wasn’t great. So I tried again, this time choosing more flexible dates
