I live in the San Francisco Bay Area and have three major airports at my fingertips. While San Jose International is my preferred as it is closest to home, it doesn’t have the frequency of flights or destinations that neighboring San Francisco International and Oakland International have. So, I often wonder if I should pick one over another for a myriad of reasons including flight time, number of connections and airline. Before, I used to have to conduct each search manually on the airline’s website but not anymore, thanks for an awesome site called Kayak.com.
Why I love Kayak.com
-The initial search is easy to use and pretty standard – pick your cities and dates and check the boxes to consider nearby airports and flexible dates.
-Once your search results are up, you can filter even more. Don’t like flying on prop planes? You can uncheck that box and stick with larger aircraft. Want to avoid a red-eye flight? There’s a box to remove all of those flights. You can even use their scroll-bar functions to find flights with desired take-off time, landing time and lay-over time. I think they have thought of everything!
-My personal favorite search option is under ‘Airline’. All airlines serving your desired route will appear but you can uncheck the boxes of airlines you would like to remove from the results. You can also search by airline alliance to ensure you are earning frequent flyer miles on your favorite airline (or a partner airline).
-The website also can do searches for hotels, car rentals, cruises and vacations so, not matter what you need, Kayak.com can help!
-Best of all, Kayak.com is free to use!
Written by DIWYY co-founder, Kristina. Email her at [email protected].
