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Turn "I'm flexible" into stupid-cheap flights

I travel like a backpacker, so I built the search I wanted: catch the fare drops before they vanish, take the detour that beats the direct, and leave from the cheapest airport — not the closest.

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made for the way backpackers really travel ~
✿ flexible dates ✿ flexible routes ✿ flexible airports

three little ways to fly cheaper

Pick your adventure

"Show me flights that are way too cheap"

Mistake fares and sudden drops — the stuff other sites lock behind a paywall. I go find them anyway.

  • Pick your state, see the drops
  • Fresh drops land all week
  • Always free — no login, no paywall
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"I'll visit more countries if it's cheaper"

Thailand to Japan? A stop in Vietnam costs less than flying direct, and buys you time on the ground.

  • Enter your start and end
  • We find the cheapest multi-stop path
  • See more, pay less
Detour path →

"Anywhere in this region will do"

Leave one end of the trip open — a whole region — and we'll price every airport in it to find the cheap one.

  • Pin one airport, open the other end
  • We price the whole region against it
  • Works both ways — flying out or in
Reverse search →

from my travel diary

The flight I took the long way, on purpose.

BKK

Bangkok, six times in three months

It became my accidental home base. Big hubs are cheap to reach from almost everywhere, and routing through one kept beating the direct fare — by a lot.

Trips
6×
Window
3 months
KUL

More miles, less money

I met an Aussie and decided to follow him home to Perth. Direct from Vietnam was outrageous, so I went via Kuala Lumpur — cheaper, plus three days in Malaysia.

Detour
via KUL
Saved
$250
PER

Now it finds the stop for me

Tell me where you are and where you're headed. I dig out the routes airlines never surface — the ones where stopping somewhere costs less than flying straight there — and the stop is yours to keep.

Stopover
Yours free
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The flight I found backwards, on purpose.

LPQ

Stuck in the Laos mountains

Luang Prabang is stunning, and a very long way from anywhere. When I suddenly needed to be in Seattle, every route out started at $900.

Cheapest way out
$900+
Time left
2 days
BKK

One airport at a time

So I searched by hand — Laos, then Vietnam, then most of Southeast Asia. Two evenings later I had it: a sleeper bus to Bangkok, then a normal-priced flight home.

Detour
Bus + fly
Saved
$500
SEA

Now one search checks them all

Name one end of the trip and every airport in a region competes for the other. It flips too, so the same box answers "where can I go cheaply from here?" Nothing tracks you, so the fare never climbs while you look.

Airports checked
All of them
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And the third one needed no story. Deal drops just shows you fares that are far below what they should be. Free, no paywall. See today's drops →