Google Flights
Google Flights
How to Find plane tickets on Google Flights
Booking separate tickets for one trip
Get insights about price changes
Filter flight prices by bag fees
How to change or cancel your flight
Find plane tickets on Google Flights
When you use Google Flights to find plane tickets, you can get the best fares for where and when you want to travel. Use Google flights to:
Find and book round trip, one-way and multi-city tickets
Use an interactive calendar and price graph to find the best fares
Filter your flight search by cabin class, airlines, and number of stops
Google Flights allows you to book flights from more than 300 airline and online travel agency partners. These partnerships have no impact on the ranking of offers suggested to you.
Find your flights
Go to Google Flights.
Enter your departure city or airport and destination. Note: You can also find destinations by clicking on a popular destinations list or on a world map.
At top, select your ticket type: one-way, roundtrip, or multi-city.
At top, select the number of passengers and cabin class.
Click the calendar to select your flight dates. You’ll see the lowest total price to fly for each day. Note: Flight prices are updated approximately once every 24 hours.
Optional:
To filter your results, click Stops, Airlines, Times, or More.
Click Sort by to re-order flights. You can see results by Best Flights (a default order that gives you the best trade-off between price and convenience, based on factors such as duration, number of stops, and airport changes during layovers), Price, Duration, and Departure Time.
Choose a flight for each part of your trip.
Choose how you’ll book the flight:
When you click Select for your ticket(s), you’ll usually be taken to the airline’s website or online travel agency to complete the transaction.
If you choose Book on Google, you can complete the transaction without leaving Google.
In some cases, you can book separate tickets for one trip.
Once you’ve booked a flight, contact the airline or online travel agent to confirm your booking, change it, cancel it, or to resolve any issue that may arise.
For more information, refer to the airline or online travel agent's terms and conditions on their site.
Note: If your flight can’t be booked online, you'll see instructions to book by phone.
Booking separate tickets for one trip
Flights can be bought as separate tickets from one or more partners. This option might appear when it could save you money or open more flight schedules.
Instructions to buy tickets separately
If you see a notice that both tickets can be bought in a single transaction from an online travel agency, click the link to visit their website.
Visit the first airline or online travel agency’s website.
Double-check the price, and buy your first ticket.
Immediately visit the next airline’s on travel agency’s website, and buy the second ticket, to make sure your second ticket is still available. If your second ticket can’t be bought, in the United States, in most cases, you can call the airline to take advantage of 24-hour refund policies to refund the first ticket.
Note:
If you need to make changes, you might be charged a change fee for each ticket.
Each airline has different baggage rules and fees.
Buying separate tickets from different airlines may require claiming and rechecking baggage, which takes additional time, so plan accordingly.
If your outbound trip is delayed, for example in the case of a layover or multi-city trip, you might miss your second trip. To find out about your options, contact the airline.
Why some flights aren’t included
Google Flights uses over 300 partners, like airlines, online travel agencies, and aggregators, to display its offers. Not all airlines or available flights are included, as a partnership with Google is required. Most of these partners provide Google with all prices and flight options that they would show on their own websites or through third-party sites. This ensures that you get a complete view of the flights and prices that match your search, without the need to check prices on multiple sites.
Some flights might not show up when:
The flights are sold out or unavailable.
The carrier hasn’t yet been added to Google Flights.
About baggage fees, prices, and more
The price shown is only for the passenger air transport service itself, and includes VAT/GST and airport taxes. Additional fees may apply (baggage, credit card, etc.). The fees may vary depending on the airline or online travel agency option chosen. Any estimated bag fees shown may be subject to additional government taxes.
If you notice a price discrepancy after you select your flight, use the feedback button in the lower left corner of the screen when searching on Google Flights.
Specific or additional insurances and/or commercial warranties may be offered by the carriers. For more information, please visit the carrier’s website.
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Track flights and prices
If you’re not ready to book a trip, you can use Google Flights to track prices for a flight or route.
Track prices for a route or flight
You can get emails when the price for a flight you're tracking changes significantly.
Go to Google Flights.
At the top, choose the number of stops, cabin class, and how many tickets you need.
Choose your departure airport and destination.
To track prices for this route, turn on the switch next to "Track prices."
Optional: To track prices for a specific flight, choose your flights, then click Track price.
See tracked flights or turn emails off
Go to Google Flights.
In the top left, click Menu Menu and then Tracked prices.
To see flights you’re tracking, click a saved route.
To turn tracking emails on or off, click the switch next to "Email notifications."
Optional: To stop tracking a route or flight, click Remove Remove.
Get insights about price changes
You’ll see a notification in Google Flights, get an email, or get a mobile notification when:
Prices for a route you’re viewing will likely go up.
The current fare for a flight will expire soon and the new fare will likely cost more.
This includes an estimate of how much prices will likely go up and our confidence in each estimate.
Filter flight prices by bag fees
Show flight prices that include bag fees
The Bags filter allows you to show flight prices that include the cost of checked bags or carry-on bags. This can help you better compare prices, and avoid any surprise fees at the airport.
Use the bags filter
When you search for flights, you may already know whether or not you'll want to bring your bags on board, or check them. If you do know, you can use the bags filter on Google Flights to show flight prices that include fees for each checked bag or for storing a carry-on bag in the overhead bins.
Turning on the bags filter shouldn't remove any flights from the results—it should just update the prices. A special case is if the only seats left on a certain flight don't include overhead bin access. In some cases, it may actually be cheaper to check your bag than it would be to pay the fee to carry it on.
How to change or cancel your flight
If you’d like to change or cancel your flight, contact the airline or online travel agency directly for help. Google is unable to directly assist with changes and cancellations.
Be sure to check the cancellation policy so that you’re aware of any cancellation-related deadlines, penalties, and whether you’ll receive a refund. Some airlines are currently offering fare flexibility.
The confirmation email(s) you received after booking your flight typically contain the confirmation number and the airline or travel agency’s contact information. You may also find more information in the details of the corresponding trip on google.com/travel.
If you booked on Google and need help locating this information, contact us.