We are looking at going to the US for a couple of weeks holiday, and have been searching through a lot of websites for the cheapest ticket to get there. One of my friends who flies a lot told me of this website called www.kayak.com that is basically a comprehensive flight search engine.

You put in the usual things - where you are flying from and to and then your dates then kayak.com seaches through all the flights it can find. This is really not take different from any other website - but there is more…

You can search by alliance - so if you want to flu Star Alliance you can take off One World and Sky Team and it will just display flights from airlines in that alliance. You can also uncheck any airlines you would prefer not to fly.

The beauty of this website is how flexable the search allows you to be in terms of stops, airlines and prices. Next time you fly have a look at it - it is a really useful tool!