Airfares: Ahead of Diwali, Google's this new feature can help you get cheapest flight tickets

Diwali is just a few months away and if you're looking to book flight tickets for a vacation during the festival or want to visit your native place Google’s recently launched feature could be helpful. Google has recently added new features to its Google Flights offering to help users get flight tickets at the cheapest rate.

Google Flights will assist you in finding the best deals on air travel. Under its newly rolled out features Google will suggest the best time to book cheap flight tickets.  

In its blog post Google stated, "If you want to save money on flights this holiday season, or any time of year, a little bit of planning can go a long way. Most of the time, it’s better to book on the early side, especially when your plans aren’t very flexible. But flight prices do change frequently, and there are often low fares to be found with the right tools (and some perseverance)."

What are the new features of Google Flights?

The new features of Google Flights that enable you to book cheap flight tickets have been discussed in brief below.

Upgraded Insights: These upgraded insights by Google Flights enable you to decide whether to book a flight immediately or wait for the airfares to decrease. The feature aids you in understanding if the best booking time would be one or two months prior to the journey or if the prices would come down just a few days or hours before the take-off.

Price Tracking: In case you decide to wait for the ticket fares to drop, turning on the price tracking feature would automatically notify you of the changes in ticket prices. To use this feature, make sure that you're logged into your Google account else you won't be able to track prices. Moreover, you can track prices for a specific date(s), such as the week ahead of Diwali and other dates that apply. On the other hand, if your dates aren't fixed you can use the 'Any Dates' feature to know about any and every deal that comes up within three to six months.

Guarantee Badge: While checking the flight ticket prices, if you see colourful price guarantee badges then it means that Google Flights is certain that the fare of that particular flight would not come down before your journey. If you book one of such flights, Google Flights will monitor its fare every day before take-off. However, if the airfares do come down, the difference in amounts would be transferred to you through Google Pay.

Other Google Flights features

Apart from the above-mentioned features, Google Flights will also aid you with information on booking trends to assist your budgeting decisions. Last year, the tech behemoth shared some money-saving tips for travel enthusiasts based on the historical data. Google claims that these insights are relevant this year as well. For instance, you could consider layovers and avoid travelling during the weekends to save some money.