Avid traveller? Google Flights will tell you when and how to book the cheapest tickets

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Impromptu travel plans are great, but booking flight tickets during such times becomes quite expensive. Last-minute bookings usually cost a fortune depending on the airline, destination and cabin class. That means, unless you have miles or some really good discount coupons, you have to shell out a premium. Flight booking platforms such as Skyscanner, and Hopper often provide tentative pricing for flights booked in advance. However, Google Flights, with its latest update has improved the insights even more and provides information on when flight tickets are available at their cheapest rates.

Here's how you can book the cheapest flight tickets with Google Flights.

With Google Flights, users can check if the listed price of their preferred flight is low, or high compared to the trends. Its new advanced insights now inform the user of the cheapest time to book a flight - whether it'd be two months in advance or closer to the takeoff time. Google says, “For searches with reliable trend data, you'll now see when prices have typically been lowest to book your chosen dates and destination.”

If you've settled on your destination, then you can take advantage of the price tracking feature present in Google Flights. You can set up tracking alerts for specific dates and select your cabin cabin class and destination. Google will automatically do the hard work for you and notify you when there is a significant price drop in ticket prices. It also informs you if the price for a flight is about to increase so that you can take advantage of the current lower price.

To do this, simply head over to Google Flights, and choose the number of stops, cabin class, and number of tickets required. Then select your departure location and destination.