Google’s Using AI to Help You Find Cheap Flights

Google Flights gets an AI tool to help you find the best offers for your next trips by going to a cat box and telling it what you want. Called Flight Offers, you use it as you would use a Google search area. Simply describe when, where and how you want to travel, and it is supposed to manage the rest.

The new AI tool is intended for those who do not like to play with the many different research tools on Google Flights, which currently force you to select airports or specific dates, even if you simply want to travel. I used Google Flights to find many flight offers over the years, but I have to admit that it is not for everyone. Currently, Google flight searches are like using a stick change car when automatic is easily available. Of course, Google Flights gives you much more control, but the flight offers designed from Google to be accessible to all. Once it is widely available, it could be an easier way to find a cheap flight you would miss otherwise, or even ideas for travel in general.

The flight offers will also display travel suggestions under the search area, depending on your location, even if you have not yet looked for something. As for your own research, Google says you are free to be creative. You could say “a cheap economy class from New York in Los Angeles in a month”, but you can also try research terms like “a week -long trip this winter in a city with good food, without stopping only” or “10 -day ski trip in a world -class seaside resort with fresh powder.”

Currently, Flight Deals takes place in beta in the United States, Canada and India. Neither I nor my publisher currently have access to it, but Google says that the deployment should be finished in about a week. In the United States and Canada, Google says it has also added an option to exclude basic economic rates, which can be very useful for those who have a lot of luggage, because these prices sometimes no longer include hand luggage.