Want to fly internationally with flexible dates? Then you’ve probably noticed that the big airfare websites will only do flexible date searches for routes within the US and Canada. Travelocity used to have an international flexible dates search, but it was shut down because of a dispute with the Department of Transportation.
Luckily, there are a couple of options. The flexible dates search on www.orbitz.com has a disclaimer that says it only works for US and Canadian routes, but try plugging in some international airport codes and you’ll find that it works for international flights as well.
Another website to try is www.zuji.com - this is Travelocity’s Asian website, and it still does flexible dates searches for international flights. Unfortunately, you may have to plug the prices into a currency converter to get them in US Dollars (there is one at http://money.cnn.com/data/currencies/), but the search tool is very handy, and includes flights leaving from the US. If you use Zuji to search for flights, you might want to go back to an American-based website to make any actual purchases. This way you will avoid the additional fees you might get with Zuji.
If you are very, very flexible, you could try www.airtech.com, where the rates are much lower but require you to be extremely flexible in when and where you end up flying. I’ve never tried flying through them - if you want to, make sure you read through their website very carefully so you understand exactly how it works. One downside to Airtech is that it appears you can only fly out of a few cities.
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