Flying

  Let’s be honest for a moment. Have you ever stared at your laptop screen for four hours, switching between sixteen different browser tabs, and witnessed airfares fluctuate by three hundred euros in a matter of minutes? Recently, in a mild panic, a good friend of mine—a frequent traveler based in Frankfurt—called me. He was attempting to book a trip to Southeast Asia for the fall. "Every time I find a decent fare," he groaned over the phone, "by the time I add checked baggage, select a seat, and factor in a brutal twenty-hour layover in an airport terminal I can't even pronounce, the price doubles!" You are certainly not the only person who feels as though that scenario is all too familiar. Crossing the globe from the cobblestone streets of Europe to the vibrant night markets of Asia is one of life's greatest adventures. However, with fluctuating fuel surcharges, intricate alliance networks, and clever dynamic pricing algorithms, finding truly cheap flig...