Hi, I'm Scott, founder of Scott's Cheap Flights.
You know it's true.
I am obsessed with cheap flights.
Back in 2013, I got the best deal
I've ever found in my life,
non-stop from New York City to Milan for $130 roundtrip.
Man, that was an amazing deal!
And when I got back from that trip,
I had all my friends and co-workers telling me,
"Hey Scott, can you let me know next time
you find a deal like that so I can get in on it, too?"
Rather than trying to remember everybody
that I needed to let know,
I decided, why don't I just start a little email list
and that way I can let everybody know at once.
That's how Scott's Cheap Flights was born.
But nowadays, it is much bigger.
I work with a whole team of flight experts
and we search for amazing flight deals all day, every day.
When we find them, we send them to you.
Here's how it works.
When we do find a great deal out of your home airport,
what we're going to do is put the information together
in a nice little email with everything you need to know:
the price, the travel dates, what airline,
how long we think it's going to last.
We'll even include a link to book the deal,
in case you're interested.
We don't get any commissions from these links, though,
because our only goal is to send you cheap flights.
Most of the deals that we find are in economy.
But every once in a while,
we'll find an incredible business class fare.
Like in 2018, we found a $600 roundtrip,
business class flight from LA to Bangkok.
When we find those, we're going to send them right to you.
All the deals we find are for international flights
with a few exceptions, like Puerto Rico,
the US Virgin Islands, and Guam.
We're also going to send deals to Hawaii and Alaska.
The Hawaii and Alaska deals go just to the Premium members.
We have two different tiers of membership:
limited, which is free,
and Premium, which has a small annual fee.
We reserve our best deals for the Premium members.
They get every deal we find for their selected airports,
including those Hawaii and Alaska fares,
peak summer and holiday deals, and Mistake Fares.
Oh, I love Mistake Fares.
They're the Holy Grail of cheap flights.
This is when airlines accidentally discount a flight
by way more than they meant to
and the savings can be huge.
For instance, we've sent Mistake Fares
like Portland to Tokyo for $377 roundtrip,
New York City to Nairobi for $242 roundtrip.
They're amazing.
Limited members, on the other hand,
they get a small sampling of the deals.
They don't get the Hawaii/Alaska deals, Mistake Fares,
or the flights for peak summer or holiday travel.
The number of deals that you're going to get
depends on which airports you follow.
If you live near a major airport,
maybe JFK or LAX or O-Hare,
you can expect quite a few emails per week.
But if you live near a smaller airport,
maybe Louisville, or Columbus,
you might only see a few deals per month.
In those cases, we'll actually suggest
some other nearby airports you can follow to get more deals,
in case you're wiling to take a short drive
or catch a connecting flight.
Often times the savings can make
that extra effort worth it.
Our members save an average
of $550 per ticket off regular prices.
We don't send you just any old deal.
We're not trying to clog up your inbox
with emails about flights that have three layovers,
or are just available next week.
No, no, no.
We only want to send you truly exceptional deals.
So, what we do is we have strict standards
for which deals qualify.
We call it the, "Mom Test."
If it's not a flight that we'd put our mothers on,
then it's not a flight we're going to send out to our members.
First, it's gotta be a great price.
The price needs to be what we would consider to be cheap,
and it needs to be a major discount off the usual prices.
You know, not just $25 or $50 off.
Second, we're going to look at the quality of the airline.
There are certain airlines that we just don't send deals on.
On the other hand, if it's a five star airline,
yeah, we're going to note that in the email.
Routing matters too.
We love non-stop flights.
And so, if there's connections we look for short layovers
that don't have you stuck in an airport for six hours.
When we do send flights with longer layovers,
we make sure it's during the day and with enough time
so you can get out and explore the layover city.
We also want to make sure that there's a decent number
of travel dates that are available.
And we're going to note how common or rare this deal is.
We want you to be fully informed about the deals
so that you can decide for yourself
if it's right for you.
As I said, we don't take any commission
when you book a flight.
Our only motivation is to help you find a cheap flight
that you're going to love.
I hope you'll join us.
You know, the team and I love getting
to search for cheap flights every single day.
And so, if this is something that you think
you'd be interested in,
go to scottscheapfights.com
or click the link under this video.
Join us and get cheap flights
delivered right to your inbox.
Thanks for watching!
Happy travels!