Any savvy traveler will tell you that you can’t just search for a flight on one airline’s own website and then accept whatever price they offer. You’ve got to compare flights and even compare different airlines. They usually price themselves very competitively so as long as you are looking at all the airlines that fly that route at the same time you are probably going to get a good deal. There are many good airfare sites to use for this purpose, but Kayak and SideStep are our favorites, although they do take a bit of getting used to. Still, the process can be tricky because of the way these search results are presented. One complication is that when you search these sites the cheapest flights are all bunched together at the top of the page. This is normally a good thing, but you have to also take into consideration that a flight with departing and arrival times that may be far better for you could be perhaps $10 more than the cheapest one you see on the list. So this flight will be either way down the page or will be on the next page altogether. When you compare flights it’s really important to look at the next price level or two higher to see if it’s better because often just a few dollars more will give you a far better trip.