While planning to travel up to the city during the first half of April, I compared dozens of different flight options.
I didn’t have a defined budget, but I knew I wanted to opt for lower-priced options. Of the budget-friendly airlines, I had traveled with both Spirit and Frontier before and had good experiences, so I was open to both.
My priority filter was departure and arrival time. I wanted something that wouldn’t interfere with my work schedule. That meant that the earliest flight I could take on a weekday would depart by 7 p.m. and the latest would arrive by 7 a.m.
With those filters, and while playing with Google Flights’ different filters, sorting, and price comparison tools for the first week of April, a surprising price appeared at the top of my screen.
The one-way flight from Miami to Newark was listed as $10, although booking options showed that the total would actually be $20 if booked through the airline’s website directly.
The flight was scheduled to depart Miami at 9:51 p.m. and arrive in New Jersey at 12:59 a.m.
I wanted to be flexible in my schedule and get the best deal on my return flight as well, so I waited until later to book my return, which I would also buy as a one-way ticket.
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