A personal finance content creator claims he’s found the best way to save money on flights – and says it’s more effective than using popular search engines such as Google flights and Skyscanner.
Casper Opala, who goes by the handle Casper Capital and has more than 8 million subscribers on social media, regularly shares money-saving tips – and frequently advises on saving money on flights and holidays.
Posting on Facebook, Casper, who’s based in Chicago, revealed how he’d paid $92 (£68.52) for a flight that should have, he says, cost $1,050 (£783) – using ChatGPT, which he says ‘uncovers what Google overlooks’.
Describing the artificial intelligence software as ‘your new travel agent’, he details seven steps to guarantee lower flight costs – and says he’s so convinced he now uses the AI software for every trip.
If you’re looking for flights a month from now, for example, the money man suggests tapping in the command: ‘Find the cheapest way to fly from [City A] to [City B] next month, include hidden routes + alternate airports.’
Casper adds that asking the question ‘Which budget airlines operate this route that aren’t listed on Google Flights or Skyscanner?’ is a way of unearthing lesser known flight routes and operators, saying that ‘28 per cent of flights are invisible’ on Google.
For those who are prepared to be flexible, asking ChatGPT to include layover cities in the search is another way to send costs spiralling in the right direction.
The split ticket rule – often used to outwit rail fares in the UK – also features, with Casper calling it a ‘secret advantage’.
Personal finance content creator, Casper Opala, aka Casper Capital, shared with his millions of followers how ChatGPT has become his favourite new travel agent – and the seven steps he uses to get cheaper flights
A travel expert has revealed the best days of the week to travel to secure a cheap flight
The fourth tip comes via asking the AI service to find ‘mistake fares, flash sales, or unusually cheap flights’.
The financial whizz, who covers personal finance topics from shares to marketing and the workplace, then adds a monitoring element into the request, asking AI to ‘Monitor this route for 4 days, alert me if the price dips below $95’.
He says he’s had so much success with the method that he urges travellers to ‘Forget loyalty. Forget guessing. ChatGPT is your new travel agent, and it never rests.’
In June, a British travel expert revealed that travelling on two days of the week to fly can help slash the price of your flight.
Dawn Morwood, co-director of Cheap Deals Away, says travelling on two specific days will help tourists save money.
The flight guru revealed that flying mid-week could help travellers snap up a bargain flight, saying: ‘Tuesday and Wednesday departures are almost always cheaper than weekend flights.
‘Many travellers try to maximise their time away by flying at the weekend so prices are generally highest on Saturday.
‘If you can be flexible with your departure date, it’s worth checking the price of your flight across different days.’
Dawn also claimed that booking a flight at the earliest date possible isn’t always the best way to save money.
She told the Express: ‘I’ve seen people book flights ten months early thinking they’ve got a bargain, only to watch the same route drop by £200 per person just weeks before departure.’
