About Us

So what is Cheapflights? Why are you different to everyone else? And why won't you take my money?

Cheapflights is a travel price comparison website. Well, if we were in a bragging mood, we'd tell you we are the country's leading travel price comparison website (and give you the stats to back it up*). But, we're a nice bunch of people and we don't want to brag, we just want to help you find the best and cheapest flight we possibly can.

We're not travel agents and we don't take your money (that's right, put it back in your wallet). You could argue that we're so original we don't actually have a fixed name yet. Take your pick from price comparison site, deals publisher, travel search engine or flights aggregator. But whatever you want to call us, and believe us, we discuss it enough in the office, we provide the same function.

If you want to book a flight - we're your first port of call. Think of us a bit like a dating agency - but without the risk of turning up to supper with a complete dud. You tell us where you want to go, we match you up with the best people to fly there. Because we're completely independent, we aim to give the best deals available, no matter where we find them. So if you want to fly to Beijing, just type Beijing into our search box with your departure airport or region. We provide you with a great big list of all the companies who can sell you a ticket for that route. We list deals from everyone who has tickets to sell - be that the big airlines like BA, the low-costers like Monarch, traditional travel agents like Thomas Cook, online travel agents like Opodo or even very small specialist, telephone only agents that you won't find out about anywhere else. So you've got your list of potential partners and you pick whoever looks best for you. Click on their link, or give them a call and book your date, sorry, flight...

As well as the nitty gritty booking details, we try to provide you with all the background knowledge you need to make the most informed decision about who to fly with - so you've got the cheapest and the best value flight. Our airline information pages tell you what you'll get onboard with all the main carriers. Or check out our travel tips, newsletter, flights guides or Cheap Flight News - our blogsite with all the latest news and views on airlines, travel and savings and deals.

But why should I trust you?

Cheapflights is the guru of the online travel world. In 1996, eminent travel journalist John Hatt became frustrated with the limited choices for booking flights available with the current media, thought, "what the heck" and threw his own hat into the ring. He started Cheapflights in his attic, with the aim of utilising the internet to easily provide consumers with info that previously would have taken weeks and weeks to find. The clue is in the name really - he wanted to bring cheap flights to everyone. So with more than ten years of experience behind us, we know what we're doing. Not that we want to rest on our laurels - we're constantly working on ways to improve our site and bring in new products that we think could be useful. Got any good ideas? Let us know about them and we'll see what we can do.

Want to know more? Use the links on the left hand side of this page to find out more about the company.

We are regularly nominated for awards such as the National Business Awards, British Travel Awards and Media Momentum as well as making the Hitwise Top 10. To see some of the awards we currently hold, take a look at our Badges page.

*Winner of Imperatives Digital Awards Wildcard Category in 2007
Winner of the Website of the Year Awards (Best Travel Site prize for 2007)
Winner of S.E. Regional National Business Awards sponsored by Orange: "The 3i Growth Strategy Award", now nominated in UK National Finals
A finalist in Travolution Magazine Travel Awards "Best Price Comparison" website
Nominated finalist in "The Business Innovation of the Year Awards"
Media Momentum UK's "Fastest Growing Digital Media Company 2007 award" for third consecutive year
Cheapflights included for the fourth year running in The Sunday Times Microsoft Techtrack 100, the top 100 fastest-growing privately owned UK technology companies
David Soskin, then CEO, nominated in the World Travel Awards as "The Travel Technology Personality of the Year"