Today we launched Cheapflights Chat – a travel search in Facebook Messenger. It uses the latest technology from Facebook mixed with our flight search to help you find flights and hotels in your Messenger app.
To show you how it works here’s a video of a totally fictitious character called John Snow searching for a cheap flight in Messenger. Take it away John…
How to find a cheap flight
Open Messenger and start talking to Cheapflights. Use this link to start a conversation.
Tell Cheapflights Chat where you want to go and it will give you the average cheapest return flight in the near future.
For all the flight details just tap ‘book now’. If you ever get stuck just type help.
Get inspiration
If your first search doesn’t hit the spot, type ‘Inspire me’ to find a new and exciting destination you might not have thought about.
Win a trip
During the first month of the Cheapflights Chat you have the chance to win a trip to your dream destination. All you have to do is search for a flight in Facebook Messenger.
How to win:
- Search for a flight using Cheapflights Chat. Click this link to start.
- Once you’ve done your first search tap ‘Accept Ts&Cs’ to enter
Read the Ts&Cs here.
Find a hotel
Once you’ve found your perfect flight you can search for a hotel. You’ll get the top hotels available within your budget for the dates you’re flying.
Convert currency
Type ‘Convert 5.59 ZAR to GBP’ and Cheapflights chat will convert this for you.
If you don’t know the currency code just ask us ‘what’s the currency in Thailand’ and we’ll give you the code.
Get a flight somewhere hot
Ask Cheapflights Chat ‘Where’s hot right now?’ and it will suggest flights to a destination where the weather is warm. Just get me somewhere hot now!
