This Irresistible Cheap Flights Newsletter is Your Best Bet for Finding Flight Deals

If you’re feeling anxious about rising airfares or you’re someone who enjoys spending hours exploring Google Flights for fun to discover flight deals for your next international adventure, you need to subscribe to Going—previously known as Scott’s Cheap Flights—immediately.

Founded in 2015 by former journalist Scott Keyes, this newsletter sends cheap international and domestic flight deals straight to your inbox as soon as airlines announce them. (If you’re among the 2 million subscribers already on board, congratulations—you’ve likely saved hundreds, if not thousands, of dollars by now.)

Members often save up to 90% on international flights. Here are a few examples of the incredible deals Going uncovered on round-trip flights last year:

• Los Angeles to Peru, August–November 2022 — $281 (usually $700+)
• San Francisco to Tahiti, August 2022–January 2023 — $533 (normally $1,000+)
• NYC to Costa Rica, various dates in 2022 — $190 (typically $600+)

In every email, Keyes and his team share all the details you need to snag the deals they discover, including departure cities, travel dates, airlines, typical flight costs, and even a direct link to the deal on Google Flights or Momondo (both are valuable, if sometimes time-consuming, flight search tools).

The journey began in 2013 when Keyes found a flight to Milan for just $130. After returning home, he started sharing airfare deals with friends and family that he continued to find. Eventually, he decided to transform his passion for discovering cheap flights into a newsletter. (Scott’s Cheap Flights officially rebranded to Going in January 2023.) Since Going does not earn commissions from booking platforms, you can trust that the deals are genuinely good value and not just profit-driven.

For those who are really hooked, there are Premium or Elite memberships available for a higher fee, offering about four times the number of deals compared to the free version. Both premium tiers come with a 14-day free trial, allowing you to try it out before committing to the annual subscription fee.

Here’s how the three membership tiers function and their associated costs:

Basic

Register now: Free, going.com

You’ll receive a selection of international economy-class deals for up to five airports every month. In 2021, Going delivered 591 deals to its Limited members.

Premium

Register now: $49 annually, going.com

You’ll gain access to all international and domestic economy-class deals from up to 10 airports, in addition to weekend getaway deals and mistake fares from your local airport. (A mistake fare happens when an airline mistakenly lists an incorrect ticket price on its website.) In 2021, Going provided 2,249 deals to its Premium members.

Elite

Join now: $199 per year, going.com

Elite membership includes all the benefits of Premium membership but focuses on first, business, or premium economy class deals from any U.S. airport. You will also receive mistake fares from any airport in the United States. Over a six-month period in 2022, Going sent 2,571 deals to its Elite members.

Upon signing up, your subscription is customized based on your home airport, ensuring you only receive relevant deals. Going currently caters to travelers departing from U.S. airports, including all 50 states, St. Thomas, Guam, and Puerto Rico.

This article was first published in 2018; it was updated on June 20, 2023, to reflect current information.