# Is there a way to search flights by price only (not destination)?

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**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [June 15, 2023, 1:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-way-to-search-flights-by-price-only-not-destination/985564 "2023-06-15T13:42:57Z")\
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**Author:** ![Quimby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/22d042/32.png) [@Quimby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quimby)\
**Post date:** [June 15, 2023, 1:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-way-to-search-flights-by-price-only-not-destination/985564/1 "2023-06-15T13:42:57Z")

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Flights are really expensive these days but my wife and I wanted to plan a long weekend. I had the bright idea of us figuring out what we were willing to spend on a flight and just seeing what flights were available for that price regardless of where (I would of course be picking dates) and then picking a location that looked like a nice trip, however I couldn’t find a way to search this way. I know it is unorthodox and a little weird but does anyone know if there is a travel search engine that lets you search this way? Thanks.

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**Author:** ![Telemark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/telemark/32/372_2.png) [@Telemark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Telemark)\
**Post date:** [June 15, 2023, 1:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-way-to-search-flights-by-price-only-not-destination/985564/2 "2023-06-15T13:56:00Z")

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Go to [https://www.google.com/travel/flights](https://www.google.com/travel/flights)

Put in your home airport and the dates, with no destination; hit Explore.

On the next page, select any other criteria you want (non-stop, duration, times) and the map will show all offerings.

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**Author:** ![SmellMyWort](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SmellMyWort](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SmellMyWort)\
**Post date:** [June 15, 2023, 3:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-way-to-search-flights-by-price-only-not-destination/985564/3 "2023-06-15T15:01:44Z")

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Kayak has a similar tool called Kayak Explore. You are shown a map populated with prices to various destinations and all sorts of ways to filter, etc.

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**Author:** ![Quimby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/22d042/32.png) [@Quimby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quimby)\
**Post date:** [June 15, 2023, 5:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-way-to-search-flights-by-price-only-not-destination/985564/4 "2023-06-15T17:35:09Z")

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Thank you both. This was exactly what I was looking for but somehow missed.