ChatGPT grows smarter by the day, and while artificial intelligence might still seem like a scary part of technology to many, it could also save money on your next trip. Finding a good vacation deal can be a tough and time-consuming task. Hours can be wasted repeatedly refreshing Skyscanner, Google Flights or Kayak, searching for cheaper flights, changing airports and times – all to save cash.
But after opening the hundredth tab and losing your mind, many simply give up and go to a travel agent.
All that hassle can of course be avoided. ChatGPT may serve as a personal travel assistant, as one finance expert claims he saved up to £700 with it. Casper Opala, known online as Casper Capital, with more than eight million followers, shares savings tips, especially in travel. He claims that with artificial intelligence help, he got a flight that cost him only about £70 instead of more than £700.
His tip includes seven simple commands that can be copied and pasted into the chat search bar – saving time searching across countless different sites. Although some methods have existed for years, and various travel sites wrote about them even before ChatGPT was created, the advantage is that the bot can collect all the information for you in seconds, saving hours of searches.
These are Casper Opala's seven prompts.
1. "Find the lowest-cost way to fly from [City A] to [City B] next month, include hidden routes + nearby airports."
2. "Which low-cost carriers operate this route that aren't listed on Google Flights or Skyscanner?"
3. "Suggest layover cities that lower the fare, even if it requires separate tickets."
4. "Any mistake fares, flash sales, or unusually cheap flights leaving [my airport] this month?"
5. "Compare this flight across every site, where it's cheapest right now?"
6. "Monitor this route for 3 days, alert me if the price dips below $90."
7. "Can buying two one-way tickets beat the round-trip fare? Check both."
