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As someone who lives near a non-hub airport , I'm used to piecing multiple flights together in order to get the perfect trip.

Though this is incredibly common when it comes to award flights, it can also be a money-saving strategy on paid trips. After all, airline pricing is a complicated and mysterious thing. It's not unheard of to save hundreds of dollars by booking two separate tickets to get to your final destination instead of one ticket all the way through.

Enter Kiwi.com . Unlike most online travel agencies, the Czech Republic-based Kiwi creatively searches flight and other transit combinations to determine if booking two or more tickets and piecing them together will save you money compared to a traditional search from one airport to another. Their back-end search engine is already set up to look at hundreds of combinations, which saves considerable time over manual searches and may save you money, too.

Let's take a closer look at booking travel with Kiwi and discuss if you should use it to book your next big adventure.

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Searching with Kiwi.com

Kiwi takes advantage of several types of travel search tricks to find you the cheapest way to get from point A to point B.

They consider everything from far riskier endeavors we don't really endorse such as hidden city ticketing or throw-away ticketing to a cool feature they refer to as "Nomad" travel. Going to Asia and want to visit Singapore , Siem Reap, Cambodia; and Ko Samui, Thailand? They'll play around with shuffling the order to find you the lowest price.

However, Kiwi.com is probably best known for its "self-transfer" flights. They'll search hundreds of air and ground transit carriers to find flight combinations that result in the lowest price. They do all the piecing together on your behalf, which may include combining airlines that don't formally partner with each other or routing you through connecting airports that don't often show in traditional searches.

They may include ground transportation options in results, too. For example, you might save big by flying into Munich and taking a train to Salzburg rather than flying to Austria directly.

Since Kiwi looks at all types of unorthodox travel options, you can expect to be bombarded with lots of search results.

I suffer from analysis paralysis all too often, but take it from me: That won't be a problem. Compared to searching manually and keeping track of a thousand options using pen and paper, Kiwi.com offers filters to narrow things down quickly. With a few clicks, you'll limit yourself to relevant options.

Don't want to ride a bus or have too much luggage to realistically consider low-cost airlines? No problem.

If you do find a transit combination that works for you, you can buy it in a single transaction on Kiwi.com, which is a huge convenience compared to going to multiple platforms to buy each ticket one at a time. It's easier for record-keeping, too, since you can see your entire itinerary in one place.

Related: Strategies for booking great award tickets from non-hub airports

What is the 'Kiwi Guarantee'?

Booking separate tickets comes with another downside on top of the hassle. Unlike through tickets, if you miss a connection on separate tickets, airlines aren't obligated to reaccommodate you. That means if weather or a mechanical issue wreaks havoc on your plans, you'll be left to figure out a new way to get to your destination on your own. Because of this, travelers stringing tickets together often add plenty of padding to their connections, hoping the extra time compensates for the extra risk.

When booking trips through Kiwi.com, though, travelers have the option of purchasing their add-on "Kiwi.com Guarantee".

According to the guarantee, they'll protect you from unexpected changes to your booking even when you self-transfer between multiple tickets. You're covered against carrier cancellations, delays and schedule changes -- if something happens, they'll find alternative transportation on your behalf or offer you a refund.

In the past, the guarantee was included with all Kiwi flight bookings (with a built-in upcharge) but now you have to opt in when you make your original purchase. Sadly, it doesn't come cheap. On my sample searches, my offers consistently came in at around 25% of the ticket price. For example, on a $200 one-way ticket to Costa Rica, the Kiwi.com Guarantee was quoted at nearly $50 and on a $638 ticket to Spain, the guarantee was $159.

TPG's Points & Miles Editor, Andrew Kunesh, used Kiwi.com to book a flight from Berlin (SXF) to Newquay, England (NQY), via Dublin (DUB) in late 2019. Ryanair operated the SXF-to-DUB leg while Aer Lingus Regional operated DUB to NQY. He ended up missing his connection in DUB due to a flight delay and immediately contacted Kiwi. In minutes, he was rebooked on a flight the next day and put up at the Radisson Blu Dublin Airport on Kiwi's dime.

Downsides of the Kiwi.com guarantee

As any traveler who's had to make travel changes on the fly already knows, reaccommodation doesn't always mean you'll get your preferred flight. Just like when an airline rebooks you, you're limited to available seats and itineraries. You'll probably still need to be flexible and you'll have to accept some delays along the way.

It's also worth noting that their disruption protection won't necessarily compensate you for troubles or hardships; their sole goal is to get you to your final destination.

Like any type of travel protection, the fine print matters. You likely won't be surprised to find out that the guarantee doesn't apply when you're at fault for missing part of your transit (for example, if you arrive at the airport too late to check in). But you also won't be covered during some times when you need it most, even if it's not your fault at all.

Force majeure situations, like the airline strikes we see in Europe every so often, means your guarantee doesn't officially apply -- though it's worth noting that Kiwi.com still promises to make their "best effort" to offer alternate transportation. Extreme weather is considered a "force majeure" situation, which could be worrisome for those traveling in the winter.

Most worrisome to me were a few details buried in the legal fine print , which you should read in full if you're contemplating tacking on this purchase. Here's what stood out to me (emphasis is mine):

• They may rebook you, but be prepared for lengthy travel delays: "We are not able to guarantee You booking of the alternate Flight(s) departing sooner than 8 hours after Your initial contact with Our customer service ..."
• For flight changes announced 48 hours or more prior to your trip, you might not have as many rebooking options as you hope: "Should We find an alternate of the price not exceeding the price You paid for all the unused Flight(s), We may offer You (an) alternate Flight(s) or other means of transportation to Your Destination at no additional cost to You."

I'm great at searching for last-minute alternatives and have a stash of miles that I can use for last-minute rebooking emergencies if that's what it comes down to. As TPG readers, that might apply to you, too. In that case, this guarantee may have limited value.

Despite the limitations, this extra protection could still come in handy, especially while the coronavirus pandemic continues to keep flight schedules in flux. Unless you're booking last minute, you're likely to face schedule changes or even cancellations while airlines attempt to fine-tune operations. Yes, many fares now qualify for free cancellations, but refunds come in the form of airline vouchers whereas Kiwi.com would provide a true cash refund, even if your standard travel insurance wouldn't apply.

Related: Missed your flight? Here's what to do

Will I still earn miles on my flights?

Like any other online travel agency, you'll still earn airline miles on flights booked through Kiwi.com — but there are a few things to keep in mind.

If you're combining carriers, you might need to split your earnings. For example, say you're flying from New York-JFK to Prague (PRG) via Paris (CDG) and the first leg is operated by United while the second is operated by Air France. You'll need to credit the miles from the first flight to your Star Alliance loyalty program of choice and the second to your favorite SkyTeam program.

Do note that you won't usually earn hotel points when you book with Kiwi. This is the case across most online travel agencies, as hotel programs generally require that you book directly in order to earn points or use elite status benefits.

Of course, you should pay for your Kiwi purchases with a credit card that earns bonus points on travel . For example, the Chase Sapphire Reserve and Chase Sapphire Preferred Card earn 3 and 2 points per dollar, respectively, on all travel purchases. Both cards also have solid welcome offers which can help you jump-start your Chase Ultimate Rewards balance.

Related: When you will (and won't) earn miles on your flight

Bottom line

Taking the cheapest option presented on Kiwi.com will not be right for all travelers. If you are mixing and matching tickets and carriers, you are increasing the odds that something will go wrong with your trip -- and you are increasing the complexities of fixing it.

While this risk may be worth it for large cash savings and/or when you are traveling solo or just with another adult and have some flexibility in your schedule, it may not be worth it for a small savings, when less experienced travelers are involved or when you have a very firm time you need to arrive at your destination or back home again.

I'm not convinced that I'm the target customer for Kiwi.com's optional add-on guarantee, but I still love the Kiwi search platform. It legitimately does find good transport options that you might not consider on your own (or want to take the time to sort through manually), and booking is a breeze with one-stop shopping instead of having to make separate purchases.

For me, booking through Kiwi.com doesn't always make sense, but it's usually at least part of my search strategy when ordinary flights are priced higher than expected. After all, you never know what it will come up with.

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• How to book cheap flights on Kiwi.com

Kiwi.com is the best way to search, find and book cheap flights. We make discounts, flight deals, and low-cost airfares easy to find.

To find cheap flights online, Kiwi.com is the best and easiest way to get discounts on one-way, return, international, and multi-city routes. This guide explains how Kiwi.com works, and how we can help you search and book the cheapest flights available.

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• The best time and day to book flights

It’s easy to find the best time and day to fly using Kiwi.com’s flexible search engine. You can enter the exact dates you’d like to travel, or you can choose a range of dates to find the cheapest option.

When you search, you will see the lowest price available on each date, so you can select the one that’s right for you, or filter to find the fastest or best options. You can also filter flights by maximum price, or choose a range of prices.

• Find cheap flights without a destination

If you want to find the cheapest flights to anywhere, you can do that on Kiwi.com as well. If you don’t have a particular destination, simply choose your departure location and select ‘Anywhere’ as your destination. This will show you the cheapest routes from your location.

You can also use our map search to find a cheap destination: zoom in or move the map, and destinations and prices will appear. You can see the best deals highlighted in green, so you’ll know you’re getting a great price.

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Search for flexible deals on international flights using Multi-city. You can choose multiple cities to visit, select the dates or date range you’d like to travel, and our Kiwi-Code will find you an itinerary. You can then filter by cheapest, fastest or best, and buy the whole itinerary for one price, in one click.

NOMAD is a feature of Kiwi.com that helps you find the cheapest Multi-city price if you want to visit a number of cities, but you’re flexible about which order to see them. It’s a travel hack that exists only to find you the cheapest price. Select NOMAD from the drop-down search menu, enter your origin city and the destinations you’d like to visit. Choose a time period to stay in each city. Select an end city (or return to your origin city), and click Search journeys. NOMAD then calculates every possible route combination and finds you the cheapest. Like Multi-city, you can book your whole itinerary for one price, in one click. It’s an amazing tool, and one that’s exclusive to Kiwi.com.

Using Kiwi.com’s Kiwi-Code, even if the airlines on your itinerary don’t usually have a partnership to work together, we can combine routes and deals that don’t normally exist to give you the cheapest price available for your entire trip.

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If you always want to see the cheapest deals, Kiwi.com has a number of ways to help. If you subscribe to Kiwi.com, we will send alerts and offers directly to you so you’ll never miss a low price again.

When you search, you can also set up a Price Alert: this means that Kiwi.com searches low prices for you! Choose the route you’re interested in, and on the results screen you will see a ‘Create price alert’ button. Click this and choose a price range. When the price of your route changes by this amount, we will email you to tell you. You can then book at this cheaper price.

Sometimes, routes open and close depending on the season, the popularity of the route, or other unforeseen conditions. If you search for a route and there are no results, Kiwi.com Availability Alerts can help. Click ‘Notify me’, and when this route opens, we will message you.

When you search for a route that combines both short- and long-haul flights, you can work within your budget by combining different cabin classes: economy, premium economy, business class or first class. For example, if you want to fly from New York to Paris in business class, but don’t want to pay for the same on the Paris to Berlin part of your itinerary, you can choose not to. This allows you to have better prices: mixed cabin classes are more affordable than booking only business or first class trips, and it also gives you more route options.

Another way to save even more money is with our flexible Fare Types . When you book with Kiwi.com, we offer three different Fare Types, so you can choose the best combination of price and flexibility. The Saver ticket is the option to choose if you don’t plan to cancel or change your trip, and gives you the absolute lowest price available. The Standard ticket gives you the option to rebook at a later date, and the Flexi ticket means you have the security to be able to not only rebook, you can also cancel your trip entirely.

• Why book with Kiwi.com?

With over 480 carriers and more than 50 million daily searches, Kiwi.com is fast becoming an essential tool for people who want to save money on travel .

As well as finding the cheapest prices, Kiwi.com has a number of ways to make sure you get to your destination smoothly.

When you book with Kiwi.com, you can add the Disruption Protection to your journey. This means that if there is a problem with your trip — a canceled flight, a missed connection, a carrier change — contact us, and Kiwi.com will find a new flight, offer you a refund, or find alternative transport to your destination. In the meantime, we may also provide a contribution to refreshments or accommodation, so you can relax while we do the work.

The Disruption Protection is especially recommended for itineraries that include multiple carriers: if there’s a problem, we’ll contact them for you and make alternative arrangements. Our 24/7 customer support is available across 14 languages, so there will always be someone there to help.

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To save even more money and have more flexible travel options, Kiwi.com gives you the choice to arrive and depart from different airports.

When you search for a flight to or from a city, if that city has more than one airport, Kiwi.com finds the cheapest route, even if the airport you arrive at is different from the airport you depart from.

You can choose to remove this feature when you search, but to search and book the best low-cost route, this finds the cheapest way to fly.

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Frequently asked questions.

If you subscribe to Kiwi.com, you can set up a Price Alert. We will then inform you when the price of your chosen route changes, so you can get the best deal.

It’s best to be flexible when you book flights. Use Kiwi.com’s Search filters to change the time of the flight, fly into or out of different airports, or look for the green Travel Hack star for special discounts.

Airlines will often run special promotions or flash sales. Kiwi.com’s Kiwi-Code checks over two billion prices every single day, so if you subscribe to Kiwi.com, we will message you with offers and deals when they happen.

Kiwi.com finds the cheapest prices by creating routes that wouldn’t normally exist. We connect airlines that wouldn’t usually work together, giving you prices that the airlines don’t want you to see.

If you have a route that you book often, Kiwi.com can send you reminders about discounts or offers on that route.

Booking a multi-city flight on Kiwi.com can save you money, as we combine carriers that don’t normally cooperate to get you the cheapest price. Our NOMAD feature makes multi-city routes even cheaper.

When you search on Kiwi.com, you can choose different arrival and departure cities, or even choose to fly into or out of specific airports.

Build your itinerary by searching with Kiwi.com, and you can buy all your flights on one ticket for one single price.

When you search on Kiwi.com, you can search by date range. As you search, the calendar will show you prices of flights on individual days.

Alternatively, select a range of months, create a Price Alert, and we will find the cheapest date in the cheapest month to fly.

The cheapest way to get a last-minute flight is flexibility. Try searching from your home city to Anywhere, and Kiwi.com will show you the cheapest available flights.

Not always. The best time to buy a flight can vary, so the best thing to do is download the Kiwi.com app and create a Price Alert on your chosen route. This way, you’ll know when the price of your route changes, and can buy it at a low price.

Sometimes airlines sell flights with layovers cheaper than direct flights. You can take advantage of this fact with Kiwi.com’s Hidden Cities travel hack. See above for more information.

Airlines may offer layovers in some cities, often their hub. However, with Kiwi.com, you can create a layover yourself using our Multi-city search. Search via the city you’d like to spend your layover in, and we’ll find you the cheapest flights into and out of there. You get more options because it’s not the airline’s choice — it’s yours!

Flights with layovers can be cheaper, especially if you’re traveling with only cabin baggage. Kiwi.com’s Hidden Cities travel hack searches routes that will take you to your destination as part of a longer itinerary. Look for the green Travel Hack star when you search.

Many airlines know that direct flights are more popular, and so will charge more on those popular routes. On Kiwi.com, you can see prices the airlines don’t want you to see, because we can offer you flights that only include one leg of a trip. See the sections on Hidden Cities and Throwaway Ticketing above for more information.

It’s not a trick: search and book with Kiwi.com! Use our incredible Search technology — powered by our revolutionary Kiwi-Code — to find prices and routes that would otherwise be hidden. Download the Kiwi.com app to get alerts and deals sent directly to you.

Tuesday, Wednesday and Saturday are often cheap days to fly. Search using the calendar on Kiwi.com to see flight prices on individual days and pick the one that’s best for you.

Flight prices may be lower if you fly on a Tuesday. Kiwi.com’s pricing calendar shows you the lowest price on each date, so you can choose one day, or a range of dates, and Kiwi.com will find the cheapest option.

Searching on Saturday and Sunday sometimes gives lower prices than Thursday and Friday, but Kiwi.com takes away the doubt by offering notifications and alerts when prices come into a range that you choose. Subscribe to Kiwi.com to receive special deals, offers and alerts.

Flight prices can go up as well as down, so to secure the best deal regardless of the date, when you search on Kiwi.com, hit the little bell symbol to set up a Price Alert. Then just sit back and wait for the lower prices to come to you!

Airlines offer different pricing structures, so to be sure you get the best deal, use Kiwi.com’s flexible Search. We search over 480 carriers, so you can choose a range of dates, and we’ll find the best deal from all of those airlines within those dates. That means you can be sure you’re getting the best deal no matter when you book.

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