Hopper - Watch & Book Flights

Not cheap at all ,other sites are way cheaper by as much as 30%

This was the worst experience I've ever had while traveling. My return ticket was changed before I even left for my trip and despite me having to call American Airlines myself multiple times to confirm flights, Hopper would contradict what they said. I was waffled around for over a week and my flight schedule changed at least three times to the point where I was asked to return on a different day than I had originally planned or was asked to do an overnight layover with no hotel voucher even though my original flight only had a couple hour layover. The kicker? I had to call American again the day before we left to find a flight because Hopper supposedly said there were none. I was put on a 5:15 am flight out of Juneau according to American with a confirmation only for Hopper to tell me I'd be on the 7:15am flight promptly after in writing. THEN when I looked at my app, it said that I was on a 3:30pm flight. When I got to the airport, I almost missed my flight home because the desk had us on the flight at 7:00, but their system said someone had changed it (Hopper) so they had to call in favors to get us on the flight that we needed and I had to stand in line at SEATAC to get on our flight to LA. Such a mess. And for this whole experience, there was no accountability. NEVER using Hopper again!

People complain about the prices but they need to use commonsense. If you rely on a third party to book flights, then you should expect them to be making a commission. Why else would they put in all the work to create an app?

I have been traveling all over Asia and this app has saved me so much money. It puts all my flights and potential flights and dates and potential dates in one place and tells me when to book, when to wait and all the prices laid out together so flying and booking feels so easy, and can be done at the lowest price possible. I love that I don’t feel like I have to freak out about when I’m going to buy my flights and whether or not I’m getting the best deal because this app makes it clear for me. I also love how quick and easy it is to book a flight when your information is saved in the app. It has made my Asia trip so much smoother and more enjoyable, and made me be able to change my schedule and book when I want to, and not have to have everything planned up front, which I like. I like being able to change my dates and have a flexible schedule when I travel. The app is simple and easy to use, and so far I haven’t seen any glitches and I don’t have any complaints. Would totally recommend it for any travelers.

User beware!! This app is great for finding out when flights are the cheapest but after they tack on their fees you'll be paying more that you would using Travelocity or Priceline. So use this app to find out when the flights are cheapest then go to another site to book. They got me for 110 bucks by overpricing by 50 and making me pay 60 for checked bags when the airline Includes 1 checked bag free per flight.

I downloaded this app to save money on a family trip to the Caribbean. I gave it 3 stars for the many tips given for cheapest flights. I found tickets for $461 and was ready to purchase since it stated that this was the lowest price available. When searching other sites and apps, Hopper had the cheapest price. So after filling out passenger information and going to the purchase page, a window pops up stating that prices went up $77 dollars. It then says choose different flights or continue purchase. I went back to change flights and the flights I had previously chosen were still at the $461 price! I then picked the next cheapest flight. Then it states prices went up over $100! I even restarted the app to see if prices got updated. Nope. It even has a little bunny hopping and checking for latest prices! No such luck there either. Update: The price didn’t go up if I tried purchasing one adult ticket. However, when I added other travelers including my kids, the prices goes up. Maybe it’s because of how many seats are available next to each other? It would be great if the app could let you know how many seats are left for each flight!

This app is great for finding cheap flights and keeping you updated for when they drop. I guess I'm just retarded and didn't realize I needed to get seats and of course extra for luggage depending on airline. If you keep that in mind then your smooth sailing 😎

Perhaps this app provides good info on fare trends, but my first—and what will be my last—-time purchasing tickets on this app was a bust. Tried to take advantage of their “hacker fare”, which essentially is purchasing the two legs of a round trip ticket individually on different airlines that are currently offering the lowest one-way fares. I purchased the first leg, and seconds later found the link to the airlines’ webpage for the second leg showed a higher price than app presented. Hopper does post a disclaimer warning buyers to ensure both fares are available before buying the first leg, but it was not mentioned up front. And isn’t that the whole reason we use apps like this...to see what fares are currently available? As it turned out, I paid exactly what I would’ve paid for a round trip ticket on a single airlines website. Another annoyance was the lag time between purchasing and email confirmation. Didn’t know if my first purchase was processed. This should be almost instantaneous as it is on many travel sites. In my experience, all the Hopper “hacker fare” provided was a stressful buying experience, in addition to NOT being able to save $90 in a flight as presented by the app.

Very interesting and useful app to check travel plans, and predict prices. That's its selling point and strong suit. The selection of flights is decent but lacks some features / flexibility.

I have been using Hopper for more than a year now and I can’t imagine booking airfare without using it as a prediction tool. Hopper has saved us hundreds already by giving me push notifications when the lowest price is available. And so far it’s been 99% accurate for the flights we have booked. One time we flew to Mexico. I booked the flights. Then the next day I got a notification from Hopper that the prices dropped significantly so I was able to cancel and rebook for the savings. Also helped book flights to Aruba, Canada, Turks & Caicos and Iceland so far. Just a note here. Remember that not ALL airline information is listed in search engines like this and Kayak, especially when booking international flights. Domestic airlines such as Southwest and Delta also don’t appear so remember to do research and go directly to those airline websites. For example, for a recent trip Hopper showed cheapest was $250. But we booked for $200 on an airline that doesn’t list in Hopper or any other search engine like Kayak either. ALSO. I would recommend ALWAYS booking your flights DIRECTLY with the airline for many reasons. I don’t recommend booking via Hopper, Expedia, or any third party for many reasons. Main reason is that when you book directly you can handle things directly with the airline if you have any issues. Also. Sometimes the prices are even cheaper on the airlines website. Just do your research.

Cannot sign in as it is requesting the phone number, but once I input it it asks for the email address and then it tells me my email address already exists.. but there is no option to sign in just with the email address. Bottom line is I cannot sing in anymore..

Hi all, My name is sanjay pandita . The hopper conned me so that i had to pay 600 $ more for my flight. When i complained they told me i responsible for visa even if they book my flight for any stop in between. They are conning people. I work in Tata Consultancy Services and have shared my story so that nobody from my company is Conned by them . Below is hoppers standard response so be aware , be informed and be safe. They wont bother to tell you this while booking tickets. They expect you to have visas for countries you never intended to visit so in order to make money they make stops at places that make visa mandatory but we as customers wont know it till we reach the boarding counter and then them come into pictures to con us. "I am so sorry to hear that your experience with Hopper was less than satisfactory - this is certainly not the experience we wish our users to have. Please understand that visa and immigration requirements are always 100% the user's responsibility, so I sincerely hope you don't come across this problem in the future. Please feel free to reach out to our support team with any further questions or concerns. We're always happy to help!"

Currently I am only using the app to monitor a flight, but I think I can actually book the flight here too! I'm sorta new to the app btw. (I screwed up and booked a flight and forgot to include my brother and SIL, trying to get them a decent rate as well)

Seriously, this app / its employees are fantastic, some of the best customer service I’ve had. Recently I had to cancel a flight but was able to use most of the money from the canceled flight to a new flight. I thought I had to go through the airline to rebook my flight and it was going to cost $250-$300 extra, so I called hopper really late with a quick question there was no answer but I had the opportunity to leave a voicemail so I did. This morning when I woke up, I had an email with the answers I previously asked for in my voicemail along with the option to re-book with them, 3 emails later ( super easy and fast) my flight was rebooked and it only cost an extra $87. They handled everything for me and really took the anxiety out of the whole situation. Super grateful and will definitely be recommending this app to friends, family and even strangers!

Great for finding flights but not the best for booking through. I use it more as an alert then go to the airline direct and for that purpose it's fantastic.

I've enjoyed organizing travel since 1985. I'm old enough to remember the printed Thomas Cook European train timetable, and the OAG handbook for US flights. Today, my favorite airfare search tool is the Matrix Web interface by ITA Software. There are, of course umpteen iOS apps for finding fares. Hopper is the only innovator I've seen lately. In particular, the calendar interface, with its intuitive traffic light color scheme (green = cheap, orange = more expensive, red = expensive), is the best I've seen. It reminds me of the traveler's calendar ("calendrier des voyageurs") from SNCF (French National Railways) and Air Inter/Air France. In those days, you tried to travel during the "période bleue" (blue period) in the little calendar leaflet that was published every quarter. Today, Hopper generates such a calendar dynamically, based on current fare data. Try it! The people who created it clearly know something about travel.

Like having a best friend in the business. Or more like inhabiting 2 bodies. I work, eat, love, pray then repeat all while Hopper sits in front of a computer screen taking the stress and worry off me, finding the best price.

Hopper is great. I like to scour for deals. I don't care where I fly or when, but there are a few trips I want to take I'd the price is right. Hopper has a feature that allows for notifications without entering a date AND without entering a specific city (just a region, like "Malaysia"). What a thoughtful design!! The only feature I wish it had was a filter to exclude certain airlines. For example, I won't fly a particular airline to Bali, no matter the cost, because it's well known for damaged aircraft, capricious departure times, and stranding passengers in dangerous places without help. Just WAY too dangerous for a single woman to travel on. Of course, this airline has GREAT prices. I wish I could remove them from my search so they wouldn't trigger a great-price alert. I'm sure I'm not alone that there are airlines some won't take, or airlines some will only take.

I got what I wanted from the app! It alerted me when the price of the flight I was watching dropped. Therefore, I was able to book that same time! I saved hundred of dollars.

I recently updated this app before leaving a review. I selected to watch a flight for a while now since this is for a cruise that I have known about for months. Every time I choose to watch flights with no layovers the app says there are no flights available and I have to modify my search. However I have been on the web and have found a non stop flight through southwest which is a major airline. If it’s not able to find this and I can I’m not sure if I can trust anything this app has to offer. I love the idea behind it but I don’t like it when companies partner with other companies and only show the information they are affiliated with and pretend they are doing people a service. This is basically an advertisement for airlines who are paying them to show up in the results. You cannot call yourself a price hopper app when you don’t include all airlines.

To keep this short the app is terrible I checked a few different flights and what I found was that I was able to go to different apps or sites or the airline website the book the same flights for the same dates or a much lower price I will be deleting this app and never using it.

I’ve used Hopper several times to keep an eye out for great deals on flights. Recently I booked my flight back to the states through the app instead of using a different third party company. A situation came up and I needed to change my ticket, after speaking with an agent, I was told the change would cost $210 per ticket. I had purchased one ticket yet was planning to travel with my 19 month old (on lap). $210 didn’t seem bad until the agent told me I had to pay to change my daughters “ticket” as well. I decided to hold off on making a decision until speaking directly with the airline in which the ticket was with...sure enough, they only charged $210 to change both tickets. I’m pretty disappointed in the fact of feeling like they were trying to rip me off. I’ll continue to use the app but will never purchase a ticket through them ever again.

You guys made me fool. I book a flight from Toronto to Lucknow (India) and that time you're predicted that trip will be expensive but after two days the same plane became cheaper at your won app.

I really like this app! I just downloaded it because I’m going to spend a semester abroad in Belgium this fall, and I want to use the opportunity to travel cheaply around Europe. Right now, I’ve set up the watch function so that I can get keep track of the best deals leaving Brussels, BUT there’s one problem... the minimum number of days I can set for a trip is 4, which I get by selecting weekend. Last I checked, the weekend is 2 days, not 4! I’ll be a full time student when I’m abroad, but cheap flights to nearby countries will make it easy to see Europe on the weekends... if I can find flights that are actually for just a weekend. I don’t want to miss too much class! Please update the app so that I can watch for 2 or 3 day trips, or tell me how to apply that setting if I’m just missing something!!

Simple! I love that the hopper watches my flight in case if any ticket prices drop or increase!

I should have read the review before ! Hopper app is a big con application. I was planning to fly from LA to Beijing. I called their customer service million times to ask about my ticket and no one answered. My ticket said LA -> Chengdu (18hr 40min) (one stop between, but unknown Chinese City) Chengdu -> Beijing. So what I found out at check in desk of Sichuan airline is that each Chinese city have different visa requirements. This unknown city has a policy of 24hr visa free policy, but Chengdu & Beijing have 72 hr visa free policy. So depending on your first stop of any Chinese city, that city’s policy applies for your entire trip !!! Now thinking back it makes sense why there’s no help line available right away. I even called their customer service desk few days before my flight to more find out this flight, but I was receiving “ Sorry there’s no one available to help” msg. No wonder this is a scam ticket and that’s why they make it non refundable and non changeable !

Great App. Watches flight trends and provide notifications on when you should book. You can also book through the app. I would highly recommend this app!

Not sure why this is getting so many favorable reviews. I gave it a try but found the interface nonintuitive, some examples being: 1. Lack of a home button so I can go back and start fresh. 2. No way to view your current watchlist so I have no idea what flights are currently being watched, and when setting a watch for certain flights, I only had the option to tap X or tap Cancel, making it seem like by doing so, I’m canceling the watch. There was no way to confirm the watch was active and indeed when I go through the same flight searches I see a prompt asking if I want to set a watch again, so it appears the previous watch I set was never saved. Just very confusing and not helpful. 3. Flight prices only cover certain airlines, it contains no Delta listings for example, which is not the fault of Hopper since Hipmunk has the same issue. However Hopper should make it CLEAR what airlines they don’t cover so we can check these airlines separately. 4. No way to clear notifications: all I can do is give them a thumbs down, which appears to do nothing, so what’s the point? Overall I wanted to like this app but way too many issues for it to be of any use to me.

Awesome way to keep track of flight prices without constantly checking.

Have booked many flights through the app; the actual booking process is a dream compared to direct through the airlines. But searching leaves much to be desired and still doesn’t give nearly enough control over dates — in particular, I may be interested *only* in evening or morning flights in the end date of my trip, if I’m trying to avoid taking time off work. The shortest option in the ‘flexible’ section you can choose is “weekends”, but this gives me results for 4-day trips like Tues-Sat. Do you understand what a WEEKEND is, Hopper? And let me blacklist specific airlines I don’t want to fly with, not just discount airlines! Lastly, PLEASE respect my locale settings—it’s very confusing trying to book travel when my iOS calendar starts on Monday but yours always starts in Sunday.

Very useful and saved me a lot of money, easy to use!

Tried to book a round-trip flight through Hopper, got to the confirmation page and had a notification that said "there was an issue," but "don't worry, your card wasn't charged," so I figured it was a glitch. Tried to book the same flight, then got a notification that my credit card was declined. Turns out they had charged me Twice, and I still didn't have tickets to show for it. I called the help line, they confirmed that I did Not have tickets, nor could they give me the tickets over the phone, and they couldn't reverse the charges for 36 hours. So now my credit card is maxed out and I'll have to wait for them to delete the charges before I can buy tickets somewhere else. I wouldn't be writing this review if the help line operator had been even the slightest bit helpful or sympathetic. Terrible waste of time.

Great rate! Never would have imagined a rate so low.

Love this app for finding the best time to buy and researching flights. DO NOT buy tickets through them though!! I have only had headaches with trying to adjust flight plans, losing known traveler numbers (aka showing up the the airport without precheck being on there), and the worst part..... being in the last row of every single flight and leg of a flight. Every. Single. One. We booked tickets months in advance with lots of open seats, and they put us in the last row, next to the bathrooms, with no option to recline. Hopper was unable to change our seats, and since we booked through the app the airlines themselves couldn’t even change our seats when I called. I will never book another flight through this app.

Still missing a few airlines but otherwise does a phenomenal job

I am in my 20s and in a long distance relationship, i waitress but while having to pay for school and other necessities, it is not easy to travel especially cheaply but thanks to the HOPPER app, there is minimal stress. You don’t have to worry about having your boarding pass, tickets etc because it is all right in your phone. They pick the best flights and cheapest, give you so many suggestions about how to find cheaper flights and explain why throughout your search. Thank You Hopper App! This is an app I don’t think I will ever delete no matter how full my storage gets 😉😅

Skyscanner is much better. More options for searching and cheaper prices

Got good prices on flights I started tracking with Hopper 3-4 months in advance. The first flight, in June, was smooth enough, though I wasn't allowed to upgrade my seat before boarding on the return flight—even though there were upgrade options available on the airport kiosk. The reason I'm not giving 4 or 5 stars is because of today's non-existent customer support. I got a notification that the airline has changed my late-August flight times (a 20-minute-earlier departure! Argh!). Trying to contact Hopper re their policy of accepting the change on my behalf, I tried their site. Chat not available. I called and was on hold for 10 minutes (I hung up). That's not customer support.

Thanks for making it impossible for a colorblind guy to see it.

I kind of wish there was a web version of this amazing app. Whatevs, I get to track flight prices in real time, which is amazing. Currently trying to decide where to go for my next vacation. My wife works for a school and has specific days off, so I put in a bunch of destinations and it gives me alerts when pricing changes. It also has a great heat map for forecasting airfare prices, which makes it a good planning tool if you don’t have any planned days off yet. Been using this app for airfare for the last four years or so and it’s still the best out there.

As a college student and 20 something, I always have the travel bug but am extremely price sensitive. I have used Hopper to get from Houston to Chicago, LA, and Philly. I always keep notifications on and share the app whenever possible. My gf just booked through Hopper to Detroit by watching the trip. Easy to use, great concept, and I’ve never had an issue with the app or company! I am loyal to this booking platform for sure! (I just wish they had a website as well, but understand keeping cost low to provide more value to the customer)

This app used to be my favorite. Now it is quite annoying. I have previously placed a watch on a flight. Since then, I have deleted the watch but yet I continue to receive notifications for the watch. When I select to view the price offers, nothing is there to check. This has happened for so many flight searches that I have deleted all searches and will be deleting the app. I have also received notifications for flight dates that have passed. Lastly, I have received notifications for hotel prices that I knowingly declined to receive notifications for. I know it’s technology, so my recommendation is to do an update to the configuration of the app. It’s becoming more of an annoyance than of assistance.

I’ve used Hopper for about a year and have saved $1700+ on just 3 international flights. The app finds lesser-known options and alerts you at the optimal time to buy - and it works great! Only feedback: add more filtering options (specific departure time, airline, etc.) and also the ability to search across multiple days and airports without having to create more than one tracked search. This would be super helpful for those of us who are stuck choosing from several expensive airports! :) Otherwise, this app is perfect!

I began using Hopper with the hopes of saving money. I used predictions from this app for two separate trips and it cost me hundreds of dollars. For example, one trip began at $1,152 for my family and hopper suggested to wait... I monitored prices weekly and they continued to climb. Hopper suggested to wait with prices varying each week.... “if you wait, plane tickets will be “$280”, then it was $320, $480, and now $570... prices far worse than they were when I first checked. This has happened on two different occasions. From now on I’m going to go against hopper’s advice and book when I feel it’s a good deal. I don’t normally leave reviews, but I thought this review may help some people save hundreds of dollars.... if it seems like a good deal, go ahead and purchase. Don’t rely on Hopper!

The app keeps giving me the right information. It tells me to wait to book until a certain date because the prices will drop but it never drops it keeps going up. I have used for 2 trips one to Tenerife Spain 2 people and I paid almost $800 more each when I could have bought the ticket at $750 when I first started looking for tickets. One trip to El Salvador that I paid $300 more and now one to Barcelona in September and now it’s $1200 with 17 hours of travel when I could have paid $700 or less for a direct flight! Thank you hopper for giving me the wrong information and make me spend and extra $3k in air tickets this year! My husband and I would have traveled to a few other places with that money!

I’m really excited about saving money with this app. It’s great that you can save flights that you’re watching and it’ll tell you what the price is and when to book! However, on the main “Watch” tab where you can see the flights you saved, you can’t see the current best price unless you click into it. There’s already some open space to the right, and it would be a great way to get a quick glimpse whether the price has changed without me having to go into every trip I save. Other than that, it’s an amazing app.

I don’t book through Hopper because I used Airline credit cards and want to be sure I get my points, but I use Hopper to follow the rates and they are very accurate and so useful! I love that I can put in the dates and get a notification telling me when the best time to buy is. Be aware that by the time the fare is lowest there may also be limited seating, and that depending upon what time of day you want to leave and return, the rate may go up from the “lowest” price you see - but it’s still the best time to buy.

This has been my go to app for finding flights for a few years now. I’ve tried all the competitors: Hipmumk, Travelocity, Orbitz, et al. and Hopper keeps me coming back. Finding and tracking flights is dead simple and the UI isn’t over designed. It’s a must download. My one criticism is the post flight booked experience. It’s difficult to easily and elegantly transfer your new tickets to the app or site from Hopper. I would have liked to see some options for the scheduled trip (the ability to copy the record number [that used to be a feature but doesn’t seem to work anymore], a button to share the trip to other apps like TripIt or the airline apps themselves) but sadly those are missing. There’s a share button for the trip, but the output isn’t something I would really want to send to my friends and family. With those sharing options, this would be a five star app. Definitely worth the download though!

I tend to use other travel sites like google flights for lower prices, your typical travel sites, and even student ones for discounts. Hopper has been my favorite since it tracks flight prices days to come until your departures that these sites don’t do. My flight back home from university ranges from $200-$400 for one ways but i just bought a one way for $175 which is a first! Google Flights and other sites were listing flights for the same destination for $400!!! Hopper is definitely a MUST for travelers!

I’ve been watching a trip to Greece for a while, knowing prices were around $1,300 no matter when I’d book (July trip). I decided to get creative about my path to my final destination- by watching Houston to Paris (a place close and desirable enough for me to spend a day in on my way to Greece) I was able to get alerted by Hopper about an INCREDIBLE DEAL! This morning I booked Houston to Paris for only $583 RT!!!! I can get to Greece from there for only an additional about $250, still nearly a FIVE HUNDRED DOLLAR savings! Thank you Hopper!

This app is amazing! I like to travel but I’m new to this book in advance and get the best possible rate. Airline prices range WIDELY throughout the months. Hopper helped me pick a flight that was almost HALF the cost of what I was originally going to pick. Most of the hassle with trying to shop for flights at the right price is that you have the burden of checking all the time. This takes the burden out and you still get the best price! Get this freaking app right now!

I've been watching a few different possible itineraries to Spain for months with Hopper. The app consistently told me to wait...meanwhile prices rose $400 and never was there a "book asap" notification. Last week I started getting notifications that my trip was $800 via American Airlines. Every time I clicked the notification it took me to the current fares which were between $1400 and $1800 and even still the app told me to wait. I double checked against American's site and the price was always $1900. Worth noting that I clicked on the notifications immediately every time I saw them. Sometimes the time lag was as little as 30 seconds. Not only is their fare predictor flawed, they serve notifications for fares that don't exist.

I’m reading a lot of reviews saying they cost me money blah blah blah as a consumer it’s your job to watch prices on your own along with using this app as a tool to help buy at the right time. I decided to not buy way ahead of time and give this app a shot and it saved me about 90$ per person on tickets flying to Florida from California I watched as prices rose and rose over the past few months but just as the app predicted they dropped this last week and saved me money. All in all a good tool to help the flying process

This app has come in handy for emergency flight bookings and planning potential trips. While I will continue to use this app, BRING BACK THE “FLEXIBLE” search option!!!! This was such a cool and unique feature to have and made it possible to choose a destination based on price and duration rather than searching each individual location. The flexible flight search was a much more useful tool than adding hotels to the app. Stay unique! We budget travelers like to see all of our options in front of us at one time!

This app has been really useful when I needed to figure out how the best time to buy but this time we decided to book our flights through hopper and it turned out horribly. We are unable to choose our seats ahead of time and in fact have been given the worst seats possible WITHOUT even being seated together. You get the dregs. We are boarding with the last group and therefore ended up spending 50 extra bucks to check our relatively small carryons. VERY disappointed and not looking forward to my 3-hour flight in a middle seat.

Just tried to book a flight for me and my four kids moving to another state - search said the seats were available - paid and immediately received an error message and the flight wasn’t booked, but check my bank app and my card was charged. Hopper App says this is a “temporary hold” - 20 minutes later I am still out $1700+ of the $2200 I paid for a supposed reservation that never went thru, plus a $25 Hopper app charge. Need to get this taken care of ASAP, I had been watching the flight for days and saving up and I’m so frustrated. Anxiously awaiting my money back so I can book thru the actual airline and I will never use this app again.

I was about to book a flight from Tampa to Kiev for an awesome price through hopper. I was somewhat weary, so I decided to book directly through the airlines using hoppers result. Lo and behold, my connecting flight to JFK, if purchased through hopper, actually wouldn't include any checked baggage. Therefore, is need to pay extra for a checked bag unexpectedly. Hopper, who flies across the globe with no checked bag? Overall the concept of hopper is great and I'll continue to use it for a 'guide' when choosing flights, but for now, feeling extremely grateful that I booked through the actual airlines.

Hopper watches the costs of flights for your trip. It found me a flight for $100 less than what I would usually pay and I didn't have to lift a finger. All you do is select the destination, then the dates, and hopper will push a notification to your device when it finds a cheap flight! Update: lost 2 stars for two reasons. First reason is that I'm probably going to end up paying more because I refuse to fly spirit and that's what hopper is basing the fare off of. Second lost star is because there is no way to exclude certain airlines from the watch list.

I’ve been waiting on booking a domestic trip in a few months and checking Hopper’s notifications for the trip the whole way. It has suggested that I buy the tickets about every week for the last month and a half, and today they’re their cheapest. If I had done it a month ago, it would’ve cost $80 more. So pretty good, I like the UI and it functions well, but keep in mind that if you’re many months out from a domestic flight, it might be wise to play the waiting game more than the app advises.

So i got this app because im planning a honeymoon from US to New Zealand. Set up a few alerts for local airports to Auckland a few months ago. The price of tickets has been steadily increasing, and it still says to wait (started keeping track at ~$1500, now it’s ~$2000). Looked up some studies and they reported that the best time to buy international flights to South Pacific is 180 days out. Idk why this app kept telling me to wait, it should have told me to buy a long time ago. Yes, it was my decision to continue to wait, but that was due to the poor information and advice offered by this app. I have no clue why it kept telling me to wait. Would never recommend this to anyone.

The app works well for predicting and notifying about lower fares. However, I recommend against booking your travel through Hopper. They changed a flight without my approval and now I am getting to my destination at 10pm instead of 3:30pm, which screws up my plans. To fix it they said it’d be a $200 change fee plus any fare difference. Of course they blame the airline, and when I call the airline they tell me I have to go through Hopper. Poor customer service and policies, but I’ll likely still use the app for fare notifications.

The first flight I searched showed the lowest price at $145 but I was looking at $90 flights for the exact same search details just looking at google flights. I originally downloaded because of the "watch flight" option, but there's no point in wasting my time watching flights for the cheapest ticket if they aren't showing even close to the cheapest ticket. I searched a few other airports/dates just to see if it was a fluke in my original search but all those prices were crazy inflated as well. Not sure if they are making money selling the flights or what but I was very disappointed.

App is a total rip off. Seriously, just use google flights and it will find flights that are half the price of what you will ever pay for on hopper. I would give this 0 out of 5 stars if I could. This app malfunctioned and bought a ticket for entirely different dates. When I called customer service to change it to the dates I needed they tried to pin the blame on me and wanted me to pay $400 to change my dates back to what they should have been. I begged and pleaded for nearly two hours and they just slapped me with “sorry it’s our policy.” Needless to say I was not able to attend my grandmothers funeral because I did not have the money to pay for their “fee.”

This app is great until the one time it messes up, and then it’s quite the expense. After using Hopper for all of my last six trips, I plugged in the data for my latest travel plan and waited like the app suggested. Over the last few weeks I’ve watched the price of the flight go up higher and higher, and Hopper still says wait. Finally I check today and the message is “book now, this price isn’t great but if you wait you will likely pay more” Thanks Hopper... I could have saved $50 per person if I’d gone with my gut and booked six weeks out, but I guess this is fine too.

Hopper is by far the best app for future or current travel bookings! I love how they have an option to notify you when there’s a cheaper flight or if you should wait to book! Whoever made Hoppers graphics and characters are doing their job RIGHT. They are so cute! It makes me want to use this app more and more. Haha. Thanks hopper! I will continue to recommend you guys as well to my friends and family and will always support your app! Thanks so much!!!

Great app, but the price predictions typically aren’t accurate. For example, it just told me to wait several months on a flight to greece, and the cost would be $603. I watched the trip and waited, but eventually it told me Book Now at about 700 apiece, and that this was the best price that would be available. This is the 2nd or 3rd time it’s told me to wait for cheaper fares, only to pull the rug out from under me and never offer a cheaper fare. Still not bad prices, but know that their predictions aren’t actually accurate most of the time.

I’ve tried using this app on two separate occasions to find flights. Both times I had the same issues. It just literally couldn’t find certain flights that totally exist and are significantly cheaper. For example, it failed to give options for Southwest. They also gouge the prices for themselves. I was looking at some flights with American Airlines, but decided to go directly to their website instead of using Hopper. Turns out (while looking at the app and the AA website) that the tickets through Hopper were about $50 more expensive. Um, no thanks. Very shady. Won’t be using again.

This is a scam app! They will get your money and they’re gone, no customer service, no help because they have sold the ticket and have gotten the money and you’re no one anymore. I experienced a really bad situation because of their poor and I should say non existing customer service. Paid a whole new charge because of their poor contact support. Don’t waste your money with them. They’re not known at all, you buy a ticket and nobody is their to assist you anymore. For a company or a business it’s required to have a customer service number where users can easily receive assistance not through email but through phone number.

I had the hopper app for a few weeks as I was planning to visit New York. Hopper informed me early on that flights were around $400+ and that the time to book was now, prices will only increase. Based on that advice, I booked. For the next few weeks I proceeded to watch prices increase here and there, as well as finally decrease down to $300 or so a week or so before my flight date. I actually steadily watched prices fall a couple weeks after I had already spent what ended up being over $100 more than where prices ended up. I get that is app is trying to predict, but if you’re going to waste both my time and money what are you good for?

I can’t say enough good things about the Hopper app. I planned an impromptu trip to Europe and Hopper made it so easy and I feel like I definitely got the best price on the market. They don’t try to force you to book immediately, they tell you when prices are going to be lowered and recommend waiting or booking immediately given the circumstances. I will be using Hopper to plan all of my trips in the future.

The second that a flight is cheaper, they can notify you (which is incredible). I signed up for notifications on google flights and hopper for my upcoming flight, and I received the notification of a cheaper flight from hopper 5 hours before google flights sent me an email notification. I’ve used Hopper for the last 4 flights I’ve been on and I don’t regret it whatsoever. Lifesaver!!

I’ve used hopper previously to keep track of prices on flights but never had used it to actually book. I received a notification about a lower price and, in less than 5 minutes, booked my tickets through hopper. It was almost $400 cheaper than the airline’s site and even cheaper than the discount travel aggregator sites. Thanks! Great mobile app!

This app has saved me so much money, when I’m planning a trip a couple of months in advance. I can set the watch for flights on the dates I’m traveling, then let the app do all the heavy lifting. It’s not as useful when I’m planning something last minute. Planning those trips, I prefer to use Google Flights. Mainly because I can click on a departure date and automatically see the ticket costs for every potential return day in the future.

I am going to be traveling a lot in the next year, and was looking for a way to be cost effective and have always found flights super confusing. Hopper stream lines the process in a super easy way. You just select the dates and it tells you when it predicts the price is at its lowest. I just picked random dates for random flights in July (first trip isn’t until September) and it was pretty incredible to see how low some of the prices got. Positives: -Super easy to navigate -not over the top on notifications Negatives: -only thing i haven’t seen is an easy way to string flights together. Almost making a trip. Like bwi to lax to den to jfk to bwi. Etc. -hotel prices the recommend seem a bit high Highly recommend

Ahem, below me. This app is not useful to me because I don't have time to constantly check my phone for the constant notifications. Some people work. I have a life and am busy much like most people in this world....so this app only makes MORE work for anyone who would actually truly want to benefit from the service it offers. Just like the chick below me who says "do your research"......doesn't that completely defeat the purpose of the app?!? YEP, sure does....so how much did they pay you to write THAT review?!? I am not impressed. Period Point Blank. Don't waste your time on this app unless you do, in fact, enjoy wasting time!

My husband and I travel a lot because we are travel writers. We have found that Hopper is a very easy way to search for the lowest cost, non-stop flights from the East Coast airports near us. Since we have the option to drive to Washington DC, Philly and New York airports, we have been able to find the best deals! You have the option of booking through Hopper for a small fee or booking the tickets directly from the airline website.

I finally used this app to purchase our flight. Previously, I used it to watch prices. I was impressed with the simplicity and follow up confirmation. Their customer service was excellent! I had an inquiry after booking our flight. They responded to my inquiry by email within a few hours (middle of the night our time zone). I’ll be using this app again. Thank you!

Looking for trips to Cabo, and of course I need a hotel to stay in but it only lets me book each separately, there should be like a bundle feature where I can book for my flight and hotel I want to stay in. Pretty much all other sites and apps have it but this one I actually like that they give you predictions of when they would be cheaper which is why I downloaded it but now I see it’s not what I expected. I give it 3 stars because it still helps with what times are best to buy my tickets.

I’ve been watching a single round trip flight for a month now (the fare has not changed) and the app keeps notifying me to “Buy Now”. When I open the app and click on the flight, the app says “Wait”. Well... which is it? Essentially I’m just manually checking airfares everyday on my own via the app notifying me. I don’t need an app to remind me to manually check fares. I could do that on my own. So... what is the app actually doing? 3 stars for working as a fare finder, but as a way to monitor fares, I’m still skeptical.

This is a cool concept, but it’s not always accurate. It doesn’t always predict correctly (at all), and it doesn’t always notify you when prices go down. I had to manually go into a watched trip for it to refresh and discovered the price had dropped a huge amount. Not sure if the app would have ever told me. The interface is good and easy to use, and I would use it in the future to search for flights, but definitely wouldn’t trust it for predictions or notifications.

This is my first time to use Hopper and I was surprised to find the price quoted to me is what I actually paid!! In addition, I love how Hopper told me to wait (because the prices were likely to drop)to purchase one trip I was looking at and to buy now for a different trip (because prices were going to go up). It seems Hopper really does have the customer’s best interest at heart...a rarity these days!

Does exactly what it promises. When I first went to book a flight the prices were too high for my budget. But Hopper kept me up to date on that I should wait because prices would go down. I did and with their help was able to book the same exact flight for the price I could afford and wanted to pay. Definitely would recommend this app!

I didn’t expect this app to be this on top of flights. It is amazing and I honestly booked my first flight through Hopper and at at least $100 less than my searches through typical internet discount sites...... but without the hassle. I didn’t search and search ..... entered my dates, preferred flight times and sat back and watched notification til I found one and it took a day

Been using this for some time now, if only to just see fare patterns and Determine purchase timing. That could be enough. However most recently I was alerted for the fair that I could not find on the target airline website – and was 20% off the next cheapest fare. AND, not a downgrade of cabin/service! I Immediately bought it. So happy woth then and their app. THANK YOU!

The flight was originally $178 looking at this app but it told me to wait for it to go down a little more and I did not mind having more time to book so I waited. A month later, it was two days from the date that hopper said prices would stop lowering, but they had done nothing but rise to $288. I waited till the day that the app said they would be the cheapest, but they weren’t. I wasn’t going to wait for prices to go up more so I purchased my tickets through another site that was $40 cheaper than hopper’s lowest price anyway (kayak). Long story short, this app was a waste of time.

It kept telling me to wait and that my flight would reduce by $60-$75 in the next couple of weeks. I booked my flight despite of its recommendations since my grandparents gave me some airline miles. I kept the app to see how efficient it would be. Waited the recommended time and the price went UP by $65-$75. It would be one thing if it went up by $5 or down $5 or something along those lines. But it literally went up $65 after they said it would go down that amount. This was a flight from PDX TO CAE. Round trip. Gotta thank my grandpa more than the app. Good luck with your future performance though.

This was the fastest, easiest, and most convenient (air travel) booking experience I’ve ever had in my life. Literally took a a few minutes to search, compare flights, find the best trip, signup, snap a pic of my credit card, and book my flight. (Would be great if I could share my itinerary via the app; but overall experience still warrants the 5 stars!)

This app is really impressive, does everything you’d want it to, and all with a fun, interactive UI. One feature it’s missing: the option of trips leaving FROM multiple airports. I live between Milwaukee and Chicago (so like 3 airports). When I’m searching for multiple flights I have to create 2 trips to get alerts about the best prices from both Chi and Mke.

Easy to use app. Gives you options to change and modify dates of travel. Gives you advice of when to book, either wait for better price or book soon before prices go up. You can “watch” a certain trip and it will send you updates when a good deal pops up. Can book single or multiple passengers.

This app has allowed me to book amazing flights that have allowed me to travel all within my budget and saving on fares let's me enjoy my trips . I highly recommend this app because it definitely works . Also when it says "watch this flight" do it ! Less than 24hrs I've seen a flight from Miami to Vegas go from $283 to $96 so this is one of my favorite apps ever !

Downloaded the app and then added a few itineraries. And then I wait for a notification. Nothing. I waited for two weeks and nothing. I was about to delete the app thinking it didn’t work and then on Halloween night at 5PM a notification popped up. Nonstop trip from Chicago to LA. Best price I’ve ever seen. And it allows you to filter out the new basic economy flights. Seriously fantastic app. Love it!

1) Has not been useful for me in looking up international flights. Very often tells me there are no flights for dates selected, though other apps/ sites are able to provide times and prices. 2) Yes alerts are enabled on my phone, yet I never receive one when the price drops or rises. 3) Absolutely none of its predictions have been right. In fact, after advising me to wait and informing the prices could drop by almost $100 within a certain time frame, the prices did the opposite, they jumped, costing me way more than if I had just bought to begin with. 4) The prices are rarely what they are advertised for. If you actually click on that flight, I find often the price is more than what is showing on Hopper's app and I have found other sites will have the same flight for almost $30 less ( yes including taxes and fees). Overall this app has not performed well for me. Maybe I'm the only one.

Hopper may be useful in seeing a general overview of flight prices, but don’t rely on it to provide accurate and complete pricing information. For instance, if you need your flights to depart at certain times you will be led astray by Hopper, which doesn’t allow for customized takeoff and landing time windows in its “Watch” feature. If this feature is indeed included and my poor results are just due to user error then I will stand corrected, but for now I have deleted the app and plan to encourage my friends and family to do the same.

I used to love this app. It would show you lower prices for flights and send push notifications. Now... hopper wants your phone number to “verify your account.” There is absolutely no reason they need your number other than to sell it to solicitors. Apps use your e-mail address to verify. Once in a while it will send me notifications, but you can only see a notification for .50 seconds if you are on your phone before it disappears. You can’t click on it, it vanishes that fast. If you are on an iPhone and swipe down to see notifications from all your apps... it is missing from all the other app sites’ notifications. Hopper has no legitimate reason to require your phone number to have an account other than to sell it to third parties. I will not use or recommend this app as I have before, until they change this requirement.

The app is wonderful, but what REALLY impressed me was the customer service when I called to change my flights. Painless! There was a phone tree but a live representative picked up within a minute. Oscar was really friendly and worked smoothly to change the complex itinerary for our family reunion with members departing from two different countries!

Had to make 5 attempts to book a cheap flight. By the time it finally went through - with a lot on handwringing on my part - the fare had gone up! Worst part was worrying if my card was being charged. Their solution was email us. Click on the link, and it auto fill the SENDER’s address (my own) rather than theirs. I couldn’t find their email address anywhere on the app nor the website when I finally gave up searching through the app. VERY frustrating.

Hopper has gotten me phenomenal deals in the past! It is an easy to use app and has helped me save a bunch of $$$$. I have an iPhone and recently when I watch a trip, the trips will notify me on good prices but when I got into the app to check the trip, my trips I am watching are gone. I hope this issue gets fixed!

Not sure why all the positive reviews. I’ve tried using this app for two different trips. Each time it tells me to wait because airfares will drop. But then every time I check on the trip (every 3 days or so), the price the flights are supposed to drop to get higher and higher. So now the price flights will drop to is HIGHER than the first flight I found when Hopper told me to wait! So now I either have to pay $40 more per ticket (and it’s just a one way ticket) OR risk waiting even longer and having prices rise more. I’ll never trust this app again.

I tried the app to track prices for a flight in Europe. I’m not sure what their parameters are, but the ticket prices could change by $100 or more and the app would never let me know. It spams you with unwanted flight options and doesn’t alert you for the flights you track on purpose. I deleted it as soon as I bought the ticket I was tracking. Kayak does a much better job with flight prediction and notification. I also enjoy that the “developer response” only appears for good reviews. Apparently they have no defense for their poor performance.

I just downloaded this app for a trip I am taking over spring break. Flights were super high when I first checked. I was skeptical but I thought why not try and see if Hopper can find me a cheaper flight. Well the app came thru!! I just bought my flight for less than half of what the flights were when I was checking. Thank you!!

I use this app every time I travel. For the most part, it’s pretty helpful. Obviously, it’s not perfect all the time. But it does let me know when a flight is a great deal and to book immediately. I do with it included all available airlines (doesn’t include southwest, which is a relatively inexpensive airline), and that you could filter for times of day the flights are. Ah well, perhaps on a future update.

We really like the convenience of the app, but the notification system didn't seem to function properly for this trip. Also the app recommended waiting and as a result of following the recommendation, we paid more per ticket and were forced to connect through Dallas when we would've gotten a non-stop had we booked earlier.

My son introduced me to hopper about a year ago . I do travel and use this site often . In September 2017 Hurricane Irma was going toward Georgia and I was traveling for my nieces wedding. I wedding was called off due to the hurricane. United was only going to reimburse me one way . Hopper reimbursed me my round trip ticket . Wonderful customer service ! Since the. I recommended Hopper to over a dozen people ?!!!

I used this to track prices for flights for trips and it always was pretty helpful. Then they switched to hotels and now I can’t figure out how to switch it to flights only. Or if they stopped tracking flights? I don’t know but it’s not what I wanted. If they made it easier to separate flights from hotels great. Now I’m just going to delete it. They weren’t always up to date on the prices anyway. It was just good for me to check the airlines. I booked maybe once from here in all. Google flights 👌🏻

This app does NOT notify you when the fares go lower though you set up the alert notification. My flight to Europe increased from 976 to 1575$ and no notification came in. When I went to stupid Hopper of course what it has to say after watching that rabbit running, is “wait”. Sure...🙄 Save the space in your phone and do not use this crap. It’s a complete waste of time and energy. It does not keep an eye on the flights but you have to go on it and manually redo your flights search. So...why do you need an app to remind you to check the flights?

I’ve found hopper most useful when searching for inexpensive flights when I’m willing to take less than ideal flight paths to save money. The price predictions aren’t bad either. The notifications have generally been useless to me unless I have no limitations of arrival or departure time. They only allow a search based on departure date, not arrival date. Relying on hopper’s notifications has meant frequently paying more for international flights in the hopes of a deal appearing (that never does).

I decided to really trust Hopper this time and it screwed me over. I kept waiting and waiting as my notifications told me that a better flight would come along. Then, without warning, I check 8 hours after the last time I looked only to see it was telling me to purchase now because a better ticket wouldn’t come along. All along the prices were slowly rising and I ended up having to purchase a much more inconvenient time to fly because of price change. I won’t be trusting Hopper again with something as costly as a round trip flight.

Amazed I didn’t use this app sooner. Incredibly useful for monitoring prices by day and month to find the best deal for whatever trip or vacation you want to go on. Planning on traveling everywhere this summer! Even helps you keep track of potential price changes. Save yourself some time and money with this app.

Perhaps as a booking site its structural organization is appropriate for some, but if I had followed Hopper’s “advice” and delayed purchasing my tickets to Tokyo over the past 11 weeks it would have cost me more than $1000 per ticket more. Repeated messages advising “wait” have appeared on my phone, each followed by a higher price as time has passed. With less than two weeks to go until departure, it is conceivable that some last minute deal will appear, but nobody with actual plans could possibly tolerate such a tense and uncertain situation.

I love this app it’s saved me a lot of money on my flights over the summer! I’ve used it multiple times and I contacted customer service once and the customer service was so great I recommended this app to 30 of my friends and they’ve been going on talking about how great it is as well! My only issue is the basic fare is brutally basic I couldn’t have a carry on bag or NOTHING not even peanuts.

I can’t seem to find this tool anymore.... it was the best!! Am I missing it?? I liked being able to switch between local airports and find flights that worked best for my schedule.... if that area isn’t available anymore I will probably not use the app as much :-/

Do yourself a favor and call your credit card company before using your card they, charge your account $0 (to test that it works?) then $10 for the commission and then if your credit card company is good they block the $900 flight. But oops verify your card hasn’t been stolen go through the processes again and yup pay the fee. Or take my advice and call your credit card company first 😳 and only pay once.

This application is excellent!!! Gives best prices... But there’s one problem.. it doesn’t allows the multiple city to check for better flight prices!!! You Hoppers should add this option (it only has round trip or one way). Please add this option to make it easy for multiple cities!!!

I booked with Hopper and went to the airport only to hear that my agency cancelled my flight!!! I went through so much frustration to find another flight for the same night which I had to pay for again. It was late, so I wasn’t able to customer service right away, but when I did call later, they told me I booked for the wrong dates (a week before)!! I trusted their confirmation, but really you should always get confirmation from the airline and not the third party agency. Never going to use Hopper again.

Do not EVER book with this app. Yeah, they may be 100 bucks cheaper for your flight, but they don’t offer trip insurance, and they book flights that are non-refundable, non-transferable, and non-cancellable. In short, unless everything in your trip goes off without a hitch, you’re screwed with booking through them. And God forbid you need to change the dates of your flight due to unforeseen circumstances. If that happens, be prepared to shell out hundreds of extra dollars. I will NEVER book through this app again. Complete garbage.

It gives you constant updates about flights’ prices. It also gives you advice whether to wait or buy the ticket without putting pressure. Sometimes the flight’s price will drop or raise after the purchase, but I still think it is worth it.

Used hopper many times in the states, first international flight of this magnitude (SEA TO BKK) with them but I did have to uninstall, then reinstall the app, for it to work... hoping it was just a glitch... could have went with countless other platforms but hopper have always been the best so far in price and helpfulness in my exp (my parents live In FL, my brother lives in CO and I live in WA, so I fly a lot.) I WILL DEFIANTLY RATE MY EXP WHEN I GET BACK HOME, IF I GET BACK HOME!!! LOL...

Not sure how I learned to subscribe to notifications on Hopper but I could not be be more pleased with the quality of the site and notifications. Honest is what comes to mind. In addition, tonight I acted upon a notification from Hopper regarding a round trip to Tokyo that was an incredible deal and purchased without a glitch. Thank you Hopper!

I love this app! Used it 3 times in the last month! It’s saved me hundreds on booking flights! There a $5 fee when you book, but when you just saved $200 on a flight it’s ok! I highly suggest, it also alerts you when prices change and drop- deff been a life savior for wedding season.

This app is very easy to use. I really liked the tips it gave to save money on my flight like changing the date and airport. It was nice to be able to search flights and pay for them all within the same app. Hopper even gave advice as to whether I should book now or wait for the price to drop. Great app!