FlightLover is an Apple iOS app that checks for cheap air tickets of budget airlines. It’s available for different countries of origin–Singapore, Malaysia, Indonesia, Thailand, Vietnam, Philippines, Hong Kong, Taiwan.
There’s one thing you need to know about me. I am very stingy and it is very rare that I will pay for an app unless it is really useful.
I downloaded the app a long long time ago, hoping it would help me score cheap flights. Unfortunately, I haven’t bought any cheap flights using the app but I do have other purposes for it.
I use it mainly to check how low flights can go. I also use it to help friends double check if there are cheap flights around the period they want to travel.
The app will be useful for the casual bargain air ticket hunter (I’m among a semi-hardcore bargain hunter while a friend of mine is Level-999 in cheap airticket hunting.)
How it’s like
When you open the app, it gives a list of the destinations in its database as well as the cheapest flights. I love how the cover photos are changed from time to time, for example, the highlighted destination today is Sydney.
For this demo, I chose Kuala Lumpur as my destination as it’s one of the cheapest destinations.
I’m able to slide the slider (duh) to indicate how many days I want to travel. Please note that it includes the day you fly. For example, if a flight leaves the airport at 11pm, it counts as a day.
The return time is actually the hour you return to your country of origin. That is helpful for those who don’t want to guess when they reach home. For me, I would prefer the timing of the flight back instead so I can see how many hours I can still have fun.
You can also select the date range you want which is helpful to zoom in the long weekend dates. The little red triangle on the upper right of the price shows that the trip involves a weekend–super!
After you’ve selected the best price, head into the date and it’ll show you the details of the flight as well as the checkin time (so considerate of them!)
The “Book” button only helps you call the airline while the “Share with friends” lets you tweet/Facebook/e-mail others about the cheap price.
The app also has a neat “Beep” mode which will alert you of deals that have dropped below the price you’ve indicated.
Everyday, around 9am, it will deliver a message alert if the tickets have fallen below the price you like.
Even thought I’ve switched this function on, I always feel annoyed when it reminds me of a cheap flight because I can’t go on a holiday now
The design of the interface is really clean and beautiful. There is an airplane flying in circles when it loads a page. A sad emoticon appears when there is no connection.
The companion Web site has the same functionality but with limited travel dates. The app can be found on the App Store.
Ratings
“Borrowing”148apps.com’s review format:
FlightLover Singapore
Developer: Handstand (The folks who brought you gothere.sg)
Price: S$2.99
Version Reviewed: 1.27
Device Reviewed On: iPhone 4
iPhone Integration Rating: 3 out of 5 stars (Not integrated into Twitter–iOS 5 functionality)
User Interface Rating: 4 out of 5
Re-use Value Rating: 5 out of 5
Overall Rating: 4 out of 5
YQtravelling 
This is interesting..I am using skyscanner.. free app..
not sure if you have used it b4?
Thanks for the recommendation Tommy, I downloaded it after reading your comment. Skyscanner looks great since I’m planning some flights 12 months in advance.
I guess FlightLover’s better for people who don’t have a specific location or date in mind.