Google just rolled out a feature called Flight Deals that uses Gemini 2.5 to turn casual, chatty requests into flight suggestions. Instead of forcing you through airport codes and calendars, it tries to understand moods, loose timeframes, and plain-language wants—then checks live fares across hundreds of airlines to pull together options that fit.
It’s in beta right now, available across the U.S., Canada, and India. And no — it’s not replacing the familiar Google Flights interface you already know (the date-grid and sliders are still there). Think of Flight Deals as the friend who asks, “So, what kind of trip are you after?” and then disappears for a few minutes and returns with a handful of bargains.
You don’t need to enter an exact date or a three-letter airport code. Say something like “I want to see the Northern Lights for a week in December,” and the system will return suggestions — Alaska, Iceland, Norway — and show fares for that month. Or if you type, “Somewhere with mountains and great food in the spring,” you might get flights from March through June to places like Denver, Munich, or even Auckland. Short, specific, or vague — the looser your wording, the more the model has to infer, and that’s part of the point.
Gemini 2.5 is powering the understanding here; it’s been used in other Google tools, but this is one of the more consumer-facing ways the company is trying AI on for size. Airline tickets are a clever testbed — people buy them often enough to care about savings, but not so rarely that folks won’t try a new tool to shave dollars off a trip.
Is it flawless? Nope. Flight Deals is learning, and sometimes it won’t hand you the perfect itinerary. Still, if it nudges someone toward a cheap January flight to Oaxaca — where the food might just blow their mind — then it did its job.
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(If you don’t see it yet, the rollout may not have reached your account or region.)
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