Oh boy its that time of year again, Black Friday! Simple Flying has hunted across the internet to find you the very best flight deals for Black Friday weekend. The majority of these are discounts on specific destinations, rather than a blanket discount across the network.
Now, the best way to search for deals specific to you is to open up each of these links and set your home airport (or whatever is best) and see what you can find. I don't recommend using Skyscanner entirely (whilst you should use that as well), as some of the deals need you to use a code at checkout (thus you might miss it on a normal flight search website).
So without further ado, lets dive right in.
Air Canada
Starting off this list is Air Canada, with their Black Friday deals. Its a code, BLACKFRIDAYEU18, for 20% select flights. Which flights? Search here.
WestJet
Not to be outdone by their rival, WestJet is also offering a Black Friday sale. It is another search engine so your best bet is to have a quick look before moving on.
LATAM
LATAM won last year with their Black Friday deal, with some crazy flights from Australia to South America. And they might do it again. Log onto their site to see some deals that apply from your region.
Emirates
Emirates is offering a bunch of round trip flights from its international hub cities, and from the 12 cities, it offers services to in the USA. Flights are starting from $449 and go up from there.
Qatar
Not to be caught out by Emirates, Qatar has also launched a Black Friday promotion. And some of these discounts are crazy, like $300 off the Q-suite and economy return with $150 off. You have to use the code FlyDay in order to get the discount (don't worry, its super obvious).
Etihad
Etihad has a limited Black Friday sale on with discounts across their range of destinations. It appears only to be for their US-based website so be sure to change it when you log on. Check it out here
Air France & KLM
Both the two airlines, KLM and Air France have joined up to offer triple earnings on their Flying Blue frequent flyer program. If you fly with them a lot and you are close to getting great status, then perhaps this deal is right for you.
Iberia
Iberia is offering a range of discounts on flights (watch out these are one way) and might be a fantastic deal if you are in Spain (or want to go there!). Check out the flights here.
Hawaiian
Hawaiian is offering some discounted fares, but as mentioned you need to search online to find the actual fares yourself. Here is the search portal.
JetBlue
Whilst not specifically Black Friday, JetBlue is offering plenty of flights for discounted prices. Check out the deals here.
Alaska Airlines
This airline has a range of saver deals that are actually quite decent.
Here are some of the deals:
You can check the deals out here
Japan Airlines
This deal is very Japanese (even the site is in Japanese) but if you can wade through it and if it applies to you, you might be able to get a deal.
Aer Lingus
Aer Lingus is offering the following:
"This Black Flyday we are taking $100* off roundtrip Economy fares or $200* off roundtrip business fares on scheduled transatlantic flights from the US & Canada to Europe"
You can check out their deals here.
Icelandair
This is a bit of an odd one. They are offering discounts to Iceland from the USA (good if you have been keen to go there) but that is pretty much it. I can't say for sure if its a huge saving (E.g. Boston to Reykjavík), but check it out.
United Airlines
United has taken a different approach to Black Friday, offering a discount on its combined holiday and flight packages. You can see specifics here.
If you are set on United, be sure to check out their normal deal page here.
American Airlines
American Airlines has followed in United's footsteps and is offering much the same with the code Friday2019. You can see their holiday package deals here.
Delta Air Lines
Delta is offering a range of discounts throughout its network, including domestic and international. Here is the link to check out the complete list, but otherwise check out below.
Southwest
Southwest has a huge range of fares on offer and it would be impossible for us to list them all here. Go check out the one-way fares here.
Finnair
A bit of a stranger to these types of lists, Finnair should NOT be discounted (from your mind) but discounted from your wallet (save that money). They have some impressive deals that should be considered if you plan to fly Europe to Asia. Check them out here.
Norwegian
Now we get to some of the better (read, crazy) deals. Norwegian is offering up to 30% off all flights with the code BLACKFRIDAY19. You can check out all the deals here.
Virgin Atlantic
Virgin Atlantic has been offering some incredible deals all week, revealing a different set of deals per day during the lead up to Black Friday. Check it out here.
British Airways
Not to be outdone by their Virgin competitor, British Airways has put them on notice with their own take of Black Friday. Lots of deals if you also want to get a hotel too!
Singapore Airlines
Singapore has launched its very own Black Friday specials, featuring some nice discounts from all of their destinations. With such a large route network, you are sure to find a good deal.
Cathay Pacific
The somewhat struggling airline has launched a new sale on its already massively discounted fares, up to 70% off seats. That's not a typo. For example, just over $500 round trip to LA from Hong Kong.
Check out the deals here.
Qantas
Qantas has not published a specific Black Friday deal page, but Skyscanner has managed to pull up some deals from the carrier.
Virgin Australia
To celebrate Thanksgiving, Virgin Australia is offering flights to Los Angeles from $899 return and when you book your flight, you have the chance to win your flight back – up to $1000 per booking.
Sale on until 4 December. More details here: https://specials.virginaustralia.com/au/sale/thanksgiving
More details on how to win your flight back here: https://specials.virginaustralia.com/winbackyourflight
La Compagnie
An interesting find by Business Insider is a deal for that exclusive 'all-business class' airline. They are offering flights for just $1,000 round trip Paris to New York. What an experience for an insane price!
What do you think? Did you take advantage of the deals this year? Let us know in the comments.