Windows Phone

Is 2012 the year you’ll hone your skills as an international jetsetter? ‘Travelhacking’ is all the rage recently and getting perfect flights at great value is all part of the challenge. Skyscanner is a fully independent flight search and booking app, helping you find the very best deal for your trip. You can search over 1000 airlines for the best prices, book tickets and e-mail yourself your flight details for later.

What makes it special to Windows Phone is the ability to pin your flight searches to your start screen – with prices updating every hour directly in the Live Tile – so you’ll never again kick yourself for missing the perfect moment to book. Whether you’re booking an Easter ski trip, a romantic get-away or a round-the-world gap year adventure your life just got much simpler, leaving you more time to buy sunscreen and organize farewell drinks.

The Guardian calls it “Flexible, fair and fearsomely indispensable,” whilst it’s described as “Lightning-fast; it’s easy to use, and has some brilliant gizmos,” by The Sunday Times.

Skyscanner is available in 25 different languages and perhaps best of all, It’s free. Download it now here or via the Marketplace on your Windows Phone.