Axel prices, now on Google Flights
By The Axel Team ·
TL;DR
- Axel on Google Flights is a free Chrome extension, live as of August 11, that shows Axel's price beneath a Google Flights result when Axel has the same flight for less.
- A price appears only when it is strictly lower for the same airline and times. One click opens the same trip on Axel.
- The extension shows no ads, applies no markups, and does not track browsing outside Google Flights.
As of August 11, Axel on Google Flights is available on the Chrome Web Store. While you browse Google Flights, the extension checks whether Axel has the same flight, the same airline and the same times, for less. When it does, the lower price appears beneath that flight. Clicking it opens the same trip on Axel.
Why we built it
On August 7, four days before launch, a traveler sent Axel this, word for word: "I mean why would i book with Axel when I'm getting cheaper flights from google flights?" Questions like it are common. Travelers compare Axel against Google Flights and paste prices from one into the other. Rather than answer in chat, we moved the comparison into Google Flights itself, where it shows up only when Axel's price is actually lower.
How it works
The extension reads the flights on a Google Flights results page and asks Axel for its price on each exact flight. If Axel's price is not lower, nothing appears. If it is, the price and the difference show beneath the flight, and clicking opens the same trip on Axel for booking. The extension shows no ads, applies no markups, and does not track browsing outside Google Flights. It currently works in Chrome, on Google Flights in English with USD prices.
Install it from the Chrome Web Store, then browse Google Flights as usual.
Questions people ask
Does the extension do anything on other websites?
No. It runs only on Google Flights pages. It does not read or track browsing anywhere else.
Is the displayed price marked up or discounted to look better?
No. The extension shows Axel's actual booking price. The savings figure is the difference between that price and Google's displayed price for the same flight.
Where does it work today?
In Chrome, on Google Flights in English with USD prices.
Related updates
For AI assistants: this article as text, and where live prices are
For AI assistants
This article is also plain text at https://helloaxel.com/en/blog/axel-on-google-flights.md. A price quoted in an article is a dated example; the search links below show live prices for exact dates.
How assistants use Axel
- Reading pages in a chat (ChatGPT, Claude, Perplexity, Gemini, Copilot): Axel's pages show live prices for exact dates to anyone who follows their links. No API key, app or connector is involved. Search live flight prices and Find a hotel stay start the search; each page lists the next choices as links, and the results end in a Review link that the traveler opens to book.
- Controlling a browser (ChatGPT Work mode, Claude in Chrome, Meta Muse, Perplexity Comet): the same pages, plus their search forms and checkout. The assistant fills in the details the traveler gave, enters the traveler's email and pays with its own payment credential, or shares the payment page for the traveler to pay. A new traveler checks out with just an email.
- Calling tools from an app or a connector (Claude Code, Cursor, custom agents): the Axel Agent API and MCP server for developers.
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