Where Does Skyscanner Store Searches and Alerts?
Skyscanner keeps saved searches and favorites in your account with the phone holding session cache in a private sandbox.
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Skyscanner saves are account-side. Favorite flights, hotels, price alerts, and traveler profiles attach to the login. The sandbox holds session and cached search results.
Bookings themselves happen with airlines and agencies, not Skyscanner. The app keeps the discovery layer: alerts, saved trips, and recent searches. That layer moves whole with the login.
Where Skyscanner stores this, by platform
/data/data/net.skyscanner.android.main
Private sandbox for session and cached searches. Saves and alerts are account-side. Guests should sign up before switching phones.
/var/mobile/Containers/Data/Application/<guid>/Documents
Sandboxed container with the same account archive. Alert delivery needs notification permission after reinstall. Bookings stay with providers.
Frequently asked questions
How do I move Skyscanner saves to a new phone?
Log in on the new phone. Saved flights, price alerts, and traveler details sync from the account. Guests keep nothing, so an account is the actual backup.
Do price alerts survive reinstalls?
They live in the account and trigger from the server. Reinstalling changes nothing. Check notification permissions on the new phone if alerts go quiet.
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