Hipmunk (YC S10) Acquired by Concur

Post by [deleted] » Wed, Sep 14, 2016, 7:17 AM UTC

op00to wrote: post #58

underyx wrote: post #20

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Disclaimer: I work at Kiwi.com. At https://kiwi.com we combine flights ourselves instead of just taking the combinations from the big guys, you should try it out with a few queries. Not being limited to airline agreements when connecting flights can really drive the price down or make obscure routes viable.

Who protects the consumer when weather or FAA traffic management makes you miss your connecting flight?

Post by underyx » Wed, Sep 14, 2016, 7:18 AM UTC

dtparr wrote: post #75

r00fus wrote: post #68

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Obviously adequate connection time between flights is an important factor. Especially important if you're traveling with kids.

A 4 hour weather delay will blow away anything I might consider an adequate connection time under normal conditions, so the question seems quite important.

Post by tiatia » Wed, Sep 14, 2016, 7:41 AM UTC

kilroy123 wrote: post #26

kylecordes wrote: post #4

Hipmunk has been an excellent flight search tool, the best I have found as of a few years ago. Shockingly better than most of the rest of them back when it started, in terms of being able to understand and choose among numerous choices. Unfortunately, that was then and this is now. Several of the airlines have dropped out of participating in flight comparison sites, and those that do apparently pay staggeringly littl…

There are services growing in popularity for this. (I don't have any affiliation, I've heard good things, and want to try it.) https://www.flystein.com

Post by aj7 » Wed, Sep 14, 2016, 7:54 AM UTC

function_seven wrote: post #39

raldi wrote: post #8

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If you have a Bloomberg terminal, there's a function like this that's been around for decades. If I remember correctly (I haven't had access to one since 2007) it might have been FLTS or maybe just FLY . You plug in your cities and dates, and you get an 80x25 screen with the raw data in an easy-to-read (once you're used to it) tabular view. Of course, that only works if by "some dollars" you meant like $25,000/year.…

Adding this to my private list of reasons whenever someone scoffs at "paying $25k a year for a pair of LCDs and a cheap keyboard". Thanks.

Post by koyote » Wed, Sep 14, 2016, 8:24 AM UTC

cousin_it wrote: post #80

raldi wrote: post #55

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Yeah you can be on the phone with the company travel department telling you the United flight at 10:13 doesn't fly between Dulles and New York on Tuesdays, and quickly type FLY IAD NYC and you'll see a line like 12. UA 456 10:13 IAD 11:35 LGA vvvv vv (Where the v's are checkmarks in day-of-week columns; so you know it flies every day but Thurs) Then you type 12 and get all the details. It all happened as fast as you…

You can get the same info by typing "flight schedule iad nyc" into Google. It gives you a box that shows all flight numbers, takeoff and landing times, airport codes, and which days of the week they fly. (You might need to disable adblock though.)