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Re: Show HN: Cheaper flights when flying multiple destinations by route optimisation

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>Something went wrong! Please pick destinations from the auto-suggest by clicking on the suggestion as you type. I've entered London Heathrow, United Kingdom as my Home, and Wroclaw, Poland as a destination, Number of days: 1, Start Date: 2017/05/02. What am I doing wrong here?

Make sure you remove the third field if you're not using it, fixing that now :)

Re: Show HN: Cheaper flights when flying multiple destinations by route optimisation

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post #7

Really good idea! But maybe think about replacing the 4MB background video with a static image or something. It felt a bit overpowering for me (moves too fast) and it also doesn't scale right with the viewport leaving white text on a white background.

Thank you, we'll look for alternatives on the video ha :) Our mobile view also is a bit confusing at the moment so trying to make that look a bit better too!

I agree. For me the video didn't open at all (moto g4 chrome on Android latest version).

If it werent for this comment I would think it was just a very weird design of white text with a shadow on white background.

Re: Show HN: Cheaper flights when flying multiple destinations by route optimisation

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post #10

No idea what I'm doing wrong, but I consistently get: Something went wrong! No valid route could be found for these destinations, please try another destination.

You need to make sure you pick a destination from the suggestion box (click on it), enter the number of days for each destination and click the '-' button if you're not using one of the destination fields. Sorry if that's a bit confusing, currently improving that so it's a little bit more lenient :) EDIT: We're pushing out a fix now that should resolve this, you can now have empty fields for destinations and it'll ju…

I did pick destination boxes from the drop down each time, and I entered the number of days each time.

As a side question, what happens if I want to start in one place, and finish somewhere else? Suppose, for example, I want Paris -> Atlanta -> Sydney -> London : is that possible?

If this works properly and well I can see that I would not only use it, but would pay money for it, but at the moment, for me, it doesn't seem to be working.

FWIW, I'm well-known in my companies for breaking anything that people think is ready to go and suitable for deployment to muggles, so these teething problems are to be expected.

Re: Show HN: Cheaper flights when flying multiple destinations by route optimisation

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I was curious how does it compare with results from kiwi.com. I tried to fill in a few destinations (London -> Bangkok -> Seoul) and... it gave me no result. So I guess the need to fill in a precise date/number of days is a bit killer here. Having an interval ranges (or a tolerance +-one day) would make a difference.

Re: Show HN: Cheaper flights when flying multiple destinations by route optimisation

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I was curious how does it compare with results from kiwi.com. I tried to fill in a few destinations (London -> Bangkok -> Seoul) and... it gave me no result. So I guess the need to fill in a precise date/number of days is a bit killer here. Having an interval ranges (or a tolerance +-one day) would make a difference.

SkySave finds you the cheapest route when visiting multiple destinations. So if you want to visit LA, New York and Miami and you're in London it'll tell you the cheapest route (ie. go from London to LA then NY then Miami and then back to London) and if you tried going first to NY and then LA etc. it could be a lot more expensive. You need to pick a result from the auto-suggestion dropdown and you just need to say how many days you want to stay at each place. We will be adding in tolerance though! Nice suggestion

Re: Show HN: Cheaper flights when flying multiple destinations by route optimisation

#17
post #10

Earlier quoted context omitted.

You need to make sure you pick a destination from the suggestion box (click on it), enter the number of days for each destination and click the '-' button if you're not using one of the destination fields. Sorry if that's a bit confusing, currently improving that so it's a little bit more lenient :) EDIT: We're pushing out a fix now that should resolve this, you can now have empty fields for destinations and it'll ju…

I did pick destination boxes from the drop down each time, and I entered the number of days each time. As a side question, what happens if I want to start in one place, and finish somewhere else? Suppose, for example, I want Paris -> Atlanta -> Sydney -> London : is that possible? If this works properly and well I can see that I would not only use it, but would pay money for it, but at the moment, for me, it doesn't…

That's very bizarre that you got an error then! Could you try it again please, oh and make sure to set a date a bit into the future as otherwise might not have as many flights available.

Wonderful suggestion :) I'll make it so you can input a different final stop to you're starting point. We want to keep it free and potentially monetise via affiliate sales and show people how much we've saved them, perhaps some would be generous to donate 1% of the amount they saved? Who knows!

We'll definitely be fixing it up though, still a bit rough around the edges haha.

Re: Show HN: Cheaper flights when flying multiple destinations by route optimisation

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post #13
post #7

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Thank you, we'll look for alternatives on the video ha :) Our mobile view also is a bit confusing at the moment so trying to make that look a bit better too!

I agree. For me the video didn't open at all (moto g4 chrome on Android latest version). If it werent for this comment I would think it was just a very weird design of white text with a shadow on white background.

Yeah bit confusing on mobile :/ trying to think of a better way to present the form

Re: Show HN: Cheaper flights when flying multiple destinations by route optimisation

#19
post #17

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I did pick destination boxes from the drop down each time, and I entered the number of days each time. As a side question, what happens if I want to start in one place, and finish somewhere else? Suppose, for example, I want Paris -> Atlanta -> Sydney -> London : is that possible? If this works properly and well I can see that I would not only use it, but would pay money for it, but at the moment, for me, it doesn't…

That's very bizarre that you got an error then! Could you try it again please, oh and make sure to set a date a bit into the future as otherwise might not have as many flights available. Wonderful suggestion :) I'll make it so you can input a different final stop to you're starting point. We want to keep it free and potentially monetise via affiliate sales and show people how much we've saved them, perhaps some would…

I'll revisit in a day or two, and if I get the error again I'll take a screenshot so you know what I did.

Good luck ...

Re: Show HN: Cheaper flights when flying multiple destinations by route optimisation

#20
post #17

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I did pick destination boxes from the drop down each time, and I entered the number of days each time. As a side question, what happens if I want to start in one place, and finish somewhere else? Suppose, for example, I want Paris -> Atlanta -> Sydney -> London : is that possible? If this works properly and well I can see that I would not only use it, but would pay money for it, but at the moment, for me, it doesn't…

That's very bizarre that you got an error then! Could you try it again please, oh and make sure to set a date a bit into the future as otherwise might not have as many flights available. Wonderful suggestion :) I'll make it so you can input a different final stop to you're starting point. We want to keep it free and potentially monetise via affiliate sales and show people how much we've saved them, perhaps some would…

Thanks Colin, we have a chat support on there too so we can see what's going on but definitely working now :)
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