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Show HN: Cheaper flights when flying multiple destinations by route optimisation
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Re: Show HN: Cheaper flights when flying multiple destinations by route optimisation
#72Earlier quoted context omitted.
Also received a $false - BOOK. Screenshot: http://imgur.com/a/SGSQu
Thank you for that! I'll debug it now to see what's gone wrong, very strange.
I had this as well. The home airport was London Gatwick, and the other entries were Bangkok, Khon Kaen, and Singapore.
It seemed to me that it couldn't find a route from London to Khon Kaen (Khon Kaen isn't an international airport), but interpreted that as a zero cost flight. The route it gave me was Gatwick -> Khon Kaen -> Bangkok -> Singapore and the cost for the whole thing was a fraction of what it should have been.
The way to make that route work, by the way, is to go Gatwick -> Bangkok -> Khon Kaen -> Bangkok -> Singapore (or throw Chiang Mai or Hat Yai into the mix). You can only reach Khon Kaen by air through internal flights in Thailand.
Re: Show HN: Cheaper flights when flying multiple destinations by route optimisation
#73I don't understand why all this types of applications assume that a have a destination and dates. I'm very flexible and I can work remotely. Surprise me with the cheapest flight anywhere. Does this kind of app exist?
I use a combination of Google Flights and Skyscanner for that.
If you put a start airport into Skyscanner, you can tell it that your destination is anywhere, but you still have to pick a date. But it's a decent way of seeing where you can fly to cheaply.
Once you pick a destination, Google Flights lets you bring up a monthly view so that you can see which days are cheapest to fly (and sort/filter by things like flight time and price).
Google Flights also has explore functionality (IIRC, red dots are airports you can reach directly, grey dots are not), but it can be a bit hit and miss.
Re: Show HN: Cheaper flights when flying multiple destinations by route optimisation
#74the video background is making me nervous, I'd increase the frame rate to 20fps at least
Re: Show HN: Cheaper flights when flying multiple destinations by route optimisation
#75Hi, I tried : Lyon, France as Home (2017/05/02 as start date) Tokyo Narita, Japan (7 days) Osaka Kansai International, Japan (14 days) Noumea Tontouta, New Caledonia (14 days) This told me that "Something went wrong! No valid route could be found for these destinations, please try another destination" I added Paris, France with "0 days" as it's a typical stop when flying international from Lyon. This gave me a result…
you should really take the train from tyo to osa, it's an experience and probably faster than flying (since you don't have to deal with an airport)
Re: Show HN: Cheaper flights when flying multiple destinations by route optimisation
#76You should let me specify only airport codes and you do the translation in the background... I went in and did SFO, IAD, LHR, DBX and assumed any travel site would understand where I wanted to go without clicking the dropdown entries
Used to handle that, not sure why not anymore. I'll definitely fix it up. I'm planning on making it so that it tries to guess what you mean (essentially first auto-suggestion) if you don't click on it.
It also makes it hard to disambiguate cities/airports. Entering "Portland" brings up two entries named "Portland, United States" (presumably Oregon and Maine) along with "Portland, Australia", but no way of telling which Portland in the U.S. is which.
Re: Show HN: Cheaper flights when flying multiple destinations by route optimisation
#77This system needs to take in more scheduling constraints like if I need to be somewhere for specific dates, but am free to travel before and after.
I just booked a multi-city international trip like this a couple days ago and did quite a bit of searching to get a conveniently timed, low cost, direct flights. I was somewhat flexible about which cities I visited also.
Re: Show HN: Cheaper flights when flying multiple destinations by route optimisation
#78How is this different than selecting multiple destinations on Expedia?
Re: Show HN: Cheaper flights when flying multiple destinations by route optimisation
#79Hi, I tried : Lyon, France as Home (2017/05/02 as start date) Tokyo Narita, Japan (7 days) Osaka Kansai International, Japan (14 days) Noumea Tontouta, New Caledonia (14 days) This told me that "Something went wrong! No valid route could be found for these destinations, please try another destination" I added Paris, France with "0 days" as it's a typical stop when flying international from Lyon. This gave me a result…
you should really take the train from tyo to osa, it's an experience and probably faster than flying (since you don't have to deal with an airport)
Actually my real intent was to fly to New Caledonia, and on the way there stop by Tokyo, and on the way back Osaka (I have family to visit in these three places).
But yes you are right about the train experience in Japan! I also tried a night bus from Tokyo to Osaka once when I was a student... leave it up to the Japanese to make that a great experience as well! Recommended if you're on a tight budget.
Re: Show HN: Cheaper flights when flying multiple destinations by route optimisation
#80Hi, I tried : Lyon, France as Home (2017/05/02 as start date) Tokyo Narita, Japan (7 days) Osaka Kansai International, Japan (14 days) Noumea Tontouta, New Caledonia (14 days) This told me that "Something went wrong! No valid route could be found for these destinations, please try another destination" I added Paris, France with "0 days" as it's a typical stop when flying international from Lyon. This gave me a result…
While not directly related to your problem with the website, consider taking the train (shinkansen) between Tokyo and Osaka. It is fast, convenient, and leaves and arrives from city center and can easily count as a "thing I did on vacation".
Yes I totally agree! (check my reply to a similar comment by anorphirith above)