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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

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Post by 0x6c6f6c »

pouetpouet wrote: post #37
FlopV wrote: post #29

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Agreed about the video. To much going on and moving to fast. Slow it down.

just fully remove the background video. I have a powerfull desktop and a good internet connection, it feels really sluggish. I just disabled autoplay (disable autoplay extension for chrome, media.autoplay in about:config for firefox). What a pain.

My work laptop with an i5, 8GB memory, and typed characters lagged 5-10 seconds behind. I did an "asdf" check and though the browser had completely frozen it took so long to appear. The video is killing this site for me.

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

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Post by et-al »

tome wrote: post #63
jlebrech wrote: post #5

I thought of an airline that just flies you past the city you want to go to and you just jump when it's your stop.

How do you get back home?

Skyhook / Fulton extract: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fulton_surface-to-air_recovery...

Needless to say, there are extra fees for carry-on bags.

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

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Post by jlebrech »

tome wrote: post #63
jlebrech wrote: post #5

I thought of an airline that just flies you past the city you want to go to and you just jump when it's your stop.

How do you get back home?

either skyhook, like the other reply mentioned. or you find you nearest airport and get parachuted home.

the airline then pick the landing equipment back up via skyhook or drives to pick it up.

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

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Post by dublinben »

devgutt wrote: post #45

I 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?

https://www.kayak.com/explore/ is good for this. It will tell you where you can go for any given budget and dates.

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

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Post by maccam94 »

whazor wrote: post #22

I also built this! I'm using a crawler that searches prices on Google flights. They provide a month overview for all flights prices. Link: https://github.com/Whazor/Roundtrip

Oh wow! I was trying to write this myself last week, and got about halfway done before I realized that my credit card rewards booking system gave me different prices than Google :(

Major kudos on implementing the AirBNB search as well!

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

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Post by danvass »

ColinWright wrote: post #33
danvass wrote: post #30

Earlier quoted context omitted.

If you're flying to multiple destinations it matters which destination you visit first, which one second and so forth. SkySave tells you which route is the cheapest. For example, it can be a lot cheaper to fly London -> New York -> Miami -> Los Angeles -> London than if you were to go to LA first and then Miami. Does that make more sense?

OK, that really wasn't clear, so here are some specific suggestions: The video under the white text often makes it difficult to read the catchphrase. I'd suggest editing the video to reduce the brightness by 60% (No doubt others will disagree); The text at the top does not, to me, communicate this idea that you are choosing multiple destinations, and that the site will try all the orderings to find the optimal itiner…

I found it hard to put it succinctly but I quite like your description. Might use that instead!

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

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Post by carlmungz »

devgutt wrote: post #45

I 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?

Not sure if you're in the UK but I recently started an e-mail alerts service for cheap, weekend flights. You can check it out at https://citybreakflights.com. You get weekly e-mails with different dates and destinations.

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

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Post by danvass »

hisem wrote: post #39

Hi, 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…

This is now fixed!

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

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Post by Markoff »

danvass wrote: post #38
Markoff wrote: post #23

site is unusable on mobile (Brave browser) i see white text with shadows on white background and there are three identical fields for Days, no idea what is their meaning, i guess duration of trip, but not sure why there are three of them

Try it now! We put out an update that makes it A LOT better.

it's displayed properly now, though still don't understand purpose of that horrible quality top background image

also does my home take into consideration nearby airports, because i was not offered options about it, being too strict about it it's not good choice if i can just take train 2-3 hours away and have much more or cheaper options and i can enter multiple home airports it should be filled in home filed before entering any text there in background as example

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

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Post by [deleted] »

sandworm101 wrote: post #68
Sheepsteak wrote: post #6

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.

Ditch the video altogether. It is sluggish at best but also detracts from the material the user actually interacts with. And after a minute or so the jump back to the start of the loop is jarring. If they want the entire moving/sparkling water effect, use an animated pic with a transition effect between few frames rather than a full-motion videos.

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