Google Launches Flight Search • Hacker News Board

Re: Google Launches Flight Search

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Post by bcn » Mon, May 30, 2011, 11:43 PM UTC

Vivtek wrote: post #2

I'm not seeing flight information in my Google search results. Anybody else?

Flights from an airport: http://www.google.com/search?q=flights+from+SFO

Flights to an airport http://www.google.com/search?q=flights+to+SFO

Change SFO to airport code of your choice.

Re: Google Launches Flight Search

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Post by Vivtek » Mon, May 30, 2011, 11:45 PM UTC

flyt wrote: post #4

Vivtek wrote: post #2

I'm not seeing flight information in my Google search results. Anybody else?

just search "SFO to NYC"

Yeah, I searched "JFK to BUD", which is what interests me. If it's just domestic flights, then wake me when they do something interesting.

Re: Google Launches Flight Search

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Post by Vivtek » Mon, May 30, 2011, 11:48 PM UTC

Vivtek wrote: post #2

I'm not seeing flight information in my Google search results. Anybody else?

That was freaking weird. They didn't show up until just now. Maybe there's some kind of rollout effect or something.

Re: Google Launches Flight Search

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Post by vaksel » Mon, May 30, 2011, 11:50 PM UTC

more warning for anyone in a lucrative space on the web...Google will eventually come for you.

It happened to mortgage rates companies, it happened to flights, and eventually given enough it'll happen to any service that acts as a broker/affiliate for other companies.

Re: Google Launches Flight Search

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Post by hugh3 » Mon, May 30, 2011, 11:57 PM UTC

die_sekte wrote: post #10

hugh3 wrote: post #8

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Works for international flights with one end in the US. (SFO to LHR, SFO to SYD I've tried...)

Hm. JFK-FRA works, JFK-SIN doesn't. SFO-(AKL|SIN|BKK|BJS) don't, JFK-WAW doesn't, DEN-MEX doesn't, JFK-YYZ doesn't. So, US-US, US-Western Europe, US-Australia. Strange dataset.

Well it only has nonstop flights, so JFK-SIN shouldn't work (afaik no aircraft has that range). Likewise SFO-SIN, SFO-BKK.

SFO-AKL has direct flights though. I know, I've done it. NZ8. Nice plane.

edit: Actually I checked and "sfo to akl" does in fact give me results.

Re: Google Launches Flight Search

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Post by Vivtek » Tue, May 31, 2011, 12:12 AM UTC

hugh3 wrote: post #8

die_sekte wrote: post #6

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Seems to work only with US to US flights. "LGA to ORD" works, "FRA to SIN" and "HAM to TXL" don't.

Works for international flights with one end in the US. (SFO to LHR, SFO to SYD I've tried...)

Actually, it's now working for all flights into Budapest (including from Europe). Looks like they're shooting for the whole ball of wax.

Re: Google Launches Flight Search

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Post by Vivtek » Tue, May 31, 2011, 12:13 AM UTC

vaksel wrote: post #14

more warning for anyone in a lucrative space on the web...Google will eventually come for you. It happened to mortgage rates companies, it happened to flights, and eventually given enough it'll happen to any service that acts as a broker/affiliate for other companies.

Anyone in a large scale lucrative space, anyway. And one that can be boiled down to a single search. There's plenty of lucre remaining in travel planning and mortgages.

Re: Google Launches Flight Search

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Post by fernandotakai » Tue, May 31, 2011, 12:29 AM UTC

I still think that hipmunk (http://www.hipmunk.com/) does a better job.

Re: Google Launches Flight Search

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Post by clistctrl » Tue, May 31, 2011, 12:31 AM UTC

I wish Amazon would do this as well. I want 1 click flights, and something that almost all these booking sites lack... awesome customer service. These are 2 things Amazon can do well.

Re: Google Launches Flight Search

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Post by bigwally » Tue, May 31, 2011, 12:40 AM UTC

fernandotakai wrote: post #18

I still think that hipmunk ( http://www.hipmunk.com/ ) does a better job.

Hipmunk only shows the flights that have tickets to sell through their partners.

Google has a lot more in terms of schedules.