How is this different than buying an around the world ticket through an airline alliance (e.g. OneWorld, Star)? Those tickets tend to start at around $2000, sometimes less: http://www.oneworld.com/flights/round-the-world-fares/onewor...
The Cheapest Route to 6 Continents
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Re: The Cheapest Route to 6 Continents
#12Why do you require my email address and a place where I was referred to search a flight?
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#13I see the page and the prices but their website literally does nothing...
People who need a flight can create a contest and then flight hackers compete against each other to find them the best deals/flights. This RTW contest was an experiment to see how far our hackers could go, and considering a RTW itinerary usually costs $4k+, their results are pretty impressive.
Re: The Cheapest Route to 6 Continents
#14How is this different than buying an around the world ticket through an airline alliance (e.g. OneWorld, Star)? Those tickets tend to start at around $2000, sometimes less: http://www.oneworld.com/flights/round-the-world-fares/onewor...
OTW fares were legitimate entries in this contest, but they don't start very near $2000 for hitting all six continents. I briefly checked, and would've entered one in this contest if it were that cheap. :)
Even at low season, if you price out an itinerary starting/ending in North America and hitting all six, using OneWorld's online calculator, it always comes out $3500+. You can get lower if you don't have the six-continent requirement, though.
Re: The Cheapest Route to 6 Continents
#15How is this different than buying an around the world ticket through an airline alliance (e.g. OneWorld, Star)? Those tickets tend to start at around $2000, sometimes less: http://www.oneworld.com/flights/round-the-world-fares/onewor...
A $2000 RTW ticket wouldn't include taxes and it wouldn't go to all 6 continents. All the prices in this contest include taxes and stop on every continent (except Antarctica).
Re: The Cheapest Route to 6 Continents
#16I see the page and the prices but their website literally does nothing...
People who need a flight can create a contest and then flight hackers compete against each other to find them the best deals/flights. This RTW contest was an experiment to see how far our hackers could go, and considering a RTW itinerary usually costs $4k+, their results are pretty impressive.
Sorry, I should have clarified. I wasn't able to click to actually see the itineraries created even though there are "View Details" links. The other links I tried to click on the page also just hung. I guess all the hn traffic took them down.
Edit: I see your other post above now with the cities! Thanks!!
Re: The Cheapest Route to 6 Continents
#17For the cheapest route ($1,730), here are the cities visited: Depart New York - Georgetown (South Am) - New York (North Am) - Berlin (Europe) - Agadir (Africa) - London (Europe) - Turkey (Europe) - Tehran (Asia) - Kuala Lumpur (Asia) - Perth (Oceania) - Bangkok (Asia) - End New York
Feature request: be able to see the fare some days after it's "expired", or pay the same bounty and see the fare, too.
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#18Sorry all, we've put up a cached version on the live site, so it's loading now. We'll also post details of the flights here so you can see how the trip was created.
We'll be up again in a minute - just upgrading the box :)
Re: The Cheapest Route to 6 Continents
#19Why do you require my email address and a place where I was referred to search a flight?
When you launch a flight contest, there are real people on the other end who are searching just for you, so we need to let you know when they've found a great flight. As for asking how you found out about us, we're just gathering information on what works best for customer acquisition.
Re: The Cheapest Route to 6 Continents
#20For the cheapest route ($1,730), here are the cities visited: Depart New York - Georgetown (South Am) - New York (North Am) - Berlin (Europe) - Agadir (Africa) - London (Europe) - Turkey (Europe) - Tehran (Asia) - Kuala Lumpur (Asia) - Perth (Oceania) - Bangkok (Asia) - End New York
Feature request: be able to see the fare some days after it's "expired", or pay the same bounty and see the fare, too.
Thanks Matt, it's definitely something we're discussing at the moment. Fares can disappear at anytime though.