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The Cheapest Route to 6 Continents

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Re: The Cheapest Route to 6 Continents

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Post by ashbrahma »

laumac wrote: post #10

For 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

Could you tell us over what time period?

Re: The Cheapest Route to 6 Continents

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Post by actuary »

My first thought upon clicking through was "Wow, a big crowd-sourced database of very cheap flights to random destinations. I think I know how I'm going to plan my next vacation!"

But then: "Sorry, only the contest owner can view flight details." And there's nothing more for me to see here and I go back to what I was doing. Very cool concept otherwise, though.

Re: The Cheapest Route to 6 Continents

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Post by laumac »

ashbrahma wrote: post #21
laumac wrote: post #10

For 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

Could you tell us over what time period?

The $1730 itinerary is for 6 months (Oct - Apr), but the other options are different - one as short as a month (but at least 48 hours in each continent).

Re: The Cheapest Route to 6 Continents

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Post by mayukh »

they use still use a similar principle in India for a lot of travel -- its called a travel agency. I suppose flightfox is just making it very clear who the best travel agents are.

Gluck, I'll give this a shot during my next international travel.

Re: The Cheapest Route to 6 Continents

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Post by damian2000 »

science_robot wrote: post #25

Why would you use a human flight expert instead of an algorithm?

Because an algorithm probably hasn't been written that is smart enough to do the complex tasks required in these cases. It would probably also need the ability to scrape websites for latest prices.
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