Google Flights

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Post by usaphp » Sun, Dec 23, 2012, 3:49 AM UTC

Re: Google Flights

#2

Post by Justin_Time » Sun, Dec 23, 2012, 4:53 AM UTC

I'm a big fan of https://www.google.com/flights/explorer, since it gives me an immediate picture of how far in advance I should book to get the lowest prices.

Re: Google Flights

#3

Post by downey » Sun, Dec 23, 2012, 4:55 AM UTC

It's okay, but it's no Hipmunk.

Re: Google Flights

#4

Post by gwillen » Sun, Dec 23, 2012, 4:59 AM UTC

I don't use it because, last I checked, it's unable to handle what I think of as basic corner cases, like booking a roundtrip going out from one airport in a metro area and coming back to a different one.

Re: Google Flights

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Post by alec » Sun, Dec 23, 2012, 5:03 AM UTC

gwillen wrote: post #4

I don't use it because, last I checked, it's unable to handle what I think of as basic corner cases, like booking a roundtrip going out from one airport in a metro area and coming back to a different one.

It does that now - click on the button that says 'round trip' and choose 'multi city'.

Re: Google Flights

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Post by turbulents » Sun, Dec 23, 2012, 5:08 AM UTC

Looks like this could be useful for planning out some potential mileage run destinations!

Re: Google Flights

#7

Post by sfaruque » Sun, Dec 23, 2012, 5:11 AM UTC

Unfortunately it doesn't seem to support Asia yet.

Re: Google Flights

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Post by cynwoody » Sun, Dec 23, 2012, 5:12 AM UTC

gwillen wrote: post #4

I don't use it because, last I checked, it's unable to handle what I think of as basic corner cases, like booking a roundtrip going out from one airport in a metro area and coming back to a different one.

E.g., depart Chicago from O'Hare to Denver, then return to Chicago from Denver, arriving at Midway?

Choose Multi-city, and specify specific airport codes at the originating / terminating metro area. E.g., American 1017 ORD to DEN on 7 Jan and Frontier 534 DEN to MDW on 14 Jan for $211.

Re: Google Flights

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Post by aquilax » Sun, Dec 23, 2012, 5:14 AM UTC

sfaruque wrote: post #7

Unfortunately it doesn't seem to support Asia yet.

Neither Europe

Re: Google Flights

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Post by alec » Sun, Dec 23, 2012, 5:15 AM UTC

turbulents wrote: post #6

Looks like this could be useful for planning out some potential mileage run destinations!

If you do mileage runs, you probably know about matrix.itasoftware.com, but in case you don't - visit http://matrix.itasoftware.com/?showPricePerMile=true and then do your search to see and sort by price per mile.