Google Flights / Expedia had lower fare than ITA
Apr 5, 2012, 4:56 pm
#1
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Join Date: Jul 2004
Posts: 51
Google Flights / Expedia had lower fare than ITA
Not sure where to post this, maybe a mod can move/delete as necessary.
This may be relevant to those who use ITA to price out mileage runs.
A friend of my was looking for a LAX->TPE RT flight. I recommended that he price it out on ITA, which came out to $1017 on UA (layover in NRT). The new United search did not list ANA flights, but if I search a multi city with stop in NRT I can select code share on NRT for LAX to NRT, but still UA for NRT to TPE. The price is the same.
However, on Google Flights it listed $1004 on NH (layer in NRT). This same set of flights on ITA was at $1108 or so on NH (layover in NRT).
I then checked ANA's website and the lowest fare was $1182!! ... I thought. We couldn't find the $1004 fare at first but eventually found it on Expedia - now priced and confirmed at $1003.xx booked in K from LAX to NRT and S from NRT to TPE. On ANA the lowest fare is all in L.
The key is I don't see this fare on ITA, but nor do I really know how to use it. If I a search with routing limited to K from LAX to NRT and S from NRT to TPE it may show up.
This may be relevant to those who use ITA to price out mileage runs.
A friend of my was looking for a LAX->TPE RT flight. I recommended that he price it out on ITA, which came out to $1017 on UA (layover in NRT). The new United search did not list ANA flights, but if I search a multi city with stop in NRT I can select code share on NRT for LAX to NRT, but still UA for NRT to TPE. The price is the same.
However, on Google Flights it listed $1004 on NH (layer in NRT). This same set of flights on ITA was at $1108 or so on NH (layover in NRT).
I then checked ANA's website and the lowest fare was $1182!! ... I thought. We couldn't find the $1004 fare at first but eventually found it on Expedia - now priced and confirmed at $1003.xx booked in K from LAX to NRT and S from NRT to TPE. On ANA the lowest fare is all in L.
The key is I don't see this fare on ITA, but nor do I really know how to use it. If I a search with routing limited to K from LAX to NRT and S from NRT to TPE it may show up.
Apr 5, 2012, 6:25 pm
#2
Join Date: Feb 2004
Location: BOS
Posts: 231
Sadly, while I still use ITA. I now always check somewhere else also. On my last trip to Europe, I sent my TA a creative routing found on ITA that was the lowest price and all on *A. She replied, why not just take the LH flights that are $300 cheaper and quicker. Sure enough, pretty much every other site showed the simple LH itin, but ITA didn't. First time I can remember the TA finding better flights than me...
Apr 5, 2012, 7:05 pm
#3
Join Date: Apr 2010
Programs: HGP/SPG: Apprentice Kettle; UA/AA/DL: Journeyman Kettle
Posts: 866
Google Flights does international now?! Last time I tried I got a message that stated it only did domestic US.
Jul 19, 2012, 8:15 pm
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Programs: AC 25K only, he said through tears from the back of the aircraft...
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