Originally Posted by SeattleFred

I've already asked him to add a same-day-roundtrip option to the month-long search feature. I've also asked him for a lowest-fare-to-anywhere search, with an option to specify the minimum distance. He replied that these were on the ITA to-do list, but he would not provide a timeframe for completion.

I willl pass on further requests, but let's first come up with a priority list.

As for your particular requests, you might be interested in CoMETS, the cross platform standalone database application that I've been developing. It's approaching beta release; for a preview, I've posted some screen shots. If you have feature requests for CoMETS, this would be a great time to let me know. Please also let me know if you'd be interested in beta testing CoMETS.
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CoMETS update (18 Feb 2005): CoMETS Beta 1 is now available for both Mac OS X (password: ftcomets) and for Windows (no password required). When I find a little time, I will post a short movie demonstrating CoMETS' functionality and ease of use. When I find a little more time, I will release Beta 2. FWIW, I've been using Beta 1 for several months on my PowerBook and it has been rock-solid.

UPDATE: The CoMETS Movie is finally here. Check it out to see how CoMETS will give you maximum info for minimum effort.

Originally Posted by Fitch

I have a query about ITA Matrix switch parameters, hope this is the best place for it !

I have formulated my query as follows:

Cairo International, Egypt (CAI)

LHR MIA LAX / alliance oneworld; f ~bc=Y

HNL

LAX MIA LHR / alliance oneworld; f ~bc=Y

Business Class or higher

which returns a ton of flights, but the cheapest ones are all BA Y for the first and last sectors (LHR-CAI-LHR) even though I specified "~bc=Y"

Does negation not work for booking class ? Is my syntax wrong ? Is the code wrong ?

Answers on a postcard please

Originally Posted by serfty

With AA?

If so, then ' ~B '

See post #31

Originally Posted by allset2travel

Thank you.
I tried as in Post #31 . For a search on AA, if one way, it returned fare Y (which is ok). But for a search with return, it returned fare B fare (which I think is Basic for AA, which I try to avoid)!

Since I am such a novice with ITA, please explain: If so, then ' ~B '

Thanks again.

Originally Posted by JanoSicek

Another good shortcut is using negation
Instead of /f bc=X|bc=Y

if you wish just to EXCLUDE cheap booking classes, you can do this:

/f ~bc=W&~bc=V&~bc=N

and then you get no W,V,N in your results

Most used by me, as those classes earn me just 50%

Originally Posted by serfty

e.g. Without Faring:



Returns:

Originally Posted by serfty

e.g. (ii) With Faring:





Returns: