Tool for finding cheap international fares
#1
Original Poster
Join Date: Aug 2017
Posts: 10
Tool for finding cheap international fares
Hi Everyone,
I've been working on a website as a side project and thought the community might find it useful. It allows you to easily check for the (usually) cheapest fares to ~80 international destinations by selecting the airport you want to depart from.
I'm hoping to get your feedback - do you find it useful, are there any origins or destinations I should add to the list, other features you might like to see, etc.
Here's the website: otterflights.com/dealromp
The design really basic, but there's some good data in there.
Disclaimer: There's no guarantee that the flight listed is the absolute cheapest fare, so make sure to do your due diligence before booking. This is meant to be a jumping point for finding great fares, but isn't the absolute source of truth (flight data only refreshes every ~18 hour or so)
Happy to answer any questions you might have.
Thanks!
EDIT: Updated URL to Point to the new location for the tool.
I've been working on a website as a side project and thought the community might find it useful. It allows you to easily check for the (usually) cheapest fares to ~80 international destinations by selecting the airport you want to depart from.
I'm hoping to get your feedback - do you find it useful, are there any origins or destinations I should add to the list, other features you might like to see, etc.
Here's the website: otterflights.com/dealromp
The design really basic, but there's some good data in there.
Disclaimer: There's no guarantee that the flight listed is the absolute cheapest fare, so make sure to do your due diligence before booking. This is meant to be a jumping point for finding great fares, but isn't the absolute source of truth (flight data only refreshes every ~18 hour or so)
Happy to answer any questions you might have.
Thanks!
EDIT: Updated URL to Point to the new location for the tool.
Last edited by regicider; Sep 25, 2017 at 12:11 pm
#3
Original Poster
Join Date: Aug 2017
Posts: 10
Good suggestion, I think this would be a nice improvement!
#7
FlyerTalk Evangelist
Join Date: Mar 2013
Programs: DL PM, MR Titanium/LTP, Hilton Diamond
Posts: 10,130
I like it as a jumping off point! The biggest problem is that it seems all fares are 7 day fares including weekends which pulls in a different set of fares than a more typical trip (if a week long, Saturday to Saturday or Sunday to Sunday) or a shorter weekend hop.
That being said great jumping off point to narrow options!
That being said great jumping off point to narrow options!
#9
Join Date: Jan 2009
Posts: 10
Wonderful. I love it when people come up with useful and simple solutions!
My suggestions for you to consider, in order of priority:
1-More destinations. I would use this:
http://brilliantmaps.com/top-100-tourist-destinations/
2-I think it would be a good idea to include another trip cost, for a Saturday to Sunday flight. I'd make that another column rather than a toggle (or a toggleable column!) so we could compare.
3-Some kind of Good Price/Great Price marker. This is difficult though because of the seasonal thing. Maybe below 365 day average is good, and 20% below 365 day average is great?
4-Option to hide destinations!
5-Email alert feature for good/great markers? Probably out of scope
My suggestions for you to consider, in order of priority:
1-More destinations. I would use this:
http://brilliantmaps.com/top-100-tourist-destinations/
2-I think it would be a good idea to include another trip cost, for a Saturday to Sunday flight. I'd make that another column rather than a toggle (or a toggleable column!) so we could compare.
3-Some kind of Good Price/Great Price marker. This is difficult though because of the seasonal thing. Maybe below 365 day average is good, and 20% below 365 day average is great?
4-Option to hide destinations!
5-Email alert feature for good/great markers? Probably out of scope
#10
Original Poster
Join Date: Aug 2017
Posts: 10
Wonderful. I love it when people come up with useful and simple solutions!
My suggestions for you to consider, in order of priority:
1-More destinations. I would use this:
http://brilliantmaps.com/top-100-tourist-destinations/
2-I think it would be a good idea to include another trip cost, for a Saturday to Sunday flight. I'd make that another column rather than a toggle (or a toggleable column!) so we could compare.
3-Some kind of Good Price/Great Price marker. This is difficult though because of the seasonal thing. Maybe below 365 day average is good, and 20% below 365 day average is great?
4-Option to hide destinations!
5-Email alert feature for good/great markers? Probably out of scope
My suggestions for you to consider, in order of priority:
1-More destinations. I would use this:
http://brilliantmaps.com/top-100-tourist-destinations/
2-I think it would be a good idea to include another trip cost, for a Saturday to Sunday flight. I'd make that another column rather than a toggle (or a toggleable column!) so we could compare.
3-Some kind of Good Price/Great Price marker. This is difficult though because of the seasonal thing. Maybe below 365 day average is good, and 20% below 365 day average is great?
4-Option to hide destinations!
5-Email alert feature for good/great markers? Probably out of scope
#11
Join Date: Sep 2014
Location: DEN
Programs: UA 1K
Posts: 175
Any chance you could include the airline or the alliance group in the list?
Also, the list would be more useful if it could be sorted and filtered and if the search and sort/filter parameters were part of the URL. That would allow bookmarks to restore those settings.
Also, the list would be more useful if it could be sorted and filtered and if the search and sort/filter parameters were part of the URL. That would allow bookmarks to restore those settings.