How to search ALL US Airports TO a specific destination?
Oct 17, 2016, 9:07 pm
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How to search ALL US Airports TO a specific destination?
I have friends all over the country, and I'd like to fly them to me from time to time. If I could run a search to see where is cheap coming up, that'd be amazing. Am I missing a obvious search engine solution? Basically I want what Google Flights does with their Explore feature, just reversed.
Oct 18, 2016, 3:03 am
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I have friends all over the country, and I'd like to fly them to me from time to time. If I could run a search to see where is cheap coming up, that'd be amazing. Am I missing a obvious search engine solution? Basically I want what Google Flights does with their Explore feature, just reversed.
Oct 18, 2016, 3:41 am
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Use Skyscanner - from 'US' to 'Everywhere' plus dates
Oct 18, 2016, 6:02 am
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There have been a couple OTAs/metasearch engines in the past that offered this type of functionality. None of the ones I used to know seem to still be in business. Turns out that getting fare data is relatively expensive and booking commissions are low. 
Oct 18, 2016, 8:21 am
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Use Skyscanner - from 'US' to 'Everywhere' plus dates
Oct 18, 2016, 9:08 am
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You enter the airport codes
Exemple
Departure LAS, LAX, SFO, SAN, SEA
Destination IAD, JFK, MIA, PHL, BOS
And again: Be aware that the matrix just stops working after a certain time and that you risk, that it will not show complete results if there are too many combinations to check.
(The Text in blue is obviously not to be entered.)
Exemple
Departure LAS, LAX, SFO, SAN, SEA
Destination IAD, JFK, MIA, PHL, BOS
And again: Be aware that the matrix just stops working after a certain time and that you risk, that it will not show complete results if there are too many combinations to check.
(The Text in blue is obviously not to be entered.)
Oct 18, 2016, 9:56 am
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It works. Put BNA in the "FROM" field and then just click on the "TO" field and it will pop up with "Flexible? Search "everywhere"". Just click that and there you go.
Oct 18, 2016, 10:17 am
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The reverse search can be a decent proxy for possible originations, but it won't provide accurate schedule or fare data. Which is what OP seeks.
Oct 18, 2016, 11:11 am
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OP I'm afraid you're going to be stuck with good old-fashioned legwork
How many people are you really talking about in total? You surely don't truly need to literally find pricing from all of the several hundred US airports with scheduled commercial service.
I get that sometimes cheaper fares can be found by checking different airports in a local region, but for narrowing down your plans just start with the closest or most logical airport for each friend, then for those outside your budget parameters do a more detailed search or something like that. Even if you're talking 15 people it won't be all that cumbersome.
How many people are you really talking about in total? You surely don't truly need to literally find pricing from all of the several hundred US airports with scheduled commercial service. I get that sometimes cheaper fares can be found by checking different airports in a local region, but for narrowing down your plans just start with the closest or most logical airport for each friend, then for those outside your budget parameters do a more detailed search or something like that. Even if you're talking 15 people it won't be all that cumbersome.
Oct 19, 2016, 6:23 am
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Oct 19, 2016, 2:07 pm
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