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Old Jun 15, 2001 | 6:39 pm
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paulusst
 
Join Date: Jun 2001
Location: TXL
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RTW comparion chart

After having read here that "it is almost impossible" I'm thinking about doing an db based *A RTW fare online comparison tool.

Here are the features I plan to implement:

- real time currency conversion to US$
- listing by price
- listing by country name
- online form for FT members to update database if they get aware of any local prices changes so that update work can be shared
- Web address where you can book the RTW tix for the shown price for every country

I think such a tool would be easy to maintain and stay up to date.

Some questions before I start:

- has this done before and would be redundand ?
- is it worth the work (is the prices difference more than a few dollars) ?
- to reduce the workload implementing and maintaining:

which rtw fare is of most interest (20k, 29k or 39k) ?
only FC fares or J and Y as well ?
which countries have to be included - have to check the availability of real-time exchange rates ?

Any input is very much appreciated.

Stephan
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