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Old Oct 17, 2014 | 4:23 am
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Originally Posted by A_Lee
Anyone know if ExpertFlyer used the same method for finding availability, or a similar method that might end up being dropped?
ExpertFlyer pulls availability out of the Global Distribution Systems (GDSes), where the airlines publish their availability for travel agents in the first place.

Presumably flightstats.com didn't want to keep paying for the subscription to the GDS feed.
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