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Feb 1, 2016 | 7:42 am

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Originally Posted by rosenkavalier

Thanks for the more detailed explanation...
So, from what I read here, ITA doesn't run live inventory queries, but instead uses cached data...the question is how old is the data? is it being updated at pre-set intervals or just whatever is lying around?

Depends, that algorithm is obviously not revealed. More here: http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/travel-tools-701/

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