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Old Apr 28, 2017 | 6:44 am
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domizei385
 
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Originally Posted by milesfreak321
Hi, I have come across following results, which dont make sense (screenshots attached):

1) I've ran a search on a business flight from London to Singapore (parameters in first screenshot)

2) Search yielded in price matrix, I clicked on first fare on 8th May (£3,030), which I would expect to be the best deal for that day ("cheapest")

3) In the next view (after clicking £3,030 in previous matrix), I can see the cheapest to be £2,131)

Can somebody please explain why prices are different in steps 2) and 3)?
Anything to do with my settings/selection in step 1)?

Thanks,
Peter
You are looking into a rather large search space (all one world airlines, with a ton of connection options, 30 days). ITA does take shortcuts to give you results quicker (e.g. only search through x fare classes of airlines operating from your origin).

The further you drill down and the more constraints you apply the better your results will be....Its a bit of science really
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