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Old May 23, 2023 | 11:20 pm
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Originally Posted by AKLifetimeFlyer
You can choose to search “All Airports” or the specific airport on Desktop, and on the App it allows you to select which airport you want and search results will exclude all others. I’m also certain it gives a fairly apparent warning with regards to choosing the correct airport. This is the case for Los Angeles, Bay Area, and Seattle. There is no perfect solution, and I’m not even sure the current system is a problem.
On the App, AS refers to PAE as Seattle, WA (PAE-Seattle/Everett) and SEA as Seattle, WA (SEA-Seattle/Tacoma Int.) It isn't consistent with the Bay Area Airport Codes. When you enter OAK it doesn't return San Francisco (OAK-San Francisco/Oakland Int.). For consistency, when you enter PAE or Everett, it should return Everett, WA (PAE-Everett/Seattle) but you get Seattle, WA (PAE-Seattle/Everett). Easy to see the confusion.

But it gets better! If you search for SEA, you get both airports with Seattle, WA (SEA-Seattle/Tacoma Int) as the first option. However, if you search for Seattle, you also get both airports but Seattle, WA (PAE-Seattle/Everett) is now the first option.






If we look at the immediate coterminals in Los Angeles & the Bay area, only LAX-SNA is farther than SEA-PAE.



The search results should be relevant and ordered accordingly. The prior example exemplifies that it doesn't have to be alphabetical.

James

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