This seems like a really good deal
Aug 24, 2021, 8:43 pm
#1
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This seems like a really good deal
I need to go to Sweden for work and I'm trying to build up some miles. I was playing around with difference destinations and dates and got BOS-MSP-AMS-GOT-CDG-MSP-BOS in Delta one for $2100. Seemed almost too good to be true. The checkout screen said it was worth 27,000 MQM's Is that as good of a deal as I think? The flights to and from GOT are on KLM, the overseas legs are A330-300 herringbone Delta one.
Aug 24, 2021, 9:12 pm
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I need to go to Sweden for work and I'm trying to build up some miles. I was playing around with difference destinations and dates and got BOS-MSP-AMS-GOT-CDG-MSP-BOS in Delta one for $2100. Seemed almost too good to be true. The checkout screen said it was worth 27,000 MQM's Is that as good of a deal as I think? The flights to and from GOT are on KLM, the overseas legs are A330-300 herringbone Delta one.
What's this toy you have here?
Aug 24, 2021, 9:35 pm
#6
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[QUOTE=photojojo;33517290]$50 says you're lookin at this winter? I'm looking at a trip to KTT in Feb and the closest DL can get me is HEL. I too was pleasantly surprised at the ~$2100 D1 fare.
Or late fall Oct 30-Nov 5
And damn that google flights is cool
Or late fall Oct 30-Nov 5
And damn that google flights is cool
Aug 24, 2021, 9:52 pm
#7
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I tried for years to get someone to develop an app to do specifically what that "explore" function does but the guys I work with looked like deer in headlights when they were trying to figure out how to scrape the data. Clearly google has deeper pockets. 
Aug 24, 2021, 10:40 pm
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Google also has the benefit of owning ITA Matrix as the backend and then combining it with their typical usability strengths to make a user friendly version
Aug 24, 2021, 10:50 pm
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You can try engineering the reverse flight search -- the one tool I've been needing is finding cheap flights (from anywhere) TO a particular destination. No one seems to have this.
Aug 25, 2021, 6:32 am
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I did a round-trip to GOT over Christmas week last year and it was under $2k. Normally it would be 2 to 3 times as expensive so I splurged. $2100 for a week in the fall is an excellent fare by historical standards, but not that unusual in the current environment of almost non-existent international business travel. I personally wouldn't be excited about the double connections, but perhaps you're looking to rack up some extra MQMs.
Aug 25, 2021, 7:13 am
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https://developer.sabre.com/docs/res...rch/flights_to
and it's not very configurable, and relies on sabre cache (whatever'sloaded in their cache, or whoever queried recently, may not find all of them)
https://www.kayak.com/explore/NYC-anywhere
GDSes have these "cheapest flights from" search capability
https://developers.amadeus.com/self-...iration-search
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Aug 25, 2021, 7:18 am
#12
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I did a round-trip to GOT over Christmas week last year and it was under $2k. Normally it would be 2 to 3 times as expensive so I splurged. $2100 for a week in the fall is an excellent fare by historical standards, but not that unusual in the current environment of almost non-existent international business travel. I personally wouldn't be excited about the double connections, but perhaps you're looking to rack up some extra MQMs.
Aug 25, 2021, 8:52 am
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Tried to do some digging but only found this release from 07/2010 https://www.kayak.com/news/kayak-add...ular-ipad-app/ and it looks like Google bought ITA around the same time.
Aug 25, 2021, 10:22 am
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Someone correct me if I'm wrong, but I want to say Kayak was actually the first to develop the "explore" map feature as I'd spend countless hours on there dreaming up where I could go "back in the day". The prices that displayed was based on recent past searches (not pulling current fares/prices like GF does now), but still it was awesome when it came out.
Tried to do some digging but only found this release from 07/2010 https://www.kayak.com/news/kayak-add...ular-ipad-app/ and it looks like Google bought ITA around the same time.
Tried to do some digging but only found this release from 07/2010 https://www.kayak.com/news/kayak-add...ular-ipad-app/ and it looks like Google bought ITA around the same time.
https://yyzdeals.com/toronto-to-dall...ghout-schedule
I'll also use this post to mention a new tool that Google is experimenting with, called Google Flights Explorer. This is not to be confused with Google Flights.
https://rockcheetah.com/blog/airline...hts-cut-paste/
2011 Sept -
Is Google Flights perfect? No, non-US/international itineraries are not supported.
The concept of using a map to explore options based on budget and flight duration was worked out by Sabre Labs in the late ’90s and resulted in as Travelocity Dream Maps a few years later. It is questionable whether the Google Flights map should be presented as the default, especially because it occupies a lot of valuable screen real estate.
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Aug 25, 2021, 1:56 pm
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Southwest used to have the map price/route "getaway finder" feature, but removed it several years ago. It was great for planning mileage runs! Looks like some FT threads talked about it circa 2004. (It's now been replaced with a static route map that doesn't show prices). WN's new Interactive Route Map