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clublounger Jun 19, 2011 9:58 am

Kayak Consolidated Information and Help Thread
 
Not sure exactly how new this is. I just read about it in today's New York Times.

http://www.kayak.com/explore/

The default departure city is San Francisco. I can't get it to default from my home city - I'd love to make THAT my home page.

Has anyone had a chance to test it's up-to-dateness? I LOVE the concept - just hoping for true availability on what is shown.

aloha

thepla Jun 19, 2011 10:08 am

Really nice, IMO.

My default was ORD and it shows many cities around the world.

I tested ORD-ANC at $430 and selected CO. it gave me test dates and went to CO.COM and sure enough price matched.

clublounger Jun 19, 2011 10:20 am


Originally Posted by thepla (Post 16588162)
Really nice, IMO.

My default was ORD and it shows many cities around the world.

I tested ORD-ANC at $430 and selected CO. it gave me test dates and went to CO.COM and sure enough price matched.

Thanks....I happen to BE in San Francisco now, so I guess the departure city defaults to the server location of where one happens to be. It will be nice when I'm at home and it defaults to HNL.

bucketlist Jun 19, 2011 10:23 am

Nice tool, probably should be in MR Discussion

When I clicked on it, it defaulted to New Orleans.

Thanks for posting

USAF Flyboy Jun 19, 2011 10:57 am

Pretty fast and accurate for so many simultaneous destinations. Nice tool.

BOS Eph Jun 19, 2011 1:06 pm

I'm a teacher and used it to help decide on a place to travel cheap during July or August. I found a $460 fare to BOS to ANC through IAH, slept on it for 2 nights, and eventually got it for $485 on CO. About 9700 miles for 5 cpm. I think it's a great site for inspiration. Enjoy!

ordua Jun 19, 2011 1:35 pm

I use it all the time. Great tool.

doctor15 Jun 19, 2011 2:07 pm

Wow, that is slick! Great for quickly planning a combination getaway/MR.

EmailKid Jun 19, 2011 2:15 pm


Originally Posted by clublounger (Post 16588128)
Not sure exactly how new this is. I just read about it in today's New York Times.

http://www.kayak.com/explore/

It's been around.


Originally Posted by bucketlist (Post 16588232)
Nice tool, probably should be in MR Discussion

Pretty sure it's in one of the MR tool stickies.

EmailKid

mlbcard Jun 19, 2011 2:48 pm


Originally Posted by USAF Flyboy (Post 16588371)
Pretty fast and accurate for so many simultaneous destinations. Nice tool.

Yeah, the speed is amazing.

tc_jedi Jun 19, 2011 5:03 pm

This has been around for a while. Another tool they have that's awesome is Insight. I've found several deals randomly watching this

http://www.kayak.com/insight

amolkold Jun 19, 2011 5:45 pm

Searching from LAX, on the side it says "Australia/Oceania $570" but the lowest I see on the map is $1200 ... broken? Or am I just looking in the wrong place?

pareto Jun 19, 2011 9:26 pm


Originally Posted by amolkold (Post 16590100)
Searching from LAX, on the side it says "Australia/Oceania $570" but the lowest I see on the map is $1200 ... broken? Or am I just looking in the wrong place?

On my search, Hawaii was in "Australia/Oceania."

NW Mourning Jun 19, 2011 9:43 pm

Probably looking in the wrong place. HI is considered Oceania on this tool, & HA has several discounts now

kaaria Jun 20, 2011 12:06 am

DELTA lookup
 
I used this and found a trip to MCI for $260ai. However, when I tried to compare with delta.com which had the same flights for $480. When I went to delta via the kayak link, the flight was back down to $260.


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