[HN Gopher] Ask HN: How do you find airline tickets?
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Ask HN: How do you find airline tickets?
Popular among my group seems to be: - Google Flights - Kayak -
ITA Matrix (which shockingly still seems to be online) Is there
any new great options out there for finding cheap flights?
Author : capableweb
Score : 12 points
Date : 2023-07-19 21:04 UTC (1 hours ago)
| lbotos wrote:
| Google flights.
|
| Flying feels more MBA-optimized these days. If you want the best
| deals gotta be traveling alone, no checked bags, and okay with a
| middle seat.
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| I fly often and tickets are almost 1.5x to 3x more any other way.
|
| Just booked a flight and it was $75 to be able to pick a seat and
| if you wanted airline points it was $180...
| heliophobicdude wrote:
| I use Google Flights for most except for
|
| SouthWest.com directly for their flights.
|
| jsx.com for the small niche rides on a small jet
|
| Unrelated: rome2rio.com for the whole picture including last mile
| to and from airports
| relyks wrote:
| Skiplagged is also very good
| arjvik wrote:
| Just saw a news article about American Airlines banning a
| college-aged passenger from the airline for 3 years upon
| (correctly) suspecting he would skip the last leg of his flight
| because he presented a drivers license with his home address in
| the layover city. So perhaps not the greatest idea.
| toomuchtodo wrote:
| Never take luggage, never admit you're skiplagging, never use
| your rewards info, get a passport card or global entry card
| as ID (no address).
|
| (Does not excuse AA for their handling of the situation)
| mandeepj wrote:
| So, how are airlines losing money with skipping part of the
| flights? Passengers already paid the whole amount. Shouldn't
| airlines consider reviewing their pricing then?
| arjvik wrote:
| Because they want to price their tickets based on the value
| you receive, not their costs, to maximize their profit.
|
| AA sold the ticket assuming the customer was going between
| two small cities, with the "inconvenience" of a layover in
| the middle, so thus had a low enough value to justify a low
| cost. A direct flight from a small city to a big city, on
| the other hand, is assigned a much higher value, and thus
| is priced much higher. This is despite the fact that the
| former has a higher operating cost than the latter.
|
| Still doesn't explain why a gate agent decided to play
| detective and save the giant corporation employing them a
| bit of money on a hunch, screwing over the customer they're
| directly facing in the process.
| [deleted]
| sloaken wrote:
| I do google flights and kayak. I have sometimes found, after I
| understand what is available, going to the airline is sometimes
| good. Google and Kayak, for me, sometimes provide inaccurate
| information. As in I prefer Peasant Plus, as opposed to full
| Peasant. Oh and I have checked luggage. Both with often offer a
| great trip at the time I want. Then when I start going through it
| is 'Ok that is Standby Peasant Minus (Joking a little) checked
| and carry on are extra'. But maybe I am just bad at searching.
| nitwit005 wrote:
| I check southwest.com separately. They don't list elsewhere
| (avoiding commission fees I assume).
| toomuchtodo wrote:
| FYI, Google flights displays southwest flights but you have to
| book through SWA directly.
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