Begs me to ask the question, how does most of HN search for flights?
I'm pretty addicted to the kayak +/- 3 day matrix.
I'm pretty addicted to the kayak +/- 3 day matrix.
Frequent travelers are generally best served by sticking with a single airline.
I've experienced it myself searching on United.com. But yes, sticking with a single airline's usually a good idea — there are benefits towards acquiring elite status on a single airline's frequent flyer program (even when we're talking about airline alliances).
For low-cost/budget flights around Southeast Asia, I just use Skyscanner.
http://www.momondo.pl/multicity/?Search=true&TripType=return... vs http://www.hipmunk.com/flights/LON-to-DXB#!dates=Oct17,Oct31...
$507 vs $528, and both have Pegasus where Momondo shows the cheapest Pegasus at $507 and Hipmunk at $553
and a self-quote from an email conversation I had in december about flight search engines: "Just to picture an example, random query 30dec-05jan Warsaw-Istanbul. Hipmunk cheapest: 407usd (turkish). Momondo cheapest: 299usd (aerosvit). that's over 1/3 more."