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I think foremost consulting companies actually do the job you describe.

They basically try to find the right information in the data. It often takes them weeks to do so. I could imagine that especially those consulting firms as well as their clients have a strong interest in a solution like that

Wow, that's awesome guys! Do you have more background info on this? Anyway one can get involved?

Yeah, forgot to mention that

thanks...Sorry, rather unexperienced with that..I'll change it

nice write!!! But isn't that clear? I mean, that's why it always takes me ages to book a flight....But good to know why. Is there a way to find out which airport has especially high surcharges?

@jeffmould What you describe is absolutely true and no myth at all. There are several reasons for that.

1. Price differences may occur because all Online Travel Agencies (OTA) mostly provide cached data to the user as requesting live prices can be super expensive. Differences in the age of the cache cause the difference

2. Some OTAs have so called negotiated fares with the airlines and sometimes can offer different prices

But, when we as metasearch request prices from the OTAs, we always do that from the same IP with cookies

Ok, this is a good help when pitching to investors. I should have been more specific. I am looking for both, advices on how communicate my message properly to the public and to investors.

But asking your questions is certainly a good help. Thanks !!

When we chose this name we were certain that we won't have any troubles.

Thanks for your feedback. This is actually intentional. But you can always display the original search (on filter right below the search).

But splitting your return flight into an open-jaw ticket is part of our algorithm. In some cases this provides you with significantly cheaper results.

Like here:

https://tripdelta.com/results/SFO/YVR/11-09-15/YVR/SFO/13-09...

If you don't like the suggestions, you can hide them ;). Hope that helps?!

@ktsmith thanks for you feedback. Maybe we should clarify that . We have filter for that on the top to show only your "original results". Those show you only what you where looking for and no further suggestions

@jakozaur thanks for your feedback. We are always working on new features, trip optimization is high on the list! ;).

@cneumann81 thanks for trying tripdelta. A few examples that might explain what we do differently.

-We find hidden flights by combining rival airlines (https://tripdelta.com/results/SFO/LON/28-10-15)

-Our smart area search looks at every airport near your start and destination and checks every single combination to find better alternatives (https://tripdelta.com/results/FKB/BOH/01-10-15/ )

-We split your return flights into open jaw tickets (https://tripdelta.com/results/SFO/YVR/11-09-15/YVR/SFO/13-09... )

-Wanna do a short world trip? Better check this one out (https://tripdelta.com/results/SFO/BER/18-09-15/BER/DXB/25-09...)

I hope this explains what we do ;).. If you have any more questions, let me know

@harryhunt711 Thanks for your feedback. To answer your questions. We use Apache Spark with a mixture of different algorithms to analyze over 1.5b flight prices and come up with millions of new routing possibilities. Meanwhile on every request our algorithm learns from past mistakes and corrects its decision based on new data

Hi I am Max.

I am one of the co-founders of tripdelta. If you have any questions, feel free to get in touch.

We are always happy about your feedback.

great!!!! really really great!

But it sounds, that some of them did...So congrats on that..That's really good :D

That what I was hoping ;)...

I suggest you to travel the silk road. It's off the beaten tracks and you will see far less tourists and a hospitality which is overwhelming....

Good question. But I think using reddit is not a bad start. But I would be interested in this question too