Comments on: Fare Alert 2.0: FareCompare in mashup of Google Maps and Twitter

By: Martin Rusteberg

Martin Rusteberg — Sat, 12 Dec 2009 19:03:58 +0000

actually sounds plausible just like any other metasearch, farecompare is caching the results as the infrustructure just doesn’t allow to query all possible connections with each and every visitor to the site.
only when you do look for a specific period, the availability gets checked and correctly displayed.

By: Dennis Schaal

Dennis Schaal — Sat, 12 Dec 2009 16:18:43 +0000

Sandra: I agree. Rick’s explanation is not crystal clear. If you look at the calendar, you should find the tweeted fare at least for one-day that month. So, you’re apparently out of luck if your travel dates aren’t flexible. I guess it’s the same with a lot of “deals” — if you don’t book quick, the flight or hotel room soon is unavailable. If the deal or tweeted fare doesn’t mesh precisely with your travel plans, then you are out of luck. So, these fare alerts have limits to their practicality.

By: Sandra

Sandra — Thu, 10 Dec 2009 19:49:24 +0000

Quote: The prices listed are the airline cheapest published price on that route departing at least 1 day in that month included surcharges and estimated taxes. When a click occurs in we are checking 200 different date combinations in 30 day window for seat inventory. Airlines can release seats at their cheapest published priced at any time, thus the real time query, if airlines continue to file airfares with no seat inventory in a 30 day window with several lengths of stay we will remove them from our system (this has happened from time to time especially for intl fares). We monitor the “match” rate continuously and typically see 80% within the 30 day window. ..End Quote

HUH?? That’s about as clear as mud.

By: Rick Seaney

Rick Seaney — Wed, 09 Dec 2009 20:02:33 +0000

Question 1: on Vienna we have the data touching the US/CA from Vienna just not the accounts, in early January we will have all the data not touching US/CA as well.

Questions 2: Soon the mashup will have a departure month filter at the moment it defaults to 14 days advance purchase. The prices listed are the airline cheapest published price on that route departing at least 1 day in that month included surcharges and estimated taxes. When a click occurs in we are checking 200 different date combinations in 30 day window for seat inventory. Airlines can release seats at their cheapest published priced at any time, thus the real time query, if airlines continue to file airfares with no seat inventory in a 30 day window with several lengths of stay we will remove them from our system (this has happened from time to time especially for intl fares). We monitor the “match” rate continuously and typically see 80% within the 30 day window.

By: Dennis Schaal

Dennis Schaal — Wed, 09 Dec 2009 15:09:47 +0000

Sandra: I now see the same thing you are seeing. When i click on a $265 fare, Newark-Memphis, I only see that fare for one day on the FareCompare monthly calendar. Will get you an answer.

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By: Sandra

Sandra — Tue, 08 Dec 2009 00:14:54 +0000

I don’t understand how it works. When the map says one price and I click on it, I get Fare Compare’s website with a higher price… nothing close to the price on the map. Why??

By: Dennis Schaal

Dennis Schaal — Mon, 07 Dec 2009 18:46:00 +0000

Joebertl: Ya, that’s the definitely the downside. Not enough international focus for FareCompare, although it appears to be readying an international launch. You’ll have to get your fare alerts from Vienna from elsewhere for now:) You should tweet @rickseaney to tell him he’s got to put Vienna on his agenda:)

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By: Joebertl

Joebertl — Mon, 07 Dec 2009 18:17:07 +0000

( Unfortunately VIENNA does not exist in the Fare Compare DataWarehouse … – “no flights available from your airport Vienna”!!!

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uberVU - social comments — Mon, 07 Dec 2009 17:19:31 +0000

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