Ask HN: API to get flight prices and info?

2 pointsby manuelflarahá 13 anos2 comments

I wonder where do startups like Hipmunk (specially when they first started) or Trabber get their data? I asked the latter and they replied they couldn't tell. Seems like too many variables and changing too quickly (prices) as to be scrapped. Do they scrape when you perform a search? Is there any API that gives you that info for a lot of airlines? If so, is it free or you have to pay for it? Or do they negotiate with each airline independently?

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manuelflarahá 13 anos

Found this at StackOverflow: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/4011123/is-there-an-api-f...

Does anyone have experience with any of them?

scotthtaylorhá 13 anos

I remember talking with a flight scanner startup at Dublin Web Summit - I'm pretty sure they said they scraped at the beginning...