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
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 !!
@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
-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/ )
@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
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