View Full Version : Anybody used Flightfox?
Story in NYT here (http://www.nytimes.com/2012/09/30/technology/flightfox-lets-the-crowd-find-the-best-airfares.html?partner=rss&emc=rss).
Hartington
30th Sep 2012, 13:45
Haven't used it. Interesting idea but could be dangerous for the uninitiated with routings being thrown up that require separate tickets and infeasible connecting times.
Load Toad
30th Sep 2012, 13:57
You have to enter your credit card details first for the 'prize'. Doesn't seem an awful lot different otherwise to the other flight deal type web sites. Most which come out with pretty much the same reesults every time.
Hartington
30th Sep 2012, 16:39
Loadtoad. I actually think there's a significant difference. This isn't a search engine, it's a message engine. You sign up to get a quote. Other people sign up to give you a quote. I have no idea who the people suggesting quotes are. They may be professionals - travel agents. They can also be Joe Soap who happens to have booked himself a cheap deal once and THINKS he is now an expert. Flightfox seems to message their experts with your request and leaves them to get on with it. I'm also not clear how the reward is paid. If it's simply that you select a quote based on the price then you have no idea which flights they are suggesting - I'd want to know what routing/times were being suggested before I agreed to the finders fee being paid.
Like I said an interesting idea but many potential traps for the unwary and uninitiated.
Load Toad
1st Oct 2012, 02:02
This is the point - for a start - what tools are the 'expert advisors' using & how many additional stipulations that you request can they realistically accomodate. Then how long before they get back to you.
Such unanswerables lead to to suggest the web site will be a loser.