Comments on: Disaggregating fare aggregators http://www.upgradetravelbetter.com/2006/04/14/disaggregating-fare-aggregators/ Living the first class life -- at coach prices Fri, 04 Jul 2008 20:26:59 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.2.2 By: Revisiting aggregator disaggregation » Upgrade: Travel Better http://www.upgradetravelbetter.com/2006/04/14/disaggregating-fare-aggregators/#comment-17180 Revisiting aggregator disaggregation » Upgrade: Travel Better Sun, 28 Oct 2007 01:05:40 +0000 http://www.upgradetravelbetter.com/2006/04/14/disaggregating-fare-aggregators/#comment-17180 [...] the last week, BusinessWeek and the Associated Press have taken on the same task that this blog took on weeks ago: rating the travel aggregator sites, Kayak, Mobissimo, FareChase, SideStep, etc., for their [...] […] the last week, BusinessWeek and the Associated Press have taken on the same task that this blog took on weeks ago: rating the travel aggregator sites, Kayak, Mobissimo, FareChase, SideStep, etc., for their […]

]]> By: James http://www.upgradetravelbetter.com/2006/04/14/disaggregating-fare-aggregators/#comment-16767 James Thu, 11 Oct 2007 21:33:52 +0000 http://www.upgradetravelbetter.com/2006/04/14/disaggregating-fare-aggregators/#comment-16767 I checked out Travature.com </a> and really like where it is going. Keep up the work the site is really useful. I checked out Travature.com and really like where it is going. Keep up the work the site is really useful.

]]> By: Jeremy http://www.upgradetravelbetter.com/2006/04/14/disaggregating-fare-aggregators/#comment-16643 Jeremy Fri, 05 Oct 2007 00:12:43 +0000 http://www.upgradetravelbetter.com/2006/04/14/disaggregating-fare-aggregators/#comment-16643 The field of metasearch engines for airfare is rapidly growing. One new entry in the arena is Travature.com. It's not as large as some of the other aggregators yet but it does offer a few things different. Travature has a patent pending on an open ended flight search concept. What this means is that you can leave the arrival city blank on your flight search and you can get a list of cached prices for all kinds of different destinations (which can be filtered by tags, distance, and more). You can also leave the dates blank to see a calendar view of cached prices for different days. A sort of different spin on flexible date and location search. The other new thing Travature does is integrate travel information from other areas with its flight search: travel guides, photo streams, restaurant reviews, etc all get mashed up to give a more 'holistic' perspective of your destination. The company just released its public beta test release, so there is still lots of improvements to be made. However hopefully people find the site useful. -Jeremy Founder of Travature (and avid traveler) The field of metasearch engines for airfare is rapidly growing. One new entry in the arena is Travature.com. It’s not as large as some of the other aggregators yet but it does offer a few things different.

Travature has a patent pending on an open ended flight search concept. What this means is that you can leave the arrival city blank on your flight search and you can get a list of cached prices for all kinds of different destinations (which can be filtered by tags, distance, and more). You can also leave the dates blank to see a calendar view of cached prices for different days. A sort of different spin on flexible date and location search.

The other new thing Travature does is integrate travel information from other areas with its flight search: travel guides, photo streams, restaurant reviews, etc all get mashed up to give a more ‘holistic’ perspective of your destination.

The company just released its public beta test release, so there is still lots of improvements to be made. However hopefully people find the site useful.

-Jeremy
Founder of Travature (and avid traveler)

]]> By: Cheap Flight Explorer http://www.upgradetravelbetter.com/2006/04/14/disaggregating-fare-aggregators/#comment-15754 Cheap Flight Explorer Mon, 30 Jul 2007 15:37:11 +0000 http://www.upgradetravelbetter.com/2006/04/14/disaggregating-fare-aggregators/#comment-15754 Kayak is definitely a top choice for finding the best airfare. Lately though, I've been seeing Farechase be right up there with Kayak on many searches. It's always good to check to them all - there's no single site that will find the cheapest airfare every single time. Oh, and I agree that quixo is not all it's cracked up to be. Kayak is definitely a top choice for finding the best airfare. Lately though, I’ve been seeing Farechase be right up there with Kayak on many searches. It’s always good to check to them all - there’s no single site that will find the cheapest airfare every single time.

Oh, and I agree that quixo is not all it’s cracked up to be.

]]> By: Track airfare before and AFTER you buy? » Upgrade: Travel Better http://www.upgradetravelbetter.com/2006/04/14/disaggregating-fare-aggregators/#comment-14774 Track airfare before and AFTER you buy? » Upgrade: Travel Better Thu, 17 May 2007 02:32:03 +0000 http://www.upgradetravelbetter.com/2006/04/14/disaggregating-fare-aggregators/#comment-14774 [...] seen the widespread acceptance of aggregators like Kayak, Mobissimo, and Sidestep (reviewed here last year), and the growth of fare watching/predicting services like FareCompare and [...] […] seen the widespread acceptance of aggregators like Kayak, Mobissimo, and Sidestep (reviewed here last year), and the growth of fare watching/predicting services like FareCompare and […]

]]> By: Upgrade: Travel Better » Blog Archive » Disaggregating the aggregators Part 2: Rating the hotel metasearches http://www.upgradetravelbetter.com/2006/04/14/disaggregating-fare-aggregators/#comment-7112 Upgrade: Travel Better » Blog Archive » Disaggregating the aggregators Part 2: Rating the hotel metasearches Tue, 06 Mar 2007 17:02:33 +0000 http://www.upgradetravelbetter.com/2006/04/14/disaggregating-fare-aggregators/#comment-7112 [...] Two weeks ago, I offered this assessment of airfare aggregators — sites that perform an identical search across multiple travel sites and report the results to you. But most of these sites can be used for hotel searches as well. How do the aggregators stack up for lodging? [...] […] Two weeks ago, I offered this assessment of airfare aggregators — sites that perform an identical search across multiple travel sites and report the results to you. But most of these sites can be used for hotel searches as well. How do the aggregators stack up for lodging? […]

]]> By: Upgrade: Travel Better » Blog Archive » Search-a-thon: Orbitz gets less flexible, PriceGrabber adds more features http://www.upgradetravelbetter.com/2006/04/14/disaggregating-fare-aggregators/#comment-455 Upgrade: Travel Better » Blog Archive » Search-a-thon: Orbitz gets less flexible, PriceGrabber adds more features Tue, 12 Dec 2006 23:04:48 +0000 http://www.upgradetravelbetter.com/2006/04/14/disaggregating-fare-aggregators/#comment-455 [...] One alternative is to use an aggregator, many of which do have good flexible-date searches. Among the aggregators, I generally recommend Kayak (see April 2006 reviews here), which recently introduced flex-searches (registration required, though). [...] […] One alternative is to use an aggregator, many of which do have good flexible-date searches. Among the aggregators, I generally recommend Kayak (see April 2006 reviews here), which recently introduced flex-searches (registration required, though). […]

]]> By: wellwatch http://www.upgradetravelbetter.com/2006/04/14/disaggregating-fare-aggregators/#comment-38 wellwatch Tue, 18 Apr 2006 19:56:00 +0000 http://www.upgradetravelbetter.com/2006/04/14/disaggregating-fare-aggregators/#comment-38 I am not surprised in the least that Kayak came out on top, any group that uses Ruby and Perl has to be the best I am not surprised in the least that Kayak came out on top, any group that uses Ruby and Perl has to be the best

]]> By: Anonymous http://www.upgradetravelbetter.com/2006/04/14/disaggregating-fare-aggregators/#comment-37 Anonymous Sat, 15 Apr 2006 20:35:00 +0000 http://www.upgradetravelbetter.com/2006/04/14/disaggregating-fare-aggregators/#comment-37 Hi, I would suggest you compare the "breadth of the search engines" on the international flights as well. Try Singapore to Bangkok or Delhi to Bombai or even Brussels to Nice. It should show you the coverage of low cost airlines as well. And please do clik on every link especially on Kayak to validate if they really search in real time and get the prices that airlines post. There is over 100 low cost airlines in the world. Have you check who cover them most? Hi,

I would suggest you compare the “breadth of the search engines” on the international flights as well.
Try Singapore to Bangkok or Delhi to Bombai or even Brussels to Nice. It should show you the coverage of low cost airlines as well. And please do clik on every link especially on Kayak to validate if they really search in real time and get the prices that airlines post.

There is over 100 low cost airlines in the world.
Have you check who cover them most?

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