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We Analyzed 100M Flight Searches. Here’s How to Get the Cheapest Flights
- minimaxir 9y agoHow did this post get 7 points in 3 minutes and get to the front page? (i.e. not triggering the voting ring detector)
- kumarski 9y agoNomadList users are active on HN?
- minimaxir 9y agoDid NomadList draw attention to/advocate upvoting this submission? Could you send me a link/screenshot of that?
- kumarski 9y agoI don't have a nomadlist memberhsip. I do all sorts of travel points hacking, I assume there's a bunch of other people on HN who do too.
- minimaxir 9y agoI'm not questioning the fact that it got upvoted, just the rate, which is only realistically possible if you draw attention to a submission. Even big company announcements don't get upvotes that quickly. (of course, it's counterproductive, as drawing such attention when it's not deserved draws flags, which is what happened in this case)
- pieterhg 9y agoConfused what does Nomad List have to do with this post or site?
- cmtk04 9y agoWow. Finding a good deal on flights involves a ton of work. The packages tip is a good one
- dang 9y agoSockpuppet accounts and/or promotional comments will get you banned here, so please don't. HN users usually see through it, making it against your interests anyhow.
- silentfish 9y agoOff-topic: what is the deal with articles that have giant GIFs after each paragraph? I get it, it is supposed to be funny, but it becomes annoyance very soon. One or two is fine, but not a myriad. Also, when at work, makes me make close the page faster. /rant
- blakesterz 9y agoIt was SUPER annoying on that page.
- basch 9y agohttps://outline.com/https://www.marksflights.com/blog/we-analyzed-100-million-flight-searches-heres-how-to-get-the-cheapest-flights/ https://outline.com/https://www.marksflights.com/blog/we-ana...
- blakesterz 9y agoSo I guess the tl;dr is if you have time/flexibility to burn on a really long trip there's ways to find cheaper flights. If you can fly in or out of a distant airport it'll be cheaper. If you can fly on different days or different times it'll be cheaper. Also good, use a VPN to search for flights from other countries. So, useful advice if you're going far far away and have plenty of time to spend.