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Anecdotally, use the brave browser to look for hotels and flights. Since it blocks tracking I’ve heard you will see lower cost flights (I’ve also heard the conv

Anecdotally, use the brave browser to look for hotels and flights. Since it blocks tracking I’ve heard you will see lower cost flights (I’ve also heard the converse that searching with iPhone/safari may result in higher prices.) https://www.reddit.com/r/BATProject/comments/9gkcow/brave_browser_is_best_for_booking_flights/ https://www.reddit.com/r/BATProject/comments/9gkcow/brave_br...

bigmattystyles 8y ago
When I tried it with their built in TOR, many travel sites just refused to serve me a page.
laken 8y ago
This is quite an ancient myth of flight pricing, and I'd love to see it die, but alas it will not. Your cookies and/or browser fingerprint has basically no effect on flight prices. In addition, the "proof" provided on that subreddit has quite a few problems: A) That route is priced ridiculously anyway, and they are looking at Delta, who always price ridiculously. Delta doesn't care about price-conscious shoppers, so they have virtually no incentive to try and segment fares based on browsing history, etc. B) They're looking at a third party flight aggregator. These are the WORST ways of buying flight tickets. They're decent for _finding_ deals, but 9/10 times, the airline's website sells it cheaper, and the airline's website gives you more benefits anyway (as you're the buyer and/or owner, not the online travel agent). C) Furthermore, these online travel agents cache flight lookups _very_ heavily. My guess is that the search with TOR routes to a different edge server with a different cache. API calls to the airlines are extremely costly. The best way of getting a cheaper flight has nothing to do with your browser, so don't worry about it. The best ways of saving money are based on _when_ you buy, and of course what airline. Don't buy on a weekend, and try not to fly on one either. Holidays are similar, except it's not a bad idea to actually fly ON a holiday, but not around one.
- potench 8y ago
  What about using a vpn to change your geo to try and get geo-based deals? This website appears to have some proof of this approach working: https://www.privateinternetaccess.com/blog/2018/07/how-to-get-cheaper-flights-by-using-a-vpn/ https://www.privateinternetaccess.com/blog/2018/07/how-to-ge...

bigmattystyles 8y ago

When I tried it with their built in TOR, many travel sites just refused to serve me a page.

laken 8y ago

This is quite an ancient myth of flight pricing, and I'd love to see it die, but alas it will not. Your cookies and/or browser fingerprint has basically no effect on flight prices. In addition, the "proof" provided on that subreddit has quite a few problems: A) That route is priced ridiculously anyway, and they are looking at Delta, who always price ridiculously. Delta doesn't care about price-conscious shoppers, so they have virtually no incentive to try and segment fares based on browsing history, etc. B) They're looking at a third party flight aggregator. These are the WORST ways of buying flight tickets. They're decent for _finding_ deals, but 9/10 times, the airline's website sells it cheaper, and the airline's website gives you more benefits anyway (as you're the buyer and/or owner, not the online travel agent). C) Furthermore, these online travel agents cache flight lookups _very_ heavily. My guess is that the search with TOR routes to a different edge server with a different cache. API calls to the airlines are extremely costly. The best way of getting a cheaper flight has nothing to do with your browser, so don't worry about it. The best ways of saving money are based on _when_ you buy, and of course what airline. Don't buy on a weekend, and try not to fly on one either. Holidays are similar, except it's not a bad idea to actually fly ON a holiday, but not around one.

potench 8y ago
What about using a vpn to change your geo to try and get geo-based deals? This website appears to have some proof of this approach working: https://www.privateinternetaccess.com/blog/2018/07/how-to-get-cheaper-flights-by-using-a-vpn/ https://www.privateinternetaccess.com/blog/2018/07/how-to-ge...