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Great work, this is really cool! For multi city flights, I've found Google flights does things really well from a UX standpoint, and I believe they support Rya

Great work, this is really cool! For multi city flights, I've found Google flights does things really well from a UX standpoint, and I believe they support Ryanair.

shshhdhs 8y ago
They do support Ryanair, I’ve found great deals through it. Lots of other discount Euro airlines are unsupported though
- jd20 8y ago
  I'm surprised Ryanair is supported, given that they've been engaged in a long and nasty lawsuit with Expedia, over scraping their fares. I was under the impression Ryanair only wanted to sell fares through their own website.
  - pintxo 8y ago
    If I am not mistakne, one cannot book via Google Flights, they will send you to Ryanair for the booking. Would make it a different case than the Expedia one.
    - scrollaway 8y ago
      Wonder why Ryanair would insist on having the user go through their website. Seeing as they monetize absolutely fucking everything, I suspect there's a bunch of crap they're doing with user data…
      - namdnay 8y ago
        It's not related to data, it's related to direct vs indirect distribution. If you buy a ticket through a travel agency, such as expedia, they take a small cut, and the global distribution system takes another cut. If you book direct, they can keep that money :)
      - thesimon 8y ago
        Because they really want to push their other stuff. Transfers, rental cars and hotels is where the money is made.
  - jayalpha 8y ago
    Are they? I don't think that Ryanair minds anyone showing the flights. There are enough sites doing it (Kiwi, swoodoo etc.). They just don't allow you to sell tickets or collect fees which is the reason why most sites don't list them.
jnurmine 8y ago
Google Flights is generally fine. But sometimes it figures out quite fringe stuff like Stockholm-Dublin roundtrip with a 17 hour layover in Dubai. It was not cheap either. Sounded like something like a global minima.
- bogomipz 8y ago
  >"Google Flights is generally fine. But sometimes it figures out quite fringe stuff like Stockholm-Dublin roundtrip with a 17 hour layover in Dubai." Honestly I regularly see these type of ridiculous options on all of the major travel sights as well as stuff like 3 and 4 layovers. Do you have any insight on why this happens or what such absurd results are even presented? I regularly see things like 54 hour travel time for for international flights.

Great work, this is really cool! For multi city flights, I've found Google flights does things really well from a UX standpoint, and I believe they support Ryanair.

shshhdhs 8y ago

They do support Ryanair, I’ve found great deals through it. Lots of other discount Euro airlines are unsupported though

jd20 8y ago
I'm surprised Ryanair is supported, given that they've been engaged in a long and nasty lawsuit with Expedia, over scraping their fares. I was under the impression Ryanair only wanted to sell fares through their own website.
- pintxo 8y ago
  If I am not mistakne, one cannot book via Google Flights, they will send you to Ryanair for the booking. Would make it a different case than the Expedia one.
  - scrollaway 8y ago
    Wonder why Ryanair would insist on having the user go through their website. Seeing as they monetize absolutely fucking everything, I suspect there's a bunch of crap they're doing with user data…
    - namdnay 8y ago
      It's not related to data, it's related to direct vs indirect distribution. If you buy a ticket through a travel agency, such as expedia, they take a small cut, and the global distribution system takes another cut. If you book direct, they can keep that money :)
    - thesimon 8y ago
      Because they really want to push their other stuff. Transfers, rental cars and hotels is where the money is made.
- jayalpha 8y ago
  Are they? I don't think that Ryanair minds anyone showing the flights. There are enough sites doing it (Kiwi, swoodoo etc.). They just don't allow you to sell tickets or collect fees which is the reason why most sites don't list them.

jnurmine 8y ago

Google Flights is generally fine. But sometimes it figures out quite fringe stuff like Stockholm-Dublin roundtrip with a 17 hour layover in Dubai. It was not cheap either. Sounded like something like a global minima.

bogomipz 8y ago
>"Google Flights is generally fine. But sometimes it figures out quite fringe stuff like Stockholm-Dublin roundtrip with a 17 hour layover in Dubai." Honestly I regularly see these type of ridiculous options on all of the major travel sights as well as stuff like 3 and 4 layovers. Do you have any insight on why this happens or what such absurd results are even presented? I regularly see things like 54 hour travel time for for international flights.