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If it was up to me, I would have required all airlines publish their fares in machine readable format.
by sega_sai 2y ago
If it was up to me, I would have required all airlines publish their fares in machine readable format.
- chrisjj 2y agoRyanair does. The machine is yours running a browser.
- maronato 2y agoDisplaying the fares in a separate website isn’t the problem. The resale of tickets is, since other aggregators need to pay Ryanair a license fee to resell, and Booking is avoiding that by using RPA
- dmbaggett 2y agoThey were once required to do so (and may still be; I’m not sure at this point), at least if they want to offer flights to or from the US: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ATPCO https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ATPCO However, interpreting this data properly is decidedly nontrivial (>1M LoC). Pricing does not imply booking is OK, though. And even circa 1999, Southwest hassled us (ITA Software) about even showing their fares, without us offering any way to book any flights on any carrier.