jmarbach

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Delta Is Flying into the Path of a Category 5 Hurricane Again(thepointsguy.com)
126 points by jmarbach 9y ago|39 comments
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by jmarbach 9y ago
Can you please indicate exactly when the change from contextual to behavioral targeting was made and when it was communicated to existing advertisers? For example, in the initial announcement post (Mar 30) there is no indication that change
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by jmarbach 9y ago
I was a long time and happy Reddit advertiser myself up until last month when their original ad system was deprecated. I experienced the exact same change in results as the OP describes: An effective 10x increase in CPA with the same ad cop
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by jmarbach 9y ago
Hopefully some of them will be one day in the future!
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by jmarbach 9y ago
Not reliant on one particular API but rather a combination of API's that access flight search data caches (provided by Global Distribution Systems), manual searching, blogs, forums, and more.
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by jmarbach 9y ago
Yes, sorry, at the moment it is mandatory to add a credit card to sign up for a First Class account. I believe this is actually a limitation with my payments vendor, Stripe.
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by jmarbach 9y ago
First I just want to say thank you for your blunt feedback on the sign up flow that I've implemented. Feedback like this is what helps me truly think critically about my assumptions and divert towards more logic-driven choices. My hesi
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by jmarbach 9y ago
Please try Concorde's First Class membership free for one month using the coupon code "firstmonthfree", which is available to all users.
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by jmarbach 9y ago
I like the idea of making use of the city's country flag. In terms of a design element, that would compliment the airline tail icons which I think are important to see from my perspective as a traveler. Thank you!
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by jmarbach 9y ago
Thank you :)
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by jmarbach 9y ago
Thank you for mentioning this. I'm sorry for the unnecessary repetitive credit card input. My plan is to separate the editing of payment and location preference to their own pages in the future.
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by jmarbach 9y ago
Thank you! The deals that I post and distribute are sourced from a variety of sources including manual searching with tools like Google Flights / QPX (like Scott's team), programmatic searching (expensive as others have mentioned
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by jmarbach 9y ago
Thank you for the feedback! Agreed that the depart and return date inputs should be improved as you mention. I am always seeking to eliminate needless repetitive actions! I'll do my best to get this resolved quickly.
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by jmarbach 9y ago
Disclosure: I built a competing tool for finding cheap flights, https://concorde.io . I think the secret of Scott's success is his incredible writing ability. Finding the cheap flights is the easy part. Communicating with us
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Sales Productivity Software Is Eating the World(jmarbach.com)
1 points by jmarbach 9y ago|0 comments
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Concorde.io: Discover cheap flights, ranked by cost-per-mile(concorde.io)
1 points by jmarbach 9y ago|0 comments
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by jmarbach 10y ago
Yes, exactly, the author confuses the term OTA versus a metasearch engine. Expedia and Priceline are the largest OTA's after consolidation in recent years, creating what is now a duopoly. Furthermore, Expedia and Priceline have created
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Uber Executive’s Lawyers Warn He Could Face Criminal Charges(nytimes.com)
4 points by jmarbach 10y ago|0 comments
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by jmarbach 10y ago
There are a few diamonds in the rough of academia who are still promoting free speech. Look to recipients of the Alexander Meiklejohn Award for Academic Freedom for examples: https://www.aaup.org/about/awards/alexa
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The Disadvantages of an Elite Education (2008)(theamericanscholar.org)
238 points by jmarbach 10y ago|206 comments
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How to Get Your Site into Google News(support.google.com)
4 points by jmarbach 10y ago|0 comments
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by jmarbach 10y ago
This problem has been going on for years and only now is it receiving wide recognition due to the recent election. I wrote about fake Google News in mid-2014: "Google News Growth Hack Exposed" http://jmarbach.com/g
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by jmarbach 10y ago
https://concorde.io - We help you find the cheapest flights to hundreds of destinations worldwide, ranked by cost per mile, with just a few clicks.
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by jmarbach 10y ago
From the first sentence of the API docs: > The Low Fare Forecast (beta) API forecasts whether the lowest published fare will rise, fall or stay the same within the next 7 days.
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by jmarbach 10y ago
> When's a cheap day to fly to and return from Las Vegas? This is exactly the problem I have addressed with my flight search tool, Concorde: https://concorde.io/sign-up
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by jmarbach 10y ago
Similarly, the article mentions that Google Flights is now more closely competing with Hopper, a mobile app for finding flights. Hopper already offers this price prediction service, and it is powered by Sabre's price prediction API: h
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by jmarbach 10y ago
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by jmarbach 10y ago
Currently the email notifications are triggered based on your home airport. If we post a deal from one of your home airports, we send you an email. However, as I continue to develop the site, I intend to offer more granular settings for rec
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by jmarbach 10y ago
Thanks for checking it out! 1. By creating an account, you can search from your home airport to hundreds of destinations worldwide. 2. Yes, the filters you propose are very achievable in the near-term, meaning that I already have the data,
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by jmarbach 10y ago
Disclaimer: I created Concorde. Concorde — Discover cheap flights to hundreds of destinations worldwide: https://concorde.io

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