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]]> By: James http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/02/20/flyspy-brings-the-new-web-to-airline-ticketing/#comment-433051 James Thu, 23 Nov 2006 12:07:27 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/02/20/flyspy-brings-the-new-web-to-airline-ticketing/#comment-433051 A very popular engine in Europe is a site called Trabber that aggregates data from low cost companies, tradicional airlines and travel agencies web sites. Check it at: http://www.trabber.com A very popular engine in Europe is a site called Trabber that aggregates data from low cost companies, tradicional airlines and travel agencies web sites.

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]]> By: Chris http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/02/20/flyspy-brings-the-new-web-to-airline-ticketing/#comment-410378 Chris Sat, 18 Nov 2006 20:17:28 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/02/20/flyspy-brings-the-new-web-to-airline-ticketing/#comment-410378 This blog just opened. It is a forum for airline software users and enthusiasts. I don't have anything to contribute yet but wanted to share as it appears many here might benefit from it. Have a good one! Chris This blog just opened. It is a forum for airline software users and enthusiasts. I don’t have anything to contribute yet but wanted to share as it appears many here might benefit from it.
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]]> By: Thorvald http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/02/20/flyspy-brings-the-new-web-to-airline-ticketing/#comment-371515 Thorvald Sat, 11 Nov 2006 09:25:46 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/02/20/flyspy-brings-the-new-web-to-airline-ticketing/#comment-371515 Services like flyspy.com and farecast.com have been around for many years - but have only been used by the airlines themselves to monitor competitors and set the price - it's a neat thing that they now are getting available to the consumers. It will be interesting to see the impact they will have on pricing. Price transparency is an nasty thing for highly competitive markets like the airline industry. Low cost search engines/web 2.0 mashups for cheap flights in Europe like www.momondo.com and skyscanner.net that searches all low cost flights in Europe, or the US sites like www.kayak.com, www.sidestep.com, www.mobissimo.com are all making a great job making it far easier for the consumer to compare and find the cheap airline fares. They are undoubtedly changing the landscape of airline business. Together with web 2 community sites like www.travelistic.com, www.tripadvisor.com they are forming the new shift called Travel 2.0. And will be challenging the old school I-want-to-sell-a-flight-ticket sites like expedia, travelocity etc. Services like flyspy.com and farecast.com have been around for many years - but have only been used by the airlines themselves to monitor competitors and set the price - it’s a neat thing that they now are getting available to the consumers.
It will be interesting to see the impact they will have on pricing. Price transparency is an nasty thing for highly competitive markets like the airline industry. Low cost search engines/web 2.0 mashups for cheap flights in Europe like http://www.momondo.com and skyscanner.net that searches all low cost flights in Europe, or the US sites like http://www.kayak.com, http://www.sidestep.com, http://www.mobissimo.com are all making a great job making it far easier for the consumer to compare and find the cheap airline fares. They are undoubtedly changing the landscape of airline business.

Together with web 2 community sites like http://www.travelistic.com, http://www.tripadvisor.com they are forming the new shift called Travel 2.0. And will be challenging the old school I-want-to-sell-a-flight-ticket sites like expedia, travelocity etc.

]]> By: Inside Scoop http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/02/20/flyspy-brings-the-new-web-to-airline-ticketing/#comment-95366 Inside Scoop Sun, 09 Jul 2006 03:41:11 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/02/20/flyspy-brings-the-new-web-to-airline-ticketing/#comment-95366 In order for flyspy to put conent in their solution they have to query a lot of combinations, the idea of knowing the pricing for so many city pair combinations on so many different dates means they must request some system repeatedly. The issue will be that they must have alot of sales to pay for all the queries for availablity. They will have to cache the data and that will result in dead recomendations and false data. ITA software is who they should try and use but their barrier to entry is significant. In order for flyspy to put conent in their solution they have to query a lot of combinations, the idea of knowing the pricing for so many city pair combinations on so many different dates means they must request some system repeatedly. The issue will be that they must have alot of sales to pay for all the queries for availablity. They will have to cache the data and that will result in dead recomendations and false data.

ITA software is who they should try and use but their barrier to entry is significant.

]]> By: One Way Tickets » Blog Archive » Discount International Airline Tickets | (Airline cheap one ticket way) Cheap International Airfare http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/02/20/flyspy-brings-the-new-web-to-airline-ticketing/#comment-51024 One Way Tickets » Blog Archive » Discount International Airline Tickets | (Airline cheap one ticket way) Cheap International Airfare Mon, 22 May 2006 21:04:51 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/02/20/flyspy-brings-the-new-web-to-airline-ticketing/#comment-51024 [...] TechCrunch Blog Archive Flyspy Brings The New Web To Airline Airline Ticket Spirit Airlines. March 2nd, 2006 at 4:03 pm. Amy G. Dala links for 2006-03-05 One Way Tickets Blog Archive air ticket (Hughes langston one ticket way) cheapest [...] [...] TechCrunch Blog Archive Flyspy Brings The New Web To Airline Airline Ticket Spirit Airlines. March 2nd, 2006 at 4:03 pm. Amy G. Dala links for 2006-03-05 One Way Tickets Blog Archive air ticket (Hughes langston one ticket way) cheapest [...]

]]> By: One Way Tickets » Blog Archive » air ticket (Hughes langston one ticket way) cheapest http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/02/20/flyspy-brings-the-new-web-to-airline-ticketing/#comment-33223 One Way Tickets » Blog Archive » air ticket (Hughes langston one ticket way) cheapest Sun, 30 Apr 2006 21:04:44 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/02/20/flyspy-brings-the-new-web-to-airline-ticketing/#comment-33223 [...] TechCrunch Flyspy Brings The New Web To Airline Ticketing stood out was flyspy , a search engine for airline tickets that will change the way we power to quickly and at a glance evaluate the cheapest February 27, 2006 @ 8:03 pm Pingback by Airline Ticket [...] [...] TechCrunch Flyspy Brings The New Web To Airline Ticketing stood out was flyspy , a search engine for airline tickets that will change the way we power to quickly and at a glance evaluate the cheapest February 27, 2006 @ 8:03 pm Pingback by Airline Ticket [...]

]]> By: merlion http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/02/20/flyspy-brings-the-new-web-to-airline-ticketing/#comment-32171 merlion Sat, 29 Apr 2006 12:37:02 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/02/20/flyspy-brings-the-new-web-to-airline-ticketing/#comment-32171 Agreed with jeff, this is an extremely complicated problem, I expect without the really costly software solution that you will discover a great many hurdles with your partner's APIs. There are certainly a fair few minds on this subject already. Agreed with jeff, this is an extremely complicated problem, I expect without the really costly software solution that you will discover a great many hurdles with your partner’s APIs. There are certainly a fair few minds on this subject already.

]]> By: blog.shrub » Blog Archive » fixing the airlines http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/02/20/flyspy-brings-the-new-web-to-airline-ticketing/#comment-27487 blog.shrub » Blog Archive » fixing the airlines Sat, 15 Apr 2006 19:50:23 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/02/20/flyspy-brings-the-new-web-to-airline-ticketing/#comment-27487 [...] What looks even more interesting is FlySpy, which TechCrunch highlighted in February. FlySpy takes this to a whole new level, letting you track pricing trends and figuring out just when is the right time to buy. You can play with the alpha now, and see what it’s like to fly out of Minneapolis. [...] [...] What looks even more interesting is FlySpy, which TechCrunch highlighted in February. FlySpy takes this to a whole new level, letting you track pricing trends and figuring out just when is the right time to buy. You can play with the alpha now, and see what it’s like to fly out of Minneapolis. [...]

]]> By: Bipolar Bear http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/02/20/flyspy-brings-the-new-web-to-airline-ticketing/#comment-26946 Bipolar Bear Thu, 13 Apr 2006 07:15:47 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/02/20/flyspy-brings-the-new-web-to-airline-ticketing/#comment-26946 I can't wait for this to go live. I am so tired of spending hours of my time looking for the right flights to the right cities. Bring on flyspy! Kevin Rock is Dead - Long Live Paper & Scissors! I can’t wait for this to go live. I am so tired of spending hours of my time looking for the right flights to the right cities.

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]]> By: blogging.vc » Blog Archive » MashupCamp - Too Bad I Missed it http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/02/20/flyspy-brings-the-new-web-to-airline-ticketing/#comment-23099 blogging.vc » Blog Archive » MashupCamp - Too Bad I Missed it Tue, 28 Mar 2006 13:07:03 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/02/20/flyspy-brings-the-new-web-to-airline-ticketing/#comment-23099 [...] There were a few awards at the end - you may want to check out podbop.org which won the audience award. The site let’s you search for concerts in your town and matches them with podcasts from the visiting bands so that you can get a taste of whats’on on this weekend. Flyspy was another one that people seemed to like. Flyspy is non-public yet, but Techcrunch has some screenshots. [...] [...] There were a few awards at the end - you may want to check out podbop.org which won the audience award. The site let’s you search for concerts in your town and matches them with podcasts from the visiting bands so that you can get a taste of whats’on on this weekend. Flyspy was another one that people seemed to like. Flyspy is non-public yet, but Techcrunch has some screenshots. [...]

]]> By: PodTech.net: Silicon Valley, Technology, & Media Podcast » Blog Archive » Can the enterprise learn from Mashup? http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/02/20/flyspy-brings-the-new-web-to-airline-ticketing/#comment-22550 PodTech.net: Silicon Valley, Technology, & Media Podcast » Blog Archive » Can the enterprise learn from Mashup? Sat, 25 Mar 2006 01:10:38 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/02/20/flyspy-brings-the-new-web-to-airline-ticketing/#comment-22550 [...] It’s great here at Mashup. Other bloggers are covering the event as well. [...] [...] It’s great here at Mashup. Other bloggers are covering the event as well. [...]

]]> By: iPioneer: Mark Johnson's Blog http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/02/20/flyspy-brings-the-new-web-to-airline-ticketing/#comment-21952 iPioneer: Mark Johnson's Blog Wed, 22 Mar 2006 19:03:18 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/02/20/flyspy-brings-the-new-web-to-airline-ticketing/#comment-21952 <strong>FlySpy?...</strong> For some reason, this article about FlySpy popped up on my Bloglines today, even though it was posted in February. No matter. [Thought I must post about my love/hate relationship with Bloglines soon] Unfortunately, the FlySpy Web site has no... FlySpy?…

For some reason, this article about FlySpy popped up on my Bloglines today, even though it was posted in February. No matter. [Thought I must post about my love/hate relationship with Bloglines soon] Unfortunately, the FlySpy Web site has no…

]]> By: Airline Ticket » TechCrunch Flyspy Brings The New Web To Airline Ticketing http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/02/20/flyspy-brings-the-new-web-to-airline-ticketing/#comment-21899 Airline Ticket » TechCrunch Flyspy Brings The New Web To Airline Ticketing Wed, 22 Mar 2006 14:08:42 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/02/20/flyspy-brings-the-new-web-to-airline-ticketing/#comment-21899 [...] TechCrunch Flyspy Brings The New Web To Airline TicketingTechCrunch Flyspy Brings The New Web To Airline TicketingPingback by Airline Ticket Spirit Airlines March 2, 2006 @ 4:03 pm. [ ] TechCrunch Flyspy Brings The New Web To Airline TicketingAbout [...] [...] TechCrunch Flyspy Brings The New Web To Airline TicketingTechCrunch Flyspy Brings The New Web To Airline TicketingPingback by Airline Ticket Spirit Airlines March 2, 2006 @ 4:03 pm. [ ] TechCrunch Flyspy Brings The New Web To Airline TicketingAbout [...]

]]> By: Iowa Bed & Breakfast Innkeepers Association Blog » Blog Archive » Fly Spy Not Live Yet http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/02/20/flyspy-brings-the-new-web-to-airline-ticketing/#comment-21895 Iowa Bed & Breakfast Innkeepers Association Blog » Blog Archive » Fly Spy Not Live Yet Wed, 22 Mar 2006 14:02:52 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/02/20/flyspy-brings-the-new-web-to-airline-ticketing/#comment-21895 [...] Reported in TechCrunch, Fly Spy promises to work as a search engine for ailine tickets which enables consumers to quickly search across airlines and flight times to pin point the premium priced ticket via an integrated graph. Better still, it is possible to overlay routes to and from different airports so you can make quick comparisons between different flight paths so that you can be guaranteed the very best rate. Read more about Fly Spy here. [...] [...] Reported in TechCrunch, Fly Spy promises to work as a search engine for ailine tickets which enables consumers to quickly search across airlines and flight times to pin point the premium priced ticket via an integrated graph. Better still, it is possible to overlay routes to and from different airports so you can make quick comparisons between different flight paths so that you can be guaranteed the very best rate. Read more about Fly Spy here. [...]

]]> By: nickbaum.com » Blog Archive » FlySpy http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/02/20/flyspy-brings-the-new-web-to-airline-ticketing/#comment-21826 nickbaum.com » Blog Archive » FlySpy Wed, 22 Mar 2006 08:14:17 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/02/20/flyspy-brings-the-new-web-to-airline-ticketing/#comment-21826 [...] blogarchivesabout [...] [...] blogarchivesabout [...]

]]> By: Airline Ticket Travel Protection Plans - Airline Ticket Links http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/02/20/flyspy-brings-the-new-web-to-airline-ticketing/#comment-21418 Airline Ticket Travel Protection Plans - Airline Ticket Links Mon, 20 Mar 2006 15:26:38 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/02/20/flyspy-brings-the-new-web-to-airline-ticketing/#comment-21418 [...] TechCrunch Flyspy Brings The New Web To Airline TicketingPingback by Airline Ticket Spirit Airlines March 2, 2006 @ 4:03 pm … Pingback by Airline Ticket Airline Ticket Consolidators and Bucket Shops FAQ … [...] [...] TechCrunch Flyspy Brings The New Web To Airline TicketingPingback by Airline Ticket Spirit Airlines March 2, 2006 @ 4:03 pm … Pingback by Airline Ticket Airline Ticket Consolidators and Bucket Shops FAQ … [...]

]]> By: Airline Ticket » TechCrunch Flyspy Brings The New Web To Airline Ticketing http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/02/20/flyspy-brings-the-new-web-to-airline-ticketing/#comment-21325 Airline Ticket » TechCrunch Flyspy Brings The New Web To Airline Ticketing Mon, 20 Mar 2006 08:05:32 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/02/20/flyspy-brings-the-new-web-to-airline-ticketing/#comment-21325 [...] TechCrunch Flyspy Brings The New Web To Airline TicketingPingback by Airline Ticket Spirit Airlines March 2, 2006 @ 4:03 pm … Pingback by Airline Ticket Airline Ticket Consolidators and Bucket Shops FAQ … [...] [...] TechCrunch Flyspy Brings The New Web To Airline TicketingPingback by Airline Ticket Spirit Airlines March 2, 2006 @ 4:03 pm … Pingback by Airline Ticket Airline Ticket Consolidators and Bucket Shops FAQ … [...]

]]> By: Travelin’ On | SagaJET http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/02/20/flyspy-brings-the-new-web-to-airline-ticketing/#comment-20390 Travelin’ On | SagaJET Thu, 16 Mar 2006 08:12:55 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/02/20/flyspy-brings-the-new-web-to-airline-ticketing/#comment-20390 [...] Fine, so technically Flyspy hasn’t launched yet, but it looks like it could be amazing when it does. When the site does go live, you’ll be able to enter your departure and destination cities and Flyspy will look for fares from many different airlines over a 30-day period and give you a graph showing you exactly when you should leave to get the cheapest flight. Right now all you can do is sign up to get an email when (or if) Flyspy is rolled out, which it hopefully will be soon. [...] [...] Fine, so technically Flyspy hasn’t launched yet, but it looks like it could be amazing when it does. When the site does go live, you’ll be able to enter your departure and destination cities and Flyspy will look for fares from many different airlines over a 30-day period and give you a graph showing you exactly when you should leave to get the cheapest flight. Right now all you can do is sign up to get an email when (or if) Flyspy is rolled out, which it hopefully will be soon. [...]

]]> By: jeff http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/02/20/flyspy-brings-the-new-web-to-airline-ticketing/#comment-18526 jeff Sat, 11 Mar 2006 04:21:11 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/02/20/flyspy-brings-the-new-web-to-airline-ticketing/#comment-18526 looks like an innovative ui solution. but...let's see flyspy in action. the big travel sites have all done this functionality (sans excel like chart comparison n the ui) and either shut it off or scaled it down (by adding a search box to search +/- # of days beyond specifiec search dates) due to capacity issues. few questions: -how will flyspy handle availabiliy exceptions (large travel agencies like orbitz first search against ITA then reprice against airline systems) -how will searching work? most online sites search against a cache like ITA and then reprice against the airlne systems. this is pretty complicated stuff, since flight availability changes per second. flyspy might show comparison of fares that isn't valid (since the fares themselves might not be valid). if flyspy is scraping sites (like kayak or mobissimo), friendly scraping agreements will need to be established with each site so that flyspy won't be shunned. -how will booking work? will flyspy hand off user to the affiliate site via deep link i think this kind of ui innovation is great stuff, but don't minimize the amount of minds already trying to solve these problems within the travel industry. looks like an innovative ui solution.

but…let’s see flyspy in action. the big travel sites have all done this functionality (sans excel like chart comparison n the ui) and either shut it off or scaled it down (by adding a search box to search +/- # of days beyond specifiec search dates) due to capacity issues. few questions:

-how will flyspy handle availabiliy exceptions (large travel agencies like orbitz first search against ITA then reprice against airline systems)
-how will searching work? most online sites search against a cache like ITA and then reprice against the airlne systems. this is pretty complicated stuff, since flight availability changes per second. flyspy might show comparison of fares that isn’t valid (since the fares themselves might not be valid). if flyspy is scraping sites (like kayak or mobissimo), friendly scraping agreements will need to be established with each site so that flyspy won’t be shunned.
-how will booking work? will flyspy hand off user to the affiliate site via deep link

i think this kind of ui innovation is great stuff, but don’t minimize the amount of minds already trying to solve these problems within the travel industry.

]]> By: Airline Ticket » Airline Ticket Consolidators and Bucket Shops FAQ http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/02/20/flyspy-brings-the-new-web-to-airline-ticketing/#comment-18030 Airline Ticket » Airline Ticket Consolidators and Bucket Shops FAQ Thu, 09 Mar 2006 16:03:52 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/02/20/flyspy-brings-the-new-web-to-airline-ticketing/#comment-18030 [...] TechCrunch Flyspy Brings The New Web To Airline TicketingPingback by Airline Ticket Spirit Airlines March 2, 2006 @ 4:03 pm. [ ] TechCrunch Flyspy Brings The New Web To Airline TicketingAbout Techcrunch. … [...] [...] TechCrunch Flyspy Brings The New Web To Airline TicketingPingback by Airline Ticket Spirit Airlines March 2, 2006 @ 4:03 pm. [ ] TechCrunch Flyspy Brings The New Web To Airline TicketingAbout Techcrunch. … [...]

]]> By: Hrush's Blog http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/02/20/flyspy-brings-the-new-web-to-airline-ticketing/#comment-17833 Hrush's Blog Thu, 09 Mar 2006 06:33:15 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/02/20/flyspy-brings-the-new-web-to-airline-ticketing/#comment-17833 <strong>Is Cleartrip a market leader?...</strong> Somehow, Cleartrip is already being touted as a “large player” or a “market leader.” Not just once, but twice. ... Is Cleartrip a market leader?…

Somehow, Cleartrip is already being touted as a “large player” or a “market leader.” Not just once, but twice.

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