Trip Detail
A $5 to $20 difference per ticket
is often the booking fee that is avoided if you reserve directly on the
airline's web site. One of the major decision factors is the total
travel time. The price in red means that the price is the lowest or
best alternative (it's a flight that I would take).
Most airline codes are pretty simple and easy to figure
out. However here are the tough ones: Alaska is AS, AirTran is FL, Frontier is F9, JetBlue is J6,
Midwest is YZ, Southwest is WN,
Spirit Airlines is NK. ALL means all airlines. An airline listing
like F9/FL means a flight using both airlines, a space between airlines means
that all airlines listed had the same fare.
Business trips with strict constraints of departure
time, number of stops, total travel time, etc. are the best test of the user
interface of a web site. How quickly can you find the lowest priced
flights that meet the constraints?
Business Trip
Test conducted 12/5/07
less than 21 days in the future,
mid-week travel
Outbound leg is December 12th 7 AM departure and return leg is December 13th any
time after 6 PM
1
passenger, 1 stop maximum (no more than a two hour
connection)
total travel time is a key factor in this trip
Trip
% score |
Expedia
30 |
ITASoftware
80 |
Kayak
100 |
Orbitz
50 |
SideStep
80 |
Southwest
60 |
Travelocity
40 |
| Omaha Seattle |
371 NW |
331 CO/UA |
285 UA |
291 UA |
NA |
428 |
369 NW |
Boston
Los Angeles |
314 AA |
308 AA |
309 AA |
315 AA |
307 AA |
298
Providence |
315 AA |
|
Oklahoma City Columbus |
243 DL |
229 NW |
229 NW |
269 AA |
268 AA |
351 |
235 CO |
Tucson
Detroit |
305 NW |
239 DL |
244 US |
408 AA |
243 DL |
421 |
NA |
Indianapolis
Dallas |
304 AA |
299 AA |
304 AA |
305 AA |
300 AA |
278 |
306 AA |
Ft. Myers
New York City |
234 CO/DL |
188 CO/US |
170 NW |
164 NW |
173 NW |
173 |
309 CO/AA |
Phoenix
Orlando |
280 CO/US |
220 DL |
223 AA |
224 AA |
223 DL |
211 |
226 DL |
| Chicago Denver |
276 AA/UA |
271 AA/UA |
269 F9 |
276 AA/UA |
271 AA |
246 |
278 AA |
New Orleans
Boise |
434 UA |
429 UA |
429 UA |
435 UA |
433 UA |
NA |
435 UA |
| Pittsburgh
Houston |
295 US |
218 FL |
218 FL |
268 US |
218 FL |
218 FL |
250 US |
Leisure Trip
Test conducted 12/7/07
21 day to three months in the future, Saturday to Saturday travel
Outbound leg is January 26th departing any time; return leg is February 9th departing
any time
near-by cities are acceptable
2 passengers (total price, per person), 1 stop max
price is the key factor in this trip
