[ramatgan]

Begs me to ask the question, how does most of HN search for flights?

I'm pretty addicted to the kayak +/- 3 day matrix.

[saryant]

Honestly, I just buy from United most of the time unless the price is higher than I think it should be, then I'll search.

Frequent travelers are generally best served by sticking with a single airline.

[ValentineC]

Something about searching on United: http://travel.stackexchange.com/questions/16581/does-browsin...

I've experienced it myself searching on United.com. But yes, sticking with a single airline's usually a good idea — there are benefits towards acquiring elite status on a single airline's frequent flyer program (even when we're talking about airline alliances).

[ValentineC]

I usually use ITA Matrix > Expedia (which uses the engine, I think) > Orbitz (if it has more segments than Expedia can handle — this also uses ITA's engine).

For low-cost/budget flights around Southeast Asia, I just use Skyscanner.

[IanDrake]

Hipmunk.com...Pricegraph FTW.

[zalew]

high prices ftl. never found me flights as cheap as using momondo, skyscanner, etc.

[ketralnis]

Do you have an example of this handy? We almost all get our data from the same sources

[zalew]

a quick random search:

http://www.momondo.pl/multicity/?Search=true&TripType=return... vs http://www.hipmunk.com/flights/LON-to-DXB#!dates=Oct17,Oct31...

$507 vs $528, and both have Pegasus where Momondo shows the cheapest Pegasus at $507 and Hipmunk at $553

and a self-quote from an email conversation I had in december about flight search engines: "Just to picture an example, random query 30dec-05jan Warsaw-Istanbul. Hipmunk cheapest: 407usd (turkish). Momondo cheapest: 299usd (aerosvit). that's over 1/3 more."

[Anderkent]

Skyscanner has not let me down yet.

[matthewmacleod]

Absolutely love Skyscanner. They've really nailed the mobile UI.

[leecbaker]

Kayak when in the Western hemisphere, Skyscanner in the Eastern hemisphere.

[fs111]

kayak and hipmunk