How we count savings

We do not call every fare a deal. The discount is measured against this route’s usual price: what the cheapest ticket here normally costs. Here is how it works.

The route’s usual price

For every route we know what the cheapest fare usually costs in a given month. We take two sources and use the higher one, so the discount is never inflated:

• market: the typical monthly price from search engines’ price calendars, converted to the cheapest-fare level (usually 70–80% of the typical price);
• ours: the history of our own price checks on the route.

We sanity-check the usual price: it cannot be far above the prices we actually saw on the route or above a reasonable ceiling for the distance. Prices from channel posts are not used.

If there is no usual price, we do not make one up: such a fare does not appear among the site’s deals.

How the discount is calculated

Discount = 1 − fare ÷ usual price. Illustrative example: usually $200, found for $120 — a 40% discount.

We compare with the same departure month. If that month is missing from the data, we require a bigger discount: seasons move prices a lot.

Deal levels

Under 20% is not a deal, it is the usual price.

Why the level can be lower than the discount

• more than one stop — no higher than ⚡;
• one stop and over 16 hours of travel — also no higher than ⚡.

Very low prices, 70% or more below usual, get an extra check before we show them: this filters out data errors.

A price is not a booking

We show search results from the last hours, not a booked ticket. Sellers’ prices change and seats run out, so the price may differ at checkout. The seller’s site that the button opens shows the final price and terms.

We do not sell tickets: payment, the final price and terms are on the seller’s site.