Visual Search for Flights
I have just been playing with Hipmunk – a new air travel search engine – and I have to say I’m impressed. I don’t know for sure if I’m getting the best prices (and can’t tell you that until I use it for a while) but what I am getting is a new way to visualize flights. As most of you know I travel a lot (an understatement) and sometimes I spend hours trying to book travel efficiently and cost effectively. Hipmunk displays flights the way I think – graphically.
I did a search from my two local airports to LAX (for my trip to New Zealand this fall), they were split between two tabs so I can jump back and forth easily (something other sites do not make easy) to compare times, airlines and prices.
I’ll keep trying Hipmunk before my upcoming trips and if I find something else worth mentioning I’ll be sure to share!
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The only down side I noticed was that it is still limited as to the airlines included. Southwest being the one I noticed.
I liked it including Amtrack in the list.
It’s still a baby (only a couple weeks old) so I think it has awesome potential as it grows and they get comments and suggestions.
I like that you can sort by “agony”…