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For the cheapest route ($1,730), here are the cities visited: Depart New York - Georgetown (South Am) - New York (North Am) - Berlin (Europe) - Agadir (Africa)

by laumac 14y ago

For the cheapest route ($1,730), here are the cities visited: Depart New York - Georgetown (South Am) - New York (North Am) - Berlin (Europe) - Agadir (Africa) - London (Europe) - Turkey (Europe) - Tehran (Asia) - Kuala Lumpur (Asia) - Perth (Oceania) - Bangkok (Asia) - End New York

MattRogish 14y ago
Feature request: be able to see the fare some days after it's "expired", or pay the same bounty and see the fare, too.
- laumac 14y ago
  Thanks Matt, it's definitely something we're discussing at the moment. Fares can disappear at anytime though.
  - MattRogish 14y ago
    Absolutely, but it's cool to see how folks constructed it :)
  - ashbrahma 14y ago
    Since fares can expire/disappear at anytime - do the experts still get to keep their commission if its gone by the time the contest creator decides to book it? Do experts have time caveats around their entries? Edit: Grammar
    - todsul 14y ago
      As you can imagine, this is a fairly big challenge for us. As we grow it will become less important because experts in your timezone will tend to reply, but now, we simply implore customers to book quickly. We haven't had too many issues because a lot of the value comes from not-so-temporal factors. Aside from that, we offer a full refund to anyone that asks for any reason.
ashbrahma 14y ago
Could you tell us over what time period?
- laumac 14y ago
  The $1730 itinerary is for 6 months (Oct - Apr), but the other options are different - one as short as a month (but at least 48 hours in each continent).
mseebach 14y ago
Geography nitpick: The airport in Istanbul is actually east of the Bosporus, making it Asia.
- todsul 14y ago
  Hey mseebach, We had a few issues in the beginning defining these border countries and decided to allow Istanbul as Europe, but will definitely group it for Asia in future. We had a handful of difficult decisions, but luckily the winning entry visited all continents without contention. Guam was the tough one for us. Would you say Oceania?
  - mseebach 14y ago
    For the winning intinerary, it's a moot point as both Europe and Asia are represented at different stops. Istanbul Atatürk (TAV) airport is Europe, Sabiha Gökçen (SAW) is in Asia. The border is the straight of Bosporus. Continents are a rather vague concept[1]. Any definition is going to be arbitrary. For the purposes of your contest, I think the spirit would be to have gone to the continents "proper", i.e. I wouldn't count Guam at all, but say the continents are the mainlands of: NA, SA, Africa, Europe, Asia, Australia, Antarctica. I'd be inclined to allow New Zealand as part of Australia as the only exception. 1: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3uBcq1x7P34 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3uBcq1x7P34
    - plasticgun 14y ago
      > I'd be inclined to allow New Zealand as part of Australia as the only exception. Sure - why not, there's only a sea between us that you can fit an area the size of California to Nebraska into ... pretty close really.
      - mason55 14y ago
        Are you saying NZ is its own continent? Or that the continent should be referred to as Oceania?
      - 14y ago

by laumac 14y ago

MattRogish 14y ago

Feature request: be able to see the fare some days after it's "expired", or pay the same bounty and see the fare, too.

laumac 14y ago
Thanks Matt, it's definitely something we're discussing at the moment. Fares can disappear at anytime though.
- MattRogish 14y ago
  Absolutely, but it's cool to see how folks constructed it :)
- ashbrahma 14y ago
  Since fares can expire/disappear at anytime - do the experts still get to keep their commission if its gone by the time the contest creator decides to book it? Do experts have time caveats around their entries? Edit: Grammar
  - todsul 14y ago
    As you can imagine, this is a fairly big challenge for us. As we grow it will become less important because experts in your timezone will tend to reply, but now, we simply implore customers to book quickly. We haven't had too many issues because a lot of the value comes from not-so-temporal factors. Aside from that, we offer a full refund to anyone that asks for any reason.

ashbrahma 14y ago

Could you tell us over what time period?

laumac 14y ago
The $1730 itinerary is for 6 months (Oct - Apr), but the other options are different - one as short as a month (but at least 48 hours in each continent).

mseebach 14y ago

Geography nitpick: The airport in Istanbul is actually east of the Bosporus, making it Asia.

todsul 14y ago
Hey mseebach, We had a few issues in the beginning defining these border countries and decided to allow Istanbul as Europe, but will definitely group it for Asia in future. We had a handful of difficult decisions, but luckily the winning entry visited all continents without contention. Guam was the tough one for us. Would you say Oceania?
- mseebach 14y ago
  For the winning intinerary, it's a moot point as both Europe and Asia are represented at different stops. Istanbul Atatürk (TAV) airport is Europe, Sabiha Gökçen (SAW) is in Asia. The border is the straight of Bosporus. Continents are a rather vague concept[1]. Any definition is going to be arbitrary. For the purposes of your contest, I think the spirit would be to have gone to the continents "proper", i.e. I wouldn't count Guam at all, but say the continents are the mainlands of: NA, SA, Africa, Europe, Asia, Australia, Antarctica. I'd be inclined to allow New Zealand as part of Australia as the only exception. 1: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3uBcq1x7P34 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3uBcq1x7P34
  - plasticgun 14y ago
    > I'd be inclined to allow New Zealand as part of Australia as the only exception. Sure - why not, there's only a sea between us that you can fit an area the size of California to Nebraska into ... pretty close really.
    - mason55 14y ago
      Are you saying NZ is its own continent? Or that the continent should be referred to as Oceania?
    - 14y ago