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Float Health (YC W22) Is Hiring UI/UX Designer
1 points by laumac 3y ago
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Float Health (YC W22) Is Hiring Senior Software Engineer
1 points by laumac 3y ago
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Flightfox (YC S12) is hiring travel experts. Fully remote, flexible hours
1 points by laumac 8y ago
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How Startups Should Travel(flightfox.com)
2 points by laumac 9y ago|1 comments
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Cyber attack hits Europe(news.com.au)
1 points by laumac 9y ago|0 comments
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The colour of this dress is dividing the world. What colour do you see?(news.com.au)
4 points by laumac 12y ago|0 comments
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Busbud Raises $9 Million(m.us.wsj.com)
1 points by laumac 12y ago|0 comments
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How We Measure Customer Happiness(flightfox.com)
38 points by laumac 12y ago|6 comments
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by laumac 13y ago
True, they care about local competition. But they also care about growing stockholders' equity, of which one method is improving profitability. Since RyanAir has shown some prowess in this regard (admittedly through solicitation of sub
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Using Low-Cost Carriers to Hack the Ultimate Eurotrip(flightfox.com)
2 points by laumac 13y ago|0 comments
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by laumac 13y ago
You're right, it doesn't make sense. We're adjusting our numbers to what the central bank has actually reported here: http://www.bcra.gov.ar Reserves at 31 Dec were US$43.29b and at 18 Oct were US$34.25 = total lo
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by laumac 13y ago
Citation here: http://en.mercopress.com/2013/10/21/argentine-central-bank-l... We'll add a link to this in the post now.
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Super-Cheap First-Class Flight Challenge(flightfox.com)
35 points by laumac 13y ago|12 comments
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Google Apps Services Were Down(google.com)
174 points by laumac 13y ago|71 comments
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by laumac 14y ago
Also anything that's not your normal trip. I.e. travelling with pets or surfboards, help using frequent flyer miles, help getting frequent flyer status, or just going to a new country that you've never been before.
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by laumac 14y ago
Thanks for the feedback, we're looking into booking options now so that you don't have spend time trying to book yourself. For others it has been an easy process to book as we have some verified travel agents on board. Other times when your
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by laumac 14y ago
Here's a link to the post Bowei wrote when we started the contest which lists the prizes: http://flightfox.com/blog/world-startup-report
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by laumac 14y ago
We're focusing on anything international and/or complex. Online travel sites like Kayak and Hipmunk have already done a good job for simple and domestic travel.
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by laumac 14y ago
Hi jonemo, I spoke to the guys here and your contest was indeed a special case. It's true we're not flexible enough to put two people traveling from different locations on a single ticket/contest. But as you rightly pointed out, your commen
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Fly to 6 Continents in Style(flightfox.com)
240 points by laumac 14y ago|81 comments
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by laumac 14y ago
Yes, the experts give step-by-step instructions on how and where to book.
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by laumac 14y ago
At the moment you can put in whatever you want - we have with this contest - you can write a custom destination like "Anywhere in Europe" or "Round the World". There's a text box where you can put any requirements you like, you can even ask
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by laumac 14y ago
You can create your own flight contest and note exactly which cities you want to visit and we'll find you the best/cheapest itinerary. We're discussing now about opening up the results of this RTW contest for a smaller fee, would anyone els
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by 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).
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by laumac 14y ago
Thanks Matt, it's definitely something we're discussing at the moment. Fares can disappear at anytime though.
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by laumac 14y ago
When you launch a flight contest, there are real people on the other end who are searching just for you, so we need to let you know when they've found a great flight. As for asking how you found out about us, we're just gathering informatio
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by laumac 14y ago
We'll be up again in a minute - just upgrading the box :)
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by laumac 14y ago
A $2000 RTW ticket wouldn't include taxes and it wouldn't go to all 6 continents. All the prices in this contest include taxes and stop on every continent (except Antarctica).
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by laumac 14y ago
People who need a flight can create a contest and then flight hackers compete against each other to find them the best deals/flights. This RTW contest was an experiment to see how far our hackers could go, and considering a RTW itinerary us
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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) - Pert

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