The new Matrix (http://matrix.itasoftware.com/) has the color bar functionality, too, but looks a littler friendlier! When you search, click "time bars" on the right below the carrier matrix. It was one of the most-requested features.
Just downloaded the iPhone app, just what I've been trying to find forever!
Comments:
- after doing a YYC to YVR search and getting the result, clicking on a price brings up a blank screen, is that a bug? Clicking on the airline shows results.
- the iPhone version doesn't seem to have the same flexible dates option as the website search, is this going to be added?
Thanks for your feedback! I've passed it on to our iPhone people. If you find anything else, there's a feedback button in the app, or you can email onthefly-comments@itasoftware.com. I wasn't able to get a hold of the development schedule or a developer just now, but I imagine flexible dates would be on the list.
Why did I not know of this website? You don't even seem to have a front page, on the link another person posted, yet when I tried your link it is easily and by far the best fare search engine I've seen. All the others are bloated, slow and plastered with ads.
Because ITA doesn't care, they power the back-end of a lot of big players (eg. Orbitz) and they use some serious tech (which is why GOOG bought them), they don't really care about the consumer market and don't really want to play there. Makes sense to me.
I'm curious why ITA doesn't actually make it possible to BUY the tickets. It seems silly to walk people through the entire process, provide them with so much information about available flights and prices and then say... go and find someone else to sell this to you.
Why not just partner with a travel agency and make life easier for people?
Thanks for your feedback! That's a bug - we should have a fix out tomorrow. The issue is with spaces in completion, so if you just type "san", you should see San Diego in the list.
The new Matrix (http://matrix.itasoftware.com/) has the color bar functionality, too, but looks a littler friendlier! When you search, click "time bars" on the right below the carrier matrix. It was one of the most-requested features.