Maker here, paying attention. Let me know if you have any questions!
This came out of me booking a few of these crazy deals, and people kept telling me to let them know next time I found one... so here we are!
@zacharycohn Are they low fare class tickets, likely to be stand by, etc.?
Would be cool to see a sample, even one batch of past flights before I'd hand over my cc.
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Dude, you are my new best friend. Seriously. Going to keep this secret from my wife just so I can be the amazing husband that sweeps her off on weekend vacations more often.
@golocalapps Sounds like a good plan to me.
"Hey honey, I just booked us two tickets to South Africa. Spent less than $500! total"
That's going to be worth some major brownie points.
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This looks great! Are these all one-way flights or will you be sending round-trip prices as well? And how far in advance are the flights usually? Are we talking tomorrow, this weekend, or this month? Awesome product though! Thanks!
@henrybayuzick Messed up my original reply.
Quick answer to all: it depends on the deal!
Most tend to be round trips, but some are one-way. Most deals tend to have pretty good availability (for example, in December I booked NYC-Johannesburg for $270 in September. Very far out!) but sometimes you only have a month or two (or sometimes only a week or two!).
This has always been a pain-point for me, however I hesitate @ the monthly fee without knowing the methodology around finding, booking and confirming flights.
@timbjones Great question!
1) There's about ten sites, and another dozen or so twitter accounts, that I monitor. I'll regularly send people to some of these sites for more info, but my service is so you don't have to monitor them all on a constant basis yourself.
2) When I see a great deal (I'm using 50% off normal prices as my litmus test for now. May adjust that up or down depending on feedback), I send an email out to all the subscribers with the details on how to find it and how to book.
3) I send a text to everyone who opted in to getting a text with a summary of the deal and a reminder to check their email!
Does that help answer your question?
@joannejrr It's regular, just not on a schedule. And if you're not comfortable paying the price of a subscription to netflix to save $500-$1000 on a flight... that's okay! This is targeted at a specific type of person.
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@zacharycohn@joannejrr $8 is quite a bit for a product you might never use. Sure it's great if you can save $1000 on a flight, but just because I spend $8 doesn't mean I'm going to book a flight. IMO, $8 is too much.
@m1lesv I'm focused on international flights at this point. If there's ever an absolutely crazy domestic one, I may post it. But they don't tend to be as exciting. :)
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