Google Unveils Flight Search 69
Google announced today the availability of Flight Search, the product of their acquisition of ITA Software last year. "Starting today, when you search for flight information on Google, for example 'flights from Chicago to Denver,' you will see a 'Flights' link in the left-hand panel. This link leads to our new Flight Search feature, and is offered in addition to the flight schedules which have been available since May." Google says they're continuing to develop the service, and added that the results are "not influenced by any paid relationships."
Not ready for the mile-high club (Score:4, Interesting)
It's also not influenced by any results.
I just checked a 1-stop round trip I booked last week, and instead of the dozens of options that Expedia and Travelocity offered, this thing gave me bupkis.
It also tried to force my local airport into the From box, even when I had entered another. How can I fly from two airports two thousand miles apart?
Consider this a Google pre-Alpha release...
Re:Bing? (Score:4, Interesting)
Hahaha, wow. Someone points out, truthfully, that Bing has had this feature for a while now and gets modded as a troll for it. Stay classy, Slashdot.