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Cheaper airfare on kayak mobile website
« on: August 18, 2013, 02:54:47 PM »
Did anyone notice this? i did a few different searches and m.kayak.com brought up cheaper rates for same flights then kayak.com
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Re: Cheaper airfare on kayak mobile website
« Reply #1 on: August 18, 2013, 04:16:58 PM »
can you give a example?

i have seen before something similar later to realize that it was giving me the rate before taxes. while regular kayak gives me total price

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Re: Cheaper airfare on kayak mobile website
« Reply #2 on: August 18, 2013, 04:21:08 PM »
can you give a example?

i have seen before something similar later to realize that it was giving me the rate before taxes. while regular kayak gives me total price

http://www.kayak.com/flights#/NYC-KBP/2013-09-02/2013-09-09

http://m.kayak.com/flights//NYC-KBP/2013-09-02/2013-09-09

The flight doesn't even show on the regular site
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Re: Cheaper airfare on kayak mobile website
« Reply #3 on: August 18, 2013, 04:22:03 PM »
http://www.kayak.com/flights#/NYC-KBP/2013-09-02/2013-09-09

http://m.kayak.com/flights//NYC-KBP/2013-09-02/2013-09-09

The flight doesn't even show on the regular site

you can click to book it and it will take you to the desktop site and you can complete it for the price quoted on the mobile site
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Re: Cheaper airfare on kayak mobile website
« Reply #4 on: August 18, 2013, 05:23:09 PM »
Interesting observation.  I see it with another routing as well.

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Re: Cheaper airfare on kayak mobile website
« Reply #5 on: August 19, 2013, 10:54:24 AM »
How would that work?
its not like kayak is a travel agent, they just direct you to the airline/travel site.
or am I wrong on that?

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Re: Cheaper airfare on kayak mobile website
« Reply #6 on: August 19, 2013, 11:04:58 AM »
How would that work?
its not like kayak is a travel agent, they just direct you to the airline/travel site.
or am I wrong on that?
IIUC they started being TA now as well.

It also happens to be they were purchased by Priceline.

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Re: Cheaper airfare on kayak mobile website
« Reply #7 on: August 19, 2013, 11:20:41 AM »
what's the alternitive?
matrix? google flights?