A new iOS app is the latest in a string of services promising to help consumers find the cheapest flights – though with a twist.
Instead of focussing on the price itself, Hopper claims it can analyse “billions” of flights in order to tell customers the cheapest time to travel on thousands of routes.
What makes Hopper stand out is that it curates these in real-time. Users can request instant alerts to ensure they’re notified as soon as a cheaper offer on their chosen journey becomes available.
It’s a package that the app makers say on average saves travellers 40 percent, offering real-time information instead of a daily digest of deals.
The app is laid out in a colour coded calendar system. Prospective fliers enter their preferred route, and are then presented with a chart of dates that are coloured from green (good deal) to red (expensive.)
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In other words, Hopper claims to tell travellers whether to book now or wait for a better deal, as well as warning fliers when the cut-off date for cheap flights.
Currently, the app is only available on iOS with fares in US dollars.
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