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Re:Google Flight Search by awj on Tuesday September 13, 2011 @08:45PM (#2994352)
> Try pulling the marker from one location to another.

For me it just drags the map (Chrome 13.0.782.220 / OS X).

> I may have a general area of where I want to end up, but this lets you choose exactly where through a visual map. Again, very cool.

...is a map really helpful for this? How often do you want to go somewhere but not know the name? I'd rather they take all of that map space and use it for something else. I wouldn't mind something that says "hey, you could save $x on this flight if you went to $nearby_airport instead of the one you're on."

Re:Google Flight Search by jonjamz on Wednesday September 14, 2011 @02:32AM (#2995138)
> I wouldn't mind something that says "hey, you could save $x on this flight if you went to $nearby_airport instead of the one you're on."

Definitely. They could also just overlay that on the map like they do the popular destinations.

Re:Google Flight Search by maratd on Tuesday September 13, 2011 @09:25PM (#2994478)
> For me it just drags the map (Chrome 13.0.782.220 / OS X).

I'm on Chrome 15 (dev), which probably explains it.

> is a map really helpful for this?

I like maps. You never know what you'll notice on one.