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Re:Show HN: Book and change flights with one email by dankwizard on Tuesday December 03, 2024 @11:46PM (#42314546)
Is this US only? Nothing is working for me in Australia
Re:Show HN: Book and change flights with one email by themagyar on Wednesday December 04, 2024 @12:37AM (#42314734)
The email sim doesn't allow booking but should still work to demo functionality. And it's not geo-limited. What are you seeing?
Re:Show HN: Book and change flights with one email by zacmps on Wednesday December 04, 2024 @02:34AM (#42315266)
For me the demo pulled up flights, but in USD, I'd need it to be localised to be useful.

Airlines also tend to present different prices for different locations/currencies so I doubt this would be as simple as a UI change (though that would still go a long way!).

Re:Show HN: Book and change flights with one email by themagyar on Wednesday December 04, 2024 @03:00AM (#42315406)
Yes, the demo doesn't localize results. And Beta doesn't have currency support just yet but it's on the list.

Beyond the price differences, airlines also grant scoped 'ticketing authority' in jurisdictions (eg. can only sell these tickets in EU or US+Canada etc).

Re:Show HN: Book and change flights with one email by maeil on Wednesday December 04, 2024 @05:43AM (#42316265)
How is this enforced? Purely IP-based? Sounds like we now need a VPN when buying tickets.
Re:Show HN: Book and change flights with one email by Ylpertnodi on Wednesday December 04, 2024 @08:01AM (#42317022)
>Sounds like we now need a VPN when buying tickets.

Frame 6: You guys are buying tickets without a vpn?

Re:Show HN: Book and change flights with one email by ragazzina on Wednesday December 04, 2024 @05:22AM (#42316133)
I personally see "Hi there, it looks like the internet dropped the ball somewhere. Please try your request again.".
Re:Show HN: Book and change flights with one email by themagyar on Wednesday December 04, 2024 @11:22AM (#42319023)
Yes, the internet did in fact drop the ball. Fix is live.
Re:Show HN: Book and change flights with one email by ragazzina on Thursday December 05, 2024 @12:29PM (#42330338)
Still getting the "dropped the ball" and I get every time more curious to try it.
Re:Show HN: Book and change flights with one email by themagyar on Thursday December 05, 2024 @04:24PM (#42332926)
Logs look clear.. what are you searching for?
Re:Show HN: Book and change flights with one email by ragazzina on Sunday December 15, 2024 @10:36PM (#42427805)
It works now, it ust have been an issue with the connection. It works as in: I receive an output. But it doesn't find the correct flights. My prompt was "Find a flight from X to Y on the Z of February 2025, the goal is to maximize the time spent in any layover (if the layover starts before 11 am). I prefer flying Delta but this is not mandatory".
Re:Show HN: Book and change flights with one email by themagyar on Monday December 16, 2024 @09:22PM (#42437726)
BonBook optimizes for efficiency. What's your use case?
Re:Show HN: Book and change flights with one email by dankwizard on Wednesday December 04, 2024 @07:40PM (#42323621)
Sorry I didn't log back in.

I kept trying to do flights from Adelaide (A capital city, but a smaller) to Sydney and back.

It couldn't find anything.