Momondo Doesn't Just Find Cheap Flights. ... Now It Also Finds the Best Flight

COPENHAGEN and NEW YORK, Aug. 28, 2012 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Metasearch engines like Momondo and Kayak have changed the landscape of travel. They gather flight fares from hundreds of travel sites to make it easier for travelers to compare and find the cheapest fare.  In many cases, however, the cheapest flight is not necessarily the best flight. We made a search for a flight from New York to Portland, Oregon, and the cheapest flight found was on Southwest Airlines for $328: 

It's a good price.  However, the flight makes a connection, so that the outbound duration is 10 h 45m and the homebound duration 7h 15m – on average of 9 hours each way, 18 hours in total.  To get past these cheap, but inconvenient long flights, Momondo is introducing a new rating technology that seeks to bring metasearch to a new level. By combining several factors into a single rating system, Momondo's new technology can instantly spot the best flights available considering both price and time or cost and convenience.

See Rating Chart for flight from New York to Portland, OR: 

"Flight search engines scan the web and present a massive amount of flight information in a long list for the traveler to trawl through in the hope of finding the right flight. Typically they also add some filtering options, but this isn't very innovative. We have been working hard on our next generation of metasearch. Our new rating technology turns raw information into knowledge and insight," says Martin Lumbye, Partner at Momondo.

By activating the rating system on the search example for flights from New York to Portland, OR, the best flight found was actually $357 with an average one-way travel time of 5h 43m, and a total round-trip travel time of 11h 25m, a savings of 6 hours and 13 minutes, for just an extra $29, which is often less than what airlines charge to check one piece of luggage: 

"Price is important, but not the only factor. The new Momondo flight rating system helps consumers save both time and money - not only the time spent on travel, but also the time spent finding the right flight to book. We believe it's a strong tool for the consumer to swiftly find the best flight available," says Martin Lumbye.

The new technology makes it possible for travelers to edit their search results, ensuring the best flights appear at the top of their list. Every flight is rated with a smiley and a score between 0 (bad) and 10 (very good) to help the user find the flight with the best balance between price and flight duration. 

Momondo's new rating system is part of the biggest redesign of both travel mobile and websites in the past four years.  Momondo's goal is to be the most innovative and user-friendly online travel metasearch website. 

To test the rating system yourself, please go to www.momondo.com

ENDS

For more information, contact:

MOMONDO in the USA via

Marian Goldberg of Marian Goldberg Marketing Communications

marian@mariangoldbergcomm.com

Tel: 347-559-6462

About Momondo:

Travel meta-search engine www.momondo.com searches more than 700 travel websites and compares the best offers on flights, hotels and car rentals. In addition to offering online search, Momondo provides user-generated city guides and is one of the largest publishers of print guidebooks in Denmark. Momondo was founded in 2006 and has been recommended by international media, such as the New York Times, CNN, NBC, CBS, The Daily Telegraph, and The London Sunday Times, as well as the legendary travel guru Arthur Frommer. In 2012, Momondo won a flight comparison test by Stiftung Warentest, Germany's independent product and services review. Momondo's mobile applications for iPhone and Android are available for free at: http://itunes.apple.com/gb/app/momondo-flight-search/id436736538?mt=8 or https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.momondo.flightsearch&hl=eng

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