FareFetched Blog

Feeds and Calenders

October 17th, 2007 Mick

Today we launched RSS and iCalendar support for FareFetched airfare data.

iCalendar support means that now you can browse through airfare prices using your own calendaring software like Outlook, or even Google Calendar! This will make it super easy to find a cheap flight which lines up with your schedule, or just a weekend or a public holiday.

RSS feeds means that you no longer have to visit FareFetched to track a particular trip. Instead, search for the trip, then add the search to your RSS reader (Outlook, Google Reader, Bloglines, etc). Simply refer to the feed for the latest data on that search.

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Some performance improvements

October 6th, 2007 Mick

We’ve just made a whole heap of optimisations specifically for people using Internet Explorer 6 and on slower dialup connections. You should notice FareFetched is considerably faster, as we’ve worked around multiple IE bugs which were causing problems for some people.

If you notice any issues persist, please contact us!

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New routes

August 16th, 2007 Mick

We’ve just added a whole bunch of new routes to FareFetched

We now search ALL domestic routes from Qantas, Virgin Blue, Jetstar and Tiger that are direct flights, and also a large number of nondirect routes also.

New destinations include: Albury, Armidale, Barcaldine, Biloela, Blackall, Blackwater, Bright, Bundaberg, Charleville, Dubbo, Devonport, Emerald, Gladstone, Horn Island, Kalgoorlie, Karratha, Longreach, Lord Howe Island, Mildura, Moree, Mount Isa, Narrabri, Newman, Nhulunbuy, Olympic Dam, Paraburdoo, Port Hedland, Port Macquarie, Roma, Tamworth, Wagga Wagga, Weipa, Wollongong and Yulara.

Thats a total of 215 different Austrailan routes that are now easier to search than ever before!

Let us know if you think we’ve missed an important route.

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Google Gadget

July 12th, 2007 Mick

We’ve just released our first Google Gadget. You can get it at http://farefetched.com.au/resources.php

It features the FareFetched airfare search, so you have the convenience of searching for flights directly from your iGoogle start page. Or you can even embed it on your own webpage.

To add it to your iGoogle page now click on this link

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Now searching Tiger

July 11th, 2007 Mick

Tiger Airways has recently announced their entry into the Australian market, so we’ve added Tiger to our fare search! This makes FareFetched the first Australian website with the capability to simultaneously search Virgin Blue, Jetstar, Qantas and Tiger Airways.

Tiger’s announced routes so far are Melbourne to Darwin and Melbourne to Gold Coast, but through a little digging around on Tiger’s website it looks like a number of destinations like Mackay, Rockhampton, Perth and Alice Springs won’t be far off.

Sorry for the lapse in time since the last blog post, there should be some new stuff coming to FareFetched soon!

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Website redesign

May 1st, 2007 Mick

The FareFetched website has been updated - we’ve gone for a cleaner look. This should make FareFetched easier on the eye, and easier to use. More website updates coming over the next few days.

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Performance improvements

April 18th, 2007 Mick

Some performance improvements have been made, so those flight searches should be shooting through a lot quicker now.

I’ve noticed FareFetched is starting to get mentioned in a few places now and traffic is growing consistently, so welcome to all new FareFetchers!

Hopefully traffic growth will be fairly steady so that performance of the site isn’t affected as more people start to use the service. If you have any problems with performance, please bear with us as we sort through any teething issues.

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Cheapest flights on surrounding dates

April 3rd, 2007 Mick

Some more improvements - the surrounding dates graph now shows the cheapest flight per day over a period of 2 weeks! This will make it very handy to find cheap flights when your flight date is flexible.

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A couple of new features.

March 22nd, 2007 Mick

You can now filter flights by the type of fare - Economy, Flexible and Business. This should make it easier to locate a flight if you’re specifically looking for a flexible or business fare.

Also the fare history graphs have been improved, and the departing and arriving airport information is also displayed - this is mainly applicable to Melbourne which has two airports, Tullamarine and Avalon…

Thanks for the all the support so far… Happy FareFetching

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Introducing FareFetched

March 17th, 2007 Mick

Thanks for checking out FareFetched.com.au

After around 4 months of working on this in our spare time, FareFetched is ready to be unleashed to the Australian public.

FareFetched will make it easier than ever before to find cheap flights in Australia - not only can you compare flights from all the major carriers, but search over a period of time and even track the price history of individual fares.

We’ve got plenty of ideas to go, and we’d love to hear your feedback…