Hipmunk update

Florence from customer support at Hipmunk writes:

Hipmunk now includes American Airlines in our search results. Please note that users will be taken directly to AA.com to complete the booking/transaction. . . . we are steadily increasing the number of flights that we offer on Hipmunk.

As you may recall, Hipmunk is a really cool flight-finder that didn’t actually work (as of 16 Sept 2010). At the time, I was a bit annoyed at the NYT columnist who plugged Hipmunk without actually telling his readers that the site didn’t actually do the job. (I discovered the problem myself because I couldn’t believe that my flight options to Raleigh-Durham were really so meager, so I checked on Expedia and found a good flight.)

I do think Hipmunk’s graphics are beautiful, though, so I’m rooting for them to catch up.

P.S. Apparently they include Amtrak Northeast Corridor trains, so I’ll give them a try, next time I travel. The regular Amtrak website is about as horrible as you’d expect.

2 thoughts on “Hipmunk update

  1. I agree that the site wasn't working, I tried to find a flight to Toronto and I went through Orbitz eventually and was satisfied with them. But one time in December I think,I had to travel a shorter distance, tried Hipmunk and found it useful. I find the graphics nice and simple but they definitely would use a bit of improved arranging. They also show AA, which you won't find anymore at Orbitz and Expedia.

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