Show HN: Expose Southwest Rates on Google Flights

6 points by tejasmanohar 5 years ago | 5 comments
  • tejasmanohar 5 years ago
    Maker here! I've wanted to see Southwest rates on Google Flights for a very long time, but they've never been there. Last week, my friend and I decided to take matters into our own hands and make them available via a chrome extension.

    It was both fun technically-- intercepting Southwest requests & scraping data out of an iframe-- and even more fun to poke around all the deals once it worked. Hope y'all find it useful!

    • joshwget 5 years ago
      Southwest usually has good deals when traveling from SF to Chicago (MDW). Having that directly wthin Google Flights is pretty handy!

      I wonder how Southwest feels about this? Must be a reason they're not shown in Google Flights today.

      • tejasmanohar 5 years ago
        Southwest doesn't like the apples:oranges comparison of them vs other airlines / sorting primarily on price like most online travel sites do. This is because they offer other amenities that are not common for airlines, like 2 free checked bags & no cancellation/change fees.

        We reflect these effectively and basically give them a big ad on the top of Google Flights so I'm hoping SW will be OK with it :)

      • atian 5 years ago
        How do I use it on mobile? It gives me a modal to enter my email address whenever I click on the button.