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Introduction: Brendan pointed me to this news article by David Pogue promoting a website called Hipmunk , a sleek competitor to Travelocity, Expedia, Kayak, and the like. Coincidentally, I had to a buy a flight right now so I followed the link and found that, indeed, Hipmunk is about a zillion times easier to use and more impressive than Expedia or even Kayak. It’s awesome. The others aren’t even close. The display was so clean and effective, I felt like ordering a few flights just for fun. That’s the good news. Now the bad news. I wasn’t just playing around with the site. There was actually a flight I wanted to buy–an itinerary I’d looked into yesterday but hadn’t saved or booked. I effortlessly set up the request in Hipmunk, scanned its impressive graphical display, and . . . couldn’t find the flight I wanted! Oh no! The last ticket must’ve been sold! Just to check, though, I want on good old ugly Expedia. And my flight was right there! So I bought it. So, just a quick memo
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5 I effortlessly set up the request in Hipmunk, scanned its impressive graphical display, and . [sent-10, score-0.508]
6 Just to check, though, I want on good old ugly Expedia. [sent-16, score-0.072]
7 So, just a quick memo to whoever runs Hipmunk: Your interface is great, but I suggest you scrape Expedia to find more flights. [sent-19, score-0.525]
8 You could start with evening nonstops from RDU to LGA. [sent-20, score-0.214]
9 (Or, if my flight was actually on Hipmunk all the time, you just need a better interface. [sent-21, score-0.52]
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