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skybrian on Oct 18, 2016 | parent | context | favorite | on: Google Flights will now tell you when fares will i...

In Google's case it comes from an acquisition [1]. Not all airlines share data. For example, you won't find Southwest fares except on their own website.

[1] http://www.itasoftware.com/about/

toddkazakov on Oct 18, 2016 | [–]

> For example, you won't find Southwest fares except on their own website.

Wrong example. I have worked on the Southwest Project when I was at Amadeus.

clueless123 on Oct 19, 2016 | [–]

Southwest has it's own system, but does share their data through Sabre.. Fun Fact.. upto 2005 they still sent us the data hand delivered on a 9 track tape!

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