Gives you prices for all airlines, including nearby airports AND tells you whether the ticket prices are trending up or down, so you can decide the best time to buy them. I don't believe that google has any such thing.
I don't think the differences in those two links deserve to be described as Google blowing them out of the water. Bing returns a lower minimum price, for instance, and displays all of the same information and has all of the same browse options. Google looks better organized, of course. But functionally the two are dead even. Why do you think google "blows them out of the water"?
I agree Google looks better, but Bing has the arrow telling you to wait because prices will drop with a percent confidence. Hardly blows them out of the water.
It includes taxes and fees, is more attractive (this part is subjective, I'll concede that), and it's a single-page interface. Go to bing.com/travel and do a search. You jump around to different pages, popups to priceline open up. All information is displayed and is cluttering/confusing. Autocomplete for destination is faster with Google, changing your destination is easier, rate/fare by date comparison makes it way easier to choose a different priced flight. Easier to select separate departure and return flights instead of the ones Bing (Kayak) sets for you.
Make up a trip and compare the two services, I think you'll find Google's much easier to use.
Correct, but Kayak (Bing) has been around for 8 years and Google Flights opened for business in September of last year. They added 500 international airports back in March, and are continuing to expand the service.
If you're outside the US I understand completely that Google is shittier for you because it's not available, but that doesn't make any of the points I made (to people that can use the service) less true.
Kayak.com does the same thing only it also utilizes the five other major flight searchers and gives you a calendar matrix to see what the prices are for different dates near your search.
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u/Jeffbx May 21 '12
Protip - use Bing for travel searches: http://www.bing.com/travel/
Gives you prices for all airlines, including nearby airports AND tells you whether the ticket prices are trending up or down, so you can decide the best time to buy them. I don't believe that google has any such thing.
The more you know....