On Aug 27, 2010, at 1:33 AM, Callum Finlayson wrote: > On Fri, Aug 27, 2010 at 8:25 AM, Michael J McCafferty > <m...@m5computersecurity.com> wrote: >> For kicks, I looked at the most agonizing trip options... I chose a trip >> from San Diego to New York City... the worst were: >> >> 1) Tijuana to Mexico City, 16hr hour layover, then to Newark NJ and cost >> over $1k. >> >> 2) Tijuana to Guadalajara for an 8hr layover, then to Atlanta for a >> 1.5hr layover to New York LGA. > > Made all the more agonizing when you arrive in NY and customs express > interest in your decission to stop over south of the border for a > couple of hours. > Except neither flight would involve customs in NY. In the first case, you would clear customs in Newark. In the second, you would clear customs in Atlanta.
> As others have said -- agony's a nice idea, but the real value gets > added when you can weight the elements according to your personal > preferences (and the site can then capture how people choose to weight > various inconveniences in order to (i) improve their own algorithms, > and (ii) sell on to other interested parties). > I suspect it might not be that hard for them to add and would be worthy of requesting as a feature. Owen > > C
