[Maritime Q-Scout]

cmyden, you seem to have a very good grasp on the programs, sites, and how they work.

Last night I was going through looking for flights from Kelowna (YLW) to Sydney (YQY) for my brother's girlfriend.

For those not familiar with the Maritimes, Halifax (YHZ) and Moncton (YQM) are about 4-4.5 hours away. Generally it's much cheaper to fly to Halifax and take a shuttle or bus to Sydney than to fly directly here.

So I searched YLW to YQY
Then YLW to YHZ
Then YLW to YQM
all for the same dates, got the prices

Cheapest being YLW to YHZ return

Now here's the odd part.

I searched YLW to YQY but to include airports within 225 miles (or KM whichever it lists). I thought maybe it'll be cheaper to fly into one airport but out another.

Not only was it not cheaper, it was all around more expensive.

So why would it be cheaper to search YLW to YHZ return, than to search YLW to a combination of YHZ/YQM/YQY? Shouldn't the previous price be included in the broader search?

What I mean is wouldn't that search look for

YLW to YQY & YQY to YLW
YLW to YQY & YHZ to YLW
YLW to YQY & YQM to YLW
YLW to YHZ & YQY to YLW
YLW to YHZ & YHZ to YLW
YLW to YHZ & YQM to YLW
YLW to YQM & YQY to YLW
YLW to YQM & YHZ to YLW
YLW to YQM & YQM to YLW

Shouldn't the YLW to YHZ return price have been the same?


Not a big deal, just odd that's all.