Fare data methodology

Short answer

Flare is a fare-monitoring and discovery product. The public pages contain timestamped observations selected from the latest scan output. They are not a booking engine, travel agency quote or promise that a seat remains available.

How a fare enters the public collection

The upstream scanner combines fare candidates available to the product from multiple airline and flight-search data feeds. For the public collection, the generator applies the same explicit minimum gates to every candidate:

• both the current amount and its comparison reference must be positive;
• the measured drop must be at least 30%;
• the Flare Deal Score must be at least 55;
• a destination page must contain at least 7 distinct origin, destination and trip-type combinations.

The Deal Score is a prioritisation signal, not an external rating. It weighs the size and confidence of the deviation alongside itinerary characteristics such as stops, duration and trip shape. It does not make a fare “verified” merely by being high.

What “reference price” means

Where sufficient route history exists, the comparison value is based on a median of observed baseline prices. The scoring engine trims the outer 10% of those observations before taking the median, and it requires a minimum history before allowing the comparison to imply a large drop.

For some long-haul routes with limited history, the upstream engine can use a conservative distance-calibrated reference. That fallback carries lower confidence and cannot by itself qualify a fare for the system’s reserved mistake-fare band. A Flare reference is therefore a product measurement, not a universal market average or a price published by every airline.

Freshness and verification

The public deal collection is scheduled to rebuild every three hours. Each page prints its own UTC snapshot time. Some promising candidates can receive an additional live recheck upstream, but coverage varies and a public page does not claim that every row has the same verification status.

Airfares are volatile. Inventory, currency conversion, point of sale, passenger count, taxes and optional services can alter the final amount. A result can disappear between the page refresh and the reader’s search.

How to use the information

1. Read the IATA codes, dates, trip type and stop count shown on the card.
2. Run a fresh search and compare the complete itinerary with the observation.
3. Confirm baggage, airport changes, self-transfers, cancellation rules and the final payable total.
4. Check passport, visa, transit, health and entry requirements with the relevant official authorities.

Publishing responsibility

These automated data pages are authored and maintained as product output by Flare, an IVRYN product. Travel guides follow the separate editorial policy. Questions or corrections can be sent to contact@flareflights.com.