Get me to Sydney for
absurdly little money.
Flexible on everything except being there for Christmas and New Year. Happy to fly the wrong way round the world, sleep in an airport, and start the trip in a country I had not planned on visiting, if the number at the end is small enough.
The five that matter
Best in class, right now
Each card wins a different argument. Nothing wins all of them, which is exactly why this dashboard exists.
Why this is worth the obsession
Eighteen days of southern hemisphere summer, bought with patience instead of money.
Christmas in Sydney is the single most expensive week of the year to fly into, which is precisely why it rewards being awkward about it. Every flexible day, every odd departure airport and every night spent somewhere unplanned is leverage.
The plan is not to find a good flight. The plan is to be the person who was still watching when the strange one appeared.
Christmas Day forecast in Sydney · 26°C and clear
The feed
Every opportunity on the board
Fed by the automations. Filter it down, then open anything that looks worth a closer read.
Rules
What the automations are told to want
These are the instructions handed to every watcher. Tighten them and the feed gets smaller and better. Loosen them and the strange opportunities start arriving.
Priorities
The trade-off the scoring engine applies when two options are close.
Date flexibility
How far either side of the window the watchers may roam.
Routing tolerance
How much awkwardness is acceptable in exchange for a smaller number.
Home airports
Where a repositioning hop is allowed to start from.