Microsoft will be to predict ticket prices

Microsoft has bought a share Farecast, which is a search engine for travelers, reports The Register.

The concept of the site Farecast, popular in the United States is very simple: anyone before you travel, can be found here suited him to flights or hotels. From a variety of other travel- sites it is distinguished by its ability to predict the future. A clever system not only will pick you fly or other services to meet your demands, but also let you know when and where it is most advantageous to buy tickets to redirect to a resource with the most favorable offer. This method was invented by the developers of the University of Washington (University of Washington).

Last year, Farecast has been a resource contract with MSN, but its owners have thought, and changed sides under the wing of Microsoft Corp.. Representatives of the corporation in an official statement said that it is very glad to take search engine for travelers in his big happy family. Experts believe that the completion cost to the family of Microsoft in the amount of the order of 75-115 million dollars.

Recall that last week, the Russian company ... It must be admitted that the service is very user friendly and combines many useful functions that previously were scattered singly in other search engines. A cursory familiarization comes to mind is only one 'but', but significant: the service lacks the function display of empty seats in trains and on flights and fares.

Bought by Microsoft, Farecast competitors ' Yandex. Scheduling ' is, of course, is not. Not least because the American search engine predicts prices only on domestic flights between the cities of the United States and vesyami. But really want to recommend ' Yandex ' look to foreign friends. Moreover, it is possible to do without the magic and the predictions of most economic options: simply start offering all the options available.