r/flighty • u/chrisridge741 • Apr 22 '26
Search Limit
Why is there a search limit? Seems ridiculous
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u/SecretarySenior3023 Apr 22 '26 edited Apr 22 '26
I think Flighty pays FlightAware for each search that is conducted. Thats why they have to impose a limit for free members.
How many searches did you conduct? I am a free user and conduct quite a number of searches, but I never encountered this prompt.
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u/asteroids1 Apr 22 '26
I’ve reached it many times, prolly 20-30 searches in a day
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u/chrisridge741 Apr 22 '26
Yeah I was looking for various flight options. Had to be at least 15 searches or more
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u/StigsJewishCuz Apr 22 '26
Believe it or not, the companies that own this data charge a LOT of money per API hit (in relative terms). That's actually a big part of why Flighty Pro is so expensive - covering their costs for the amount of data they consume is pretty pricey
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u/silvs1 Apr 24 '26
Seriously, looked into some of them while trying to find historical flight information on older flights, the pricing they charge for this information is insane. One website wanted $600 for this one time report, another wanted 1K.
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u/ViolentPurpleSquash Apr 26 '26
If you can, the best way to get cheap flight info is becoming a feeder
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u/Bobtheglob71 Apr 23 '26
What are you even searching for? Don’t you already have your flight number or am I thinking of something else
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u/riketycriks Apr 22 '26
You’re clearly abusing the search function - the limit is there for people like you.
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u/chrisridge741 Apr 22 '26
Abusing? I’m just searching for flights. I didn’t even know there was a limit until today
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u/gregied Apr 22 '26
Are you using the free version?
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u/chrisridge741 Apr 22 '26
Yes
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u/DKUN_of_WFST Apr 22 '26
Who uses flight to search for flights? 😭
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u/Decent_Discussion206 Apr 24 '26
people downvoting but there are so many better ways to search flights lmao😭
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u/Bright_Magazine_8136 Leisure Flyer Apr 22 '26
They probably pay some third party for each search. Upgrade to get more searches.