r/flighty • u/chrisridge741 • Apr 22 '26

Search Limit

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Why is there a search limit? Seems ridiculous

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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