Flight Deal/price Monitoring System Development - help needed with API and historical data
Budget: $30 – $250 USD
I subscribe to a Norwegian flight deal service that constantly sends out amazing deals — both short European routes and long-haul like Bangkok, Miami, San Francisco and Johannesburg. Each deal shows a % discount vs the normal price, and alerts come in dozens of times per day. I want to build something similar.
The goal is to surface truly discounted flights from Norwegian airports by comparing real-time fares against historical averages, then publish the percentage drop (e.g. "-53% vs. typical price").
What I need from you:
• How do services like this monitor hundreds of routes constantly — including long-haul — without spending a fortune on API calls?
• How do they get the "normal price" to compare against? Do they store historical data themselves or use an API that provides it?
• A clear recommendation on which API(s) make the most sense — Amadeus, Skyscanner, Kiwi/Tequila, SerpApi or anything else you've used successfully — and why.
• Confirmation that your proposed solution captures low-cost carriers like Ryanair, Norwegian and Wizz Air alongside legacy airlines.
• A realistic cost model for a small site just getting traction: expected monthly spend, rate limits and ways to keep costs down while scaling.
If you've already solved similar price-tracking or deal-detection challenges, briefly describe that experience. Practical know-how matters more than a lengthy proposal.
I already have a working website and database up and running. Looking for the right expert to take it to the next level.
The goal is to surface truly discounted flights from Norwegian airports by comparing real-time fares against historical averages, then publish the percentage drop (e.g. "-53% vs. typical price").
What I need from you:
• How do services like this monitor hundreds of routes constantly — including long-haul — without spending a fortune on API calls?
• How do they get the "normal price" to compare against? Do they store historical data themselves or use an API that provides it?
• A clear recommendation on which API(s) make the most sense — Amadeus, Skyscanner, Kiwi/Tequila, SerpApi or anything else you've used successfully — and why.
• Confirmation that your proposed solution captures low-cost carriers like Ryanair, Norwegian and Wizz Air alongside legacy airlines.
• A realistic cost model for a small site just getting traction: expected monthly spend, rate limits and ways to keep costs down while scaling.
If you've already solved similar price-tracking or deal-detection challenges, briefly describe that experience. Practical know-how matters more than a lengthy proposal.
I already have a working website and database up and running. Looking for the right expert to take it to the next level.