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All of them? Maybe I misunderstand what you are saying, but if you mean that the random travel searches you scroll on the site are a feature, that is bordering on insane.

I don't need to go to some random place for some random duration at some random time.

So, since it would be insane to consider random trips to be a useful feature, I assumed that it was recommending certain trips because they were really good deals. Maybe your system figured out I live near San Jose, and recommended me a flight because it was just such a great deal it was worth my time to try that search and maybe go on a vacation on a whim. That would actually be an awesome feature, and I would probably use it a lot! So, benefit of the doubt.

So I tested that theory, and here is what I got:

http://adioso.com/us/san-jose-california-to-hawaii-hawaii-next-week-for-7-days

Best flight that Adioso found was $535 for that trip. BTW, Expedia never returns on your site.

Then I went to Kayak. It took me about 30 seconds to fill it out, and it took me here:
http://www.kayak.com/#/flights/SJC,nearby-HNL,OGG,LIH,KOA/2013-03-13-flexible/2013-03-20-flexible

So, the best fare that Kayak found was a $277 hacker fare. That's almost exactly half as much as what Adioso found. Sure, that's a hacker fare, and for a 10 day trip not 7 days. Fine, the best fare that is exactly comparable is $350 for a 7 day trip leaving next week round-trip on Delta.

Nice guy that I am I am giving you my flight tools selection.

http://statusmatcher.com/

https://bookwithmatrix.com/

http://www.flightconnections.com/

http://www.cleverlayover.com

https://skiplagged.com

http://opodo.de/

https://www.kiwi.com

http://www.expedia.com

http://www.vayama.com

http://www.mobissimo.com

http://www.momondo.com/

http://www.kayak.com

http://www.swoodoo.com

http://www.gotogate.com

http://www.opodo.de/

http://www.hipmunk.com/

http://faregeek.com/

http://matrix.itasoftware.com/

http://www.skyscanner.net/

http://adioso.com/

http://www.secretflying.com

http://www.fueldumpstrike.com

http://www.wheretocredit.com

http://www.dohop.com

http://www.easylow.com

Please share nice links/tools.

I did a search: JHB to Buenos Aires in November for 60 days.
http://adioso.com/za/johannesburg-za-to-buenos-aires-cr-in-november-for-60-days

On flysaa.com (Star Alliance member) I can get a cheaper direct flight. Not sure what logic was coded to determine which result receives preference (i.e. ranking) in the results.

I also usually use http://flisea.com/ to search for reward flights on Star Alliance airlines. Not sure what API to linking to - perhaps you could check it out.

Or perhaps, change the purpose of the site:
Find the best available reward flights on One World, Star ALliance and SkyTeam over a specific period of time. It's focused and a big need for frequent travellers

Not just design work though, but also content and features work, which pulls in product development and sometimes, infrastructure people. Responsive/mobile design necessarily makes content disappear or moved around, which can substantially change the function of the site.

For example, in Adioso's implementation:

http://adioso.com/us/new-york-new-york-to-rome-it-next-month-for-7-to-10-days

...resizing to the mobile width hides the "Lock Flight" buttons that are normally placed in the far right. So someone had to agree/argue that hiding those buttons was a worthwhile compromise (as opposed to stacking them on the bottom).

Did you try searching for "Melbourne to Sydney on Qantas"? It works... http://adioso.com/search/melbourne-to-sydney-qantas.html

We'd like to have all the airlines like Emirates, and we will once we're better resourced and properly launched.

As for WebJet, we're really trying to do something very different to them, so if they do all you need right now, you're best to stick with them. Our angle is the casual/flexible market, travelers who are price sensitive but date/destination flexible. Kinda the opposite of business travelers.

Many thanks for the comments though :)

Two recent high profile examples
http://www.atlassian.com/
http://www.adioso.com

There are plenty of awesome things happening in the Australian tech scene. Unfortunately the tyranny of distance and lack luster investment and government support means we can struggle a bit to get our message out. I know of a bunch of people with fantastically profitable businesses servicing international user bases that you won't ever hear about.

Because they're not in the "scene" they don't get talked about but they're plugging away at their businesses making serious $$.