FlightFox operates a contest-based flight search platform where travelers post trip details and assign a "finder’s fee" to reward experts who source the best itineraries. Users set contest parameters (destinations, duration, additional requests) and fees currently being tested in the $19–$39 range. Experts—mostly frequent flyers with about 5%–10% travel agents—compete to submit the best flight options; the site reports 500 experts signed up and roughly 50 active. The service is positioned for long, international, or multi-city trips where assembling optimal routings is more complex. Travelers still book themselves but can communicate one-on-one with the experts for advice and booking instructions. The company is live, and its Australian co-founders Lauren McLeod and Todd Sullivan relocated to San Francisco to join Y Combinator and plan to remain there.

Total raised

$1M

Funding rounds

1

Latest round

Equity

Latest activity

May 2012