Weak Dollar? No problem! Price your flights in Euros!
It’s Thursday. At Kayak, that means we’ve released a new version of kayak.com. What’s new this week:
A lot of users have asked for this, and we now have advanced technology (the engineers called it “multiplication” and “division”) to show you your flights in whatever currency you want. Got a bank account full of Phillippine Pesos? No problem. Canadian Dollars? Got it. Just sign in and change your profile preferences, and we’ll calculate the price for you. You’ll still have to pay the airline in whatever currency they sell in, but at least you’ll know what you’re spending.
We’ve added a new web site, kayak.es. If you’re Spanish, you can now use Kayak with your language, and search travel sites that will serve you better. Bienvenido!
We also have improved fare alerts significantly. You can now specify exact dates, any trip length you want, any cities you want, and we’ll alert you to the fares.
Here is how you set up an alert:
And here is what you’ll see in your email inbox:
To use this feature, go to your email preferences.
We’ve also made a number of internal changes which should improve the speed and reliability of the site, as we do every week.
If you have any comments or complaints about these new features, or anything else to tell us, please use our feedback system. A real human will read your message and answer you.