Abstract: For each market (defined by a pair of origin and destination cities) that the fare is used for travel, the methods calculate its price (both direct and with add-ons) and its estimated or refined price, which includes YQYR fees, among other fees. The methods then select the top routings along with the best fares on each routing and store them in a database. When a user starts a search query, the methods use the aforementioned database to find the best routings. Solutions with minimal pricing are identified, and a list of fares for each routing is prepared for the user.

Abstract: A system and method to facilitate discovery and reservation of travel options suitably include routing processing, flight selection processing, and fare validation processing. Flight selection processing generates flight combinations for each routing discovered by the routing processing. Not all flight combinations are allowed to proceed thus permitting better flight combinations to emerge. Fare validation processing loads fares, checks availability, and validates them according to the specifics associated with each fare. A list of low cost travel solutions is returned to a travel consumer.