{"id":2195,"date":"2023-10-25T14:03:42","date_gmt":"2023-10-25T14:03:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/panflights.com\/post\/?p=2195"},"modified":"2023-12-27T12:18:46","modified_gmt":"2023-12-27T12:18:46","slug":"find-flights-from-different-cities-to-a-common-meetup-destination","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/panflights.com\/post\/find-flights-from-different-cities-to-a-common-meetup-destination\/","title":{"rendered":"Find flights from different cities to common meetup destinations"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Identifying the best combination of flights from different airports to a common destination can be challenging. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

When organizing such a get-together you may consider several destinations, and would like all parties to arrive at a similar time. And as always, you don’t want it to cost more than necessary.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

If you’ve ever tried searching for such flights you’ll know it’s a time consuming task. For this job a dedicated tool comes handy. At PanFlights users have for many years been able to find suitable flights for meeting up. Recently we released an overhaul to our tool<\/a> for joining trips from different parts of the country, continent and even the whole world.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Search from different cities in parallel to find common destinations<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

In the screenshot below you will see an example search<\/a> for three persons from New York City, one from Las Vegas and two from Chicago looking to meet somewhere in the United States where flights can take them cheaply and conveniently.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Preparing for a parallel search from multiple departure airports to various destinations in the United States. <\/em><\/figcaption>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n

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As the biggest group of people travels from New York one can assume that the total travel cost and duration will be minimized if this group travels a relatively short distance. To Atlanta for instance. But with the complex flight network and the advanced pricing optimization strategies airlines use, the best common destination will be difficult to predict. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Map with traffic-light colored markers with price and travel duration<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

At PanFlights we find explore maps for flights very handy, and we have therefore included a number of features we think you will like. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

For instance, our explore maps are based on the selected results sorting order. When sorting by price, the cheapest cities you can fly to are highlighted in green. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The above search gave the following price-sorted explore map of possible destinations. Miami came out as the cheapest option, with an average round-trip cost of $100. But the average travel time was high at roughly three and a half hours in each direction for the six travelers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Price map for six people traveling from three different cities to meet somewhere. The average travel duration in each direction is provided<\/em>.<\/figcaption>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n

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Sorting using a combination of quality factors gave a “best”-version of the explore map, as shown below. Charlotte is highlighted there as among the best. More expensive than to Miami, but the travel duration is one hour less. Among the quality factors used in the “best” sorting mode are <\/p>\n\n\n\n