I'm gonna get downvoted for this, but I really don't find Hipmunk any easier to use than the traditional flight booking service.<p>In fact, quite the opposite--I find the splash of colors and symbols across my screen confusing. Attempting to match the rows and columns with each other just makes my head hurt.<p>Compare the same search on Travelocity ( <a href="http://i.imgur.com/PlX0d.png" rel="nofollow">http://i.imgur.com/PlX0d.png</a> ) and Hipmunk ( <a href="http://i.imgur.com/1eh47.png" rel="nofollow">http://i.imgur.com/1eh47.png</a> )<p>It may be just me, but the Travelocity results are much clearer. I don't have to click on each flight to view basic details about it. Additionally, Hipmunk charges a higher fee for their bookings than bigger name travel sites.
Really nice app.<p>It's not immediately obvious to me what the agony ranking is for though, and there's no help menu?<p>(Obviously it's ranking flights from least agony-inducing to most, but what's the metric?)
I am all for services that help us find plane tickets in a lower price bucket, but how exactly is this different from ITA's new matrix interface and OnTheFly app? I guess understanding how you position yourself differently from ITA will help.
I downloaded this immediately, loved it, then remembered that they don't have Southwest results, so I sighed and realized that I would hardly ever use it. It looks great though!
I love Hipmunk except for that it only gives me limited options for purchasing at the end. I'm guessing this is to maximize their referral revenue, but I have status on an airline and only purchase from their site directly. If I purchase from another site I have less control over changes to my itinerary after purchase. That's my preferred airlines fault, but other sites like Bing Travel let me click through the results right to my airlines' web site.
I'm glad to see Hipmunk have an app, this could make searching for flights even more fun.<p>I was interested if they had any problems with selling tickets via an iPhone app using the browser for paymentsm not the in app purchase API. But obviously they did not, as the app was approved.