Herding Cats

Live Flight Pricing

Staff the weekend with real fares on the table

Real Google Flights round-trip fares appear beside shortlisted candidates while you staff — so airfare surprises show up before booking day, not on it.

Tulsa · Mar 20–22 — staffing shortlist

Availability-filtered, proximity-ranked — then priced

Fares inround trip, event dates
  • Dana Whitfield · BNA

    $214
  • Marcus Reyes · ATL

    $189
  • Jess Tran · LAX

    $412
  • Priya Shah · ATL

    shares ATL lookup$189

Four people, three lookups — same-airport candidates share one search. You picked the shortlist; fares just joined it.

Who it's for

You'll know it's time when…

The roster was set on gut feel; the fares rewrote the travel budget.

Two solid candidates, one slot — and one fare is triple the other.

Someone prices flights by hand across twelve browser tabs.

Day one

Day one, the twelve fare tabs close

  • The shortlist shows live round-trip fares next to each candidate.

  • Season and weekend staffing runs can price as they plan — off by default.

  • Fares inform your choice; they never reorder the ranking on their own.

  • Every check logs its lookup count as it runs.

Part of the platform

Same login, same data, same team

  • Staffing's availability and proximity ranking works without it — this adds real fares.

  • Lookups use each person's home airport and the event's dates automatically.

  • Candidates sharing an airport share one lookup; cached fares are reused.

  • Prices land in the same staffing screens where you assign and book.

What you get

Everything the live flight pricing add-on does

Real round-trip fares

Live Google Flights prices for the event's actual dates.

Shortlist-first

Availability and proximity narrow the field before any fare is fetched.

Priced season runs

Tick “Flight prices” on a staffing run — the box is off by default.

Live progress

“Checking flights — 3 of 9” while it runs; nothing fetches in the dark.

How the lookups work

Pay only for lookups — and watch them happen

You pay per fare lookup: one search per unique route and dates, never one per person. Nothing runs unless you ask, cached results are reused, and a per-run ceiling stops runaway checks.

Example: 40 shortlisted staff across 3 weekends from a dozen airports ≈ 36 lookups — same-airport candidates share one search.

Nothing spends by default

Fare checks are opt-in per run; the shortlist itself never triggers one.

Shared and capped

One lookup per route, a hard per-run ceiling, cache hits never counted twice.

Cancel anytime

Rankings and shortlists are core staffing — only the live fares stop.

Lookups are opt-in and hard-capped — pricing lives on the Pricing page.

See pricing

Fair questions

Can the lookups run away?

Structurally, no: they're opt-in per run, shared per route, and hard-capped. Doing nothing costs nothing — there is no background fetching.

Do we need this yet?

If your staff mostly drive, skip it. It earns its keep the first season airfare decides between two names on a shortlist.

What happens if we cancel?

Your staffing runs and shortlists stay as they are. Only new fare fetches stop — switch it back on for peak season only.

Start your season

Add Live Flight Pricing to your season

Same login, same event pages, no migration — and if it isn't saving you hours, turn it off.

  • Free for up to 5 events
  • No card required
  • Cancel any time