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Forrest Scofield

Wings - Save 50% on your next international flight

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Tell us where you want to go, and when you're free to travel. We'll get you there for 50% off.

Our software monitors millions of flight prices daily and emails you when prices are lowest. You’ll save $200-$500 on every flight you book.

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Joel Benjamin
Congrats on the launch!!
Abadesi
@harowitzblack this gif 😍
Joel Benjamin
@abadesi haha thanks! I'm working on a gif picker for product hunt https://twitter.com/HarowitzBlac...
Forrest Scofield
Maker
@harowitzblack Thanks Ben! If you signup, let us know if you have any feedback 🙏
Forrest Scofield
Maker
👋 Hey everyone Wings finds the lowest prices to places you want to travel. We monitor millions of flights every day and let you know when to buy. The idea for Wings was inspired by popular newsletter, Scott’s Cheap Flights. We’re big fans of Scott’s product, but as engineers we saw an opportunity to build a more personalized and efficient service with software. We also thought it would be easy! And admittedly, it’s been a lot harder than we thought. 😅 Getting access to reliable flight data and building a system to ingest millions of prices each day proved to be major challenges. But for us as engineers, building reliable marketing channels and getting our first paying customers was the hardest. Props to anyone who is getting out there and making every day 💪 We’ve had a blast building Wings and are glad we stuck with it. Over the last year, we challenged ourselves to build towards something unique in the travel space. After countless conversations with customers, we landed on a product that promises: 👩‍💻 Personalization Users can specify when and where they want to travel making our product less spammy and more relevant to our users. Instead of sending a single deal to all our subscribers, each user gets a different deal every day based on what they care about most. 🤖 Automation Because our system uses software to analyze flight prices, we can find more deals than human-powered services. We look at the prices millions of international flights daily - something that is hard to replicate with a team of human flight finders. 🔥 Deal frequency Because we find deals more efficiently than our competitors, we can send out more deals. Our free product sends about the same number of deals as comparable paid products. 🙏 Ease of use We link users directly to the itineraries that are cheapest, instead of requiring them to hunt down the deal themselves.
Greg Nance 🇺🇸
@fscof bravo sir!!
Forrest Scofield
Maker
@gregnance thanks Greg!
Shreyaa Ratra
@fscof Is it only for end users or you sell to corporates too ?
Forrest Scofield
Maker
@shreyaa_ratra For now we only serve consumers. Feel free to DM me though, I'd be happy to discuss what you're looking for further
Chris Messina
Launching soon!
@fscof love the concept! How does this compare with Hitlist?
Ryan Hoover
How does this compare to Hopper which also monitors and tries to predict price fluctuations, @fscof?
Amrith
@fscof @rrhoover also, is the 50% off guaranteed? 🤔
Cyrus Eslami
Maker
Hey @rrhoover! Great question. It comes down to simplifying the problem, and layering in unique personalization. Hopper's goal is to predict exactly how prices will change in the future. We've simplified the problem by asking: are there any great deals available today? From our research and model development, prices are too erratic to make precise predictions about the future. Our customers have responded well to the simplicity and clarity of our recommendations. What we're really excited about are the personalization features built on top of the price discovery engine. This is where we see ourselves pulling away from the competition. Today, you can specify broader regions you'd like to travel to, and flexible travel dates. We're introducing Trips (PH launch coming soon!), which will let customers track specific travel plans, much like Hopper. Beyond that, we're building out awareness of airline miles and points, as well as flexible departure cities (think: resident of CT can leave from Boston or NYC). We're working closer with customers to make sure that our trip-planning tools map 1-to-1 with how they think about travel. We've found it helpful to think of our product as more of a next-generation travel agent. Our sophistication comes from our ability to take more of our customer's needs into account, and understand their priorities beyond price. Hope that's helpful, and thanks so much for making this awesome community 😻
Cyrus Eslami
Maker
Hey @amrith! It's not just clickbait! 😋 In our back-tests, we found that the deals we sent out are, on average, 50% cheaper than the average price for a given route (excluding holidays). It turns out that booking at the right time has a huge impact on price, so sniping the moment when tickets go on sale is essential. P.S. Thanks again for helping me with my Twitter handle yesterday 💌
Kyle Poretto
Been using this product for quite some time, the premium deals are laughably cheap! Highly recommend!!
Forrest Scofield
Maker
@kyle_poretto1 Thanks Kyle, glad you've been liking the deals 👍
nikos efthias
app aims us residents only
Forrest Scofield
Maker
@nikos_efthias1 Sadly yep, US only for now. London seems promising though! There's more nonstop international flights from London than just about anywhere else in the world.
Pontus Karlsson
@nikos_efthias1 @fscof I'd love if this was active in Sweden as well. Simplicity and functionality - just like Scandinavian design.
Forrest Scofield
Maker
@coolastekatten Would love to open up Sweden! And that's high praise coming from a Swede - all credit goes to @arityzero, I do exactly zero percent of our design 😂
Cyrus Eslami
Maker
Louis de Mirman
When are you coming in Paris guys!?
Marius Masalar
I love the concept! Looking forward to support up here in Canada. 😄
Forrest Scofield
Maker
@mostlymarius Thanks Marius. We got a TON of signups from Toronto today, so maybe you won't have to wait too long 🙃
Marius Masalar
@fscof Brilliant! That's great to hear.
Greg Nance 🇺🇸

Amped to recommend to friends!

Pros:

Powerful fare-patrolling software = perfect purchase timing 👏👏

Cons:

None if you like saving cash 🚀

Paul Shuteyev
Hey guys, Wings looks promising indeed! I would like to publish an interview with you at https://startupradius.com/ :) at no cost, fill the "Submit Your Story" to contact me and let's make it!
Forrest Scofield
Maker
@paul_shuteyev Sounds great! Thanks for reaching out - we'll shoot you a DM.
Paul Shuteyev
@fscof perfect!
Robin M Koppensteiner

I'm in Europe, but there are only options for the US as starting point for your journey. I hope this changes in the near future, since I really like the concept of the service...

Pros:

Sounds like an awesome idea.

Cons:

But apparently it's a US privilege...

Jacob Zhang

This is a really cool alternative to more expensive cheap-flight options. The makers are also very communicative.

Pros:

Awesome UI, great selection of cities, awesome deals, low price.

Cons:

Isn't accessible in every city yet but the expansion has been tremendous!

Jean-Michel Hoffman

So excited for more people to check out Wings.

Pros:

Amazing flight deals to all the places you want to travel around the world with a streamlined UX in your inbox

Cons:

Legit can't think of a single thing

Alex Mykyta

Great service, keeps evolving to match users' needs. Customization and filtering is a welcome addition.

Pros:

Great flight deals.

Cons:

Flights can be hard to plan or prices may be ephemeral

Kris Williams
Congrats on launch ! When can I expect to use this from the major UK airports ?
Karine Darbinyan

Wishing yoi to expanse in short period)

Pros:

Sounds very cool

Cons:

Just tried to sign in, but it’s for US only(