How Mind the Fare works
You have already bought the ticket. From that moment on, almost nobody is watching what happens to its price. That is the entire job.
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Add your flight
Tell us the airline, flight number, route, departure date and what you paid per passenger. A confirmation code is optional — we do not need it to look up a public fare, and we would rather not hold one.
We check the flight exists before we start. If we cannot verify it right then, we still accept it and sort it out on the first real check rather than making you guess what went wrong.
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We check the fare
Once a day we look up the current public price for that exact flight number, on that date, in that cabin.
Every check is recorded, including the ones that find nothing. A flight that is sold out in your cabin is a normal result, not an error, and you can see it in the history.
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We detect a drop
A fare only counts when it is genuinely comparable: same airline, same flight number, same date, same route, same cabin, and a comparable fare brand.
We score every candidate fare from 0 to 100 and ignore anything below the threshold. A cheaper Basic Economy seat scores far too low to be treated as your Main Cabin ticket getting cheaper — that is the single most important rule in the product.
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You claim the difference
When a comparable fare hits a new low below what you paid, we email you once with the gap and a link to your booking.
You will not hear from us again at that price. If it drops further, that is a new low and a new email. If it rises, we stay quiet.
Questions people actually ask
- Will Mind the Fare rebook my flight for me?
- No. Mind the Fare never changes, cancels, or rebooks your ticket, and never contacts the airline on your behalf. We watch the price and tell you what we find. Any action on your reservation is yours to take.
- Does a price drop mean the airline owes me money?
- No, and we will never say that it does. Whether a lower fare can become a credit or refund depends on your ticket's fare rules and the airline's current policy, which we cannot see. We show the difference as potential savings and point you to your booking so you can check.
- Why did you find a cheaper fare but not alert me?
- Almost always because it was not comparable — a different fare brand, a different cabin, or a connecting itinerary rather than your nonstop. The flight detail page shows the match score for every check, so you can see exactly why something was or was not counted.
- How often will you email me?
- Only when a comparable fare reaches a new low below what you paid. The same price will never email you twice. If the fare rises and then falls to a new low, that is one new email.
- What do you do with my confirmation code?
- It is optional. If you provide one, it is encrypted with AES-256-GCM before it is stored, and only the last three characters are ever shown back to you. We never store payment details or passenger documents.
- Which airlines are supported?
- 9 major airlines across North America, Europe, Asia and the Pacific: Delta, American, United, Southwest, JetBlue, Alaska, KLM, Qantas and WestJet. Each one is modelled with its own fare brands and change rules, so an alert reflects the policy that actually governs your ticket. The fare-source layer is built so further carriers can be added without changing how monitoring, matching or alerting work.
- Why isn't my airline listed?
- Usually because a fare drop there would not be worth telling you about. Some airlines forfeit the difference entirely when you move to a cheaper fare, and others give no credit or refund at all — so an alert would be pointing at money you could never actually claim. We only add an airline once we can tell you what a drop is really worth and how to claim it. Think yours belongs here? Email us at hello@mindthefare.com and tell us which one.