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The methodWhere every number
comes from.
A fare on this site is a fact with a source and a date, never an estimate. This page says how we read them, how often we go back, and what we refuse to print.
One rule
Nothing is priced that an operator or a transport authority has not published.A train fare comes from the railway's own tariff page or ticket shop. A regulated taxi fare comes from the city's tariff order, not from a blog that quoted it. A coach fare comes from the coach company. If none of those exists, the option is described and left unpriced: a metered taxi is described as metered, and a "from" price is shown as a floor, never as the price.
The rule is enforced before a page can exist. Each record is checked when the site is built, and a fare, a timetable or a destination without a source URL and a verified date stops the build.
What we read, and how
For each of the 66 airports in 51 cities we open the operator's page for every way into the city that has a published fare: rail, metro, tram, bus, coach, boat, and the regulated fixed-fare taxi where the city sets one. From each we record the adult single fare, any group or return ticket that changes the total for a party, the first and last departure, the journey time, where the service actually leaves you, and the conditions that matter on arrival (luggage, validation, contactless).
Each fact is labelled by where it came from. Official means the operator or the authority stated it. Secondary means a reputable source reported it and we could not find the primary; the page says so, and the fact is re-checked sooner.
How often we go back
| Source | Re-check due | Withdrawn if not re-checked |
|---|---|---|
| Official (operator or authority) | 90 days | 180 days |
| Secondary | 45 days | 120 days |
"Withdrawn" is literal: the site cannot be published while any record is past its window. The date each airport's fares were last reviewed is in the page's structured data and in the sitemap, and the newest record on the site was reviewed on 2026-09-16.
How the totals are made
Every option is priced for one to eight travelers. A per-person fare is multiplied; a group ticket is applied where the operator sells one; a per-vehicle fare (a fixed taxi rate, a pre-booked car) is not multiplied at all. That is the whole point of the site: the cheapest way for one person is often not the cheapest for four, and each page says at which party size the answer changes.
Prices are shown in the currency the operator charges, and a leg sold in another currency keeps its own. We do not convert.
What we never do
- Print a fare we could not trace to its publisher.
- Invent a distance or a journey time; where none is published, the line is omitted.
- Let a booking commission change the order of the results. Some links earn us a commission and are marked as sponsored; the fares beside them are the operator's own, not the seller's.
- Rank an option that does not reach the center as though it did. A cheaper ticket to the wrong station is not cheaper.
Found an error?
Fares change between our checks. If you paid a different price, or a service has moved, write to [email protected]with the airport, the option and, if you have it, a link or a photo of the tariff. We re-read the source and correct the record; the page's review date moves with it.
See also: who makes this site · what it stores.