search_flights
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Search for flights by route and date. Returns cash-priced options ranked for the traveler — weighing their airline loyalty/status and travel history alongside flight quality, not price alone — 10 options per page. Results are discovery-only and cannot be booked through Gondola. Call again with page=2, 3, ... to see more options if none of the first page fit. When you asked for points and the response comes back with pending_sources, award pricing is still being fetched: call get_flight_points with the same search_id and departure_date, passing those pending_sources back, to get it.
Input schema
| Property | Type | Required | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| airlines | array | no | Optional airline codes or names, e.g. ["UA"] or ["United"]. Filters the discovery results. |
| cabin_class | string | no | Optional cabin class: "economy", "premium economy", "business", "first". |
| departure_date | string | yes | Departure date in YYYY-MM-DD format. |
| destination | string | yes | Destination airport code or city (e.g. "NRT", "LHR", "Paris"). |
| max_stops | integer | no | Optional maximum stops per direction. Use 0 for nonstop only. |
| num_passengers | integer | no | Number of passengers. |
| origin | string | yes | Origin airport code or city (e.g. "LAX", "SFO", "New York"). |
| page | integer | no | 1-based results page, 10 options per page. Increment to see more options. |
| points | boolean | no | Set true when the traveler asks about award pricing, miles, points, redeeming rewards, award availability, or comparing cash vs. points — including phrases like "include points", "show me miles", "how many points", or "use my [program] miles". Default false. When true, award prices arrive on a follow-up call to get_flight_points (not in this response), so you MUST call get_flight_points after this returns. One-way flights only. |
| return_date | string | no | Optional return date in YYYY-MM-DD format for a round trip. Read the labels on the results: a price marked 'round trip' already covers both directions, while results split into separate outbound and return sections are one-way prices whose sum overstates the real round-trip fare. |
Raw JSON schema
{
"properties": {
"airlines": {
"description": "Optional airline codes or names, e.g. [\"UA\"] or [\"United\"]. Filters the discovery results.",
"items": {
"type": "string"
},
"type": "array"
},
"cabin_class": {
"description": "Optional cabin class: \"economy\", \"premium economy\", \"business\", \"first\".",
"type": "string"
},
"departure_date": {
"description": "Departure date in YYYY-MM-DD format.",
"type": "string"
},
"destination": {
"description": "Destination airport code or city (e.g. \"NRT\", \"LHR\", \"Paris\").",
"type": "string"
},
"max_stops": {
"description": "Optional maximum stops per direction. Use 0 for nonstop only.",
"minimum": 0,
"type": "integer"
},
"num_passengers": {
"default": 1,
"description": "Number of passengers.",
"type": "integer"
},
"origin": {
"description": "Origin airport code or city (e.g. \"LAX\", \"SFO\", \"New York\").",
"type": "string"
},
"page": {
"default": 1,
"description": "1-based results page, 10 options per page. Increment to see more options.",
"type": "integer"
},
"points": {
"default": false,
"description": "Set true when the traveler asks about award pricing, miles, points, redeeming rewards, award availability, or comparing cash vs. points — including phrases like \"include points\", \"show me miles\", \"how many points\", or \"use my [program] miles\". Default false. When true, award prices arrive on a follow-up call to get_flight_points (not in this response), so you MUST call get_flight_points after this returns. One-way flights only.",
"type": "boolean"
},
"return_date": {
"description": "Optional return date in YYYY-MM-DD format for a round trip. Read the labels on the results: a price marked 'round trip' already covers both directions, while results split into separate outbound and return sections are one-way prices whose sum overstates the real round-trip fare.",
"type": "string"
}
},
"required": [
"origin",
"destination",
"departure_date"
],
"type": "object"
}