Heuristic flight inquiry system and method for providing same

A heuristic flight inquiry method of selecting a target flight for a market in which a departure city and a target city are paired, the method comprising:

• providing, by a heuristic flight inquiry system, a route map of an airline corresponding to the market to a terminal of a user, wherein the route map is a set of routes from the destination city to the target city allowable by fares and rules of the airline, one of the routes comprising one or more segments;
• and
• having, by the heuristic flight inquiry system, a flight selected from the terminal, the selected flight corresponding to a segment to be included in the target flight based on the route map,
• wherein the step of having, by the heuristic flight inquiry system, the flight selected from the terminal comprises:
• when the flight is selected, providing, by the heuristic flight inquiry system, the terminal with an application fare rule including a base fare and a rule to be applied to the target flight and overall fare information to be applied to the target flight according to selection of the flight;
• and
• having the flight selected from the terminal based on the application fare rule and the overall fare information.

A heuristic flight inquiry system for selecting a target flight for a market in which a departure city and a target city are paired, the system comprising:

• a routing module providing a route map of an airline corresponding to the market to a terminal of a user, wherein the route map is a set of routes from the destination city to the target city allowable by fares and rules of the airline, one of the routes comprising one or more segments;
• a control module having a flight selected from the terminal, the selected flight corresponding to a segment to be included in the target flight based on the route map;
• and
• a fare rule module,
• wherein, when the flight is selected, the control module provides the terminal with an application fare rule including a base fare and a rule to be applied to the target flight and overall fare information to be applied to the target flight according to selection of the flight, and has the flight selected from the terminal based on the application fare rule and the overall fare information provided thereto