TransitWatch — Flight Price Watching & Claim Helper

Helps travelers catch post-purchase price drops and auto-generate claim materials

Problem

A user bought five tickets at 623 CNY each after midnight, and by that evening the same flight was below 510 CNY—over 110 CNY lost per ticket, nearly 600 CNY total. Customer service deflected and the user was left to swallow the loss. This “bought-then-it-dropped” experience is common on travel platforms, yet ordinary travelers neither have time to keep watching prices nor know whether airlines/platforms offer price protection or how to file an effective complaint.

Solution

After a user enters their booked flight details, the tool tracks the same flight's price and alerts on significant drops. It includes a policy library of airline/platform price protection and refund rules, and generates a ready-to-send claim email or ticket template with order number, price screenshots, and policy citations, lowering the barrier to complaining.

Users

Frequent business travelers, independent travelers, trip organizers buying for groups

MVP

Manual entry or forward-order parsing to extract flight and fare; scheduled polling of public prices for comparison; email/push alerts on drops; generate claim templates per airline/platform; track claim status and outcome

Revenue

Per-claim packs or subscription; affiliate with travel insurance and cashback platforms; free drop alerts with paid claim templates and policy library

Why now

Flight prices fluctuate constantly and consumer rights awareness is rising, but lightweight tools are missing; policy and price data are fragmented yet publicly available, ideal for an indie aggregator and workflow play