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Scrape Travelstart flight search results & airport suggestions across .com / .co.za / .com.ng / .co.ke. Extract fares, airlines, segments. Export Excel/CSV/JSON. Unofficial — not affiliated with Travelstart.

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Travelstart Flights Scraper | Africa & Global OTA

Scrape Travelstart flight search results and airport / city suggestions across Africa and global Travelstart sites — then download structured itineraries as Excel, CSV, or JSON.

Use this Actor as a practical Travelstart flights data API for South Africa, Nigeria, Kenya, and the global .com market. Pick a country site, enter origin / destination IATA codes (or city text), set dates and cabin, and get Dataset rows with prices, airlines, segments, stops, and trip metadata.

Scrape Travelstart flight search (return, one-way, multi-city style trips)
Resolve airports / cities via suggestions (lc.json autocomplete)
Cover hosts such as travelstart.com, travelstart.co.za, travelstart.com.ng, travelstart.co.ke
Extract fares, airlines, segments, baggage flags, and outbound / inbound itineraries
Export to Excel / CSV / JSON, or connect Make, n8n, Zapier, Python, or the Apify API
Pay per event — Actor start + each Dataset result; platform usage is included (you do not pay separate Apify compute on top)

Unofficial tool. This Actor is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or sponsored by Travelstart. It collects publicly reachable shopping surfaces and does not complete bookings or access private accounts.

What does the Travelstart Flights Scraper do?

Travelstart Flights Scraper lets you extract structured flight inventory from Travelstart OTAs without running your own anti-bot browser fleet. Give it a route (for example JNB → CPT), dates, and a mode, then start a run.

Under the hood, the Actor:

Validates your input (mode, country site, route, dates, cabin, travellers)
Enforces free-tier caps when you are on a free Apify plan
Calls a managed Cloud Run worker (travelstart-com) that completes the Angular flight search with residential egress
Reads guest-visible flightResults / suggestion payloads into normalized records
Pushes Dataset rows ready for Excel / CSV / JSON export
Writes RUN_SUMMARY (and ERROR_SUMMARY on failure) to the key-value store

You run it like any other Apify Actor — schedule it, call it from the API, or plug it into automations.

What Travelstart data can I extract?

Data	Flights search	Airport suggestions
Itinerary id / amount / currency	✅	—
Airline code / name	✅	—
Segments (times, airports, flight no.)	✅	—
Stops / duration	✅	—
Outbound + inbound (unbundled domestic)	✅	—
Fare breakdown signals	✅	—
IATA / city / locationId	—	✅
Country / countryIata	—	✅
Country site	✅	✅

Not shipped as successful scrapes (schema waivers): hotelsSearch (Travelstart hotel subdomain was infrastructure-unavailable during recon), carsSearch (Meili + Turnstile), buses, packages — selecting these returns a clear failure instead of fake empty success.

Why scrape Travelstart?

Travelstart is a major African / global flight OTA with strong coverage in markets such as South Africa, Nigeria, and Kenya. Teams scrape Travelstart to:

Monitor flight prices and availability on popular African routes
Compare airline / fare signals for JNB, CPT, DUR, LOS, ABV, NBO, and more
Enrich catalogs with airport / city suggestions (IATA + locationId)
Feed BI dashboards, pricing tools, or AI agents with structured OTA rows

Compared with generic Google Flights or Skyscanner scrapers, this Actor targets Travelstart-specific shopping results across multiple Travelstart country sites in one input surface.

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How to scrape Travelstart flights (no code required)

Create a free Apify account
Open Travelstart Flights Scraper
Choose a mode: flightsSearch (default) or suggestions / airportSuggest
Choose a country site (default travelstart.com)
Enter from + to (flights) or query (suggestions)
(Optional) Set departureDate / returnDate, tripType, cabin, travellers
Click Start and download the Dataset as JSON, CSV, Excel, or JSONL

Start with maxResults: 5–10 to verify the query, then scale up.

How much does it cost to scrape Travelstart?

This Actor uses pay-per-event pricing. You are charged for:

Event	Price
Actor Start (`apify-actor-start`)	$0.005 per start
Result (`apify-default-dataset-item`)	$3.00 / 1,000 results ($0.003 each)

Platform usage costs are included — you do not pay separate Apify compute/proxy usage for this Actor on top of the event prices above (User pays platform usage costs = No).

Example cost estimates

Results collected	Approx. event cost*
100	~$0.31
1,000	~$3.01
10,000	~$30.01

*Assumes one Actor start at default memory billing for start events, plus $0.003 per Dataset item. Exact start billing can scale with allocated memory (one start event per GB, minimum one).

Free Apify trial credit can cover a small test run — try maxResults: 5 first.

Free-tier caps (Actor developer limits)

Cap	Value
Free Apify-plan runs of this Actor	10 total
Free results / run	200
Paying Apify users	Unlimited runs (schema max still applies)

These limits are enforced in Actor code (set by the Actor developer, not Apify). When the run cap is hit, the Actor finishes successfully with RUN_SUMMARY.status = FREE_TIER_LIMIT and a clear status message.

Input

Open the Input tab for the full form. Common fields:

Field	Description
`mode`	`flightsSearch`, `suggestions`, `airportSuggest` (plus unsupported waivers)
`countrySite`	`travelstart.com` (default), `.co.za`, `.com.ng`, `.co.ke`
`from` / `to`	Origin and destination IATA or city text for flights
`query`	Text for airport / city suggestions
`departureDate` / `returnDate`	`YYYY-MM-DD` (return empty for one-way)
`tripType`	`return`, `oneway`, `multicity` (`roundtrip` normalized to `return`)
`cabin`	`ECONOMY`, `PREMIUM`, `BUSINESS`, `FIRST`
`adults` / `children` / `infants` / `youngAdults`	Traveller counts
`maxResults`	Cap on emitted Dataset rows
`workerBaseUrl`	Advanced allowlisted worker override (optional)

Input example (flights)

{
  "mode": "flightsSearch",
  "countrySite": "travelstart.co.za",
  "from": "JNB",
  "to": "CPT",
  "tripType": "return",
  "departureDate": "2026-08-20",
  "returnDate": "2026-08-27",
  "cabin": "ECONOMY",
  "adults": 1,
  "maxResults": 20
}

Input example (suggestions)

{
  "mode": "suggestions",
  "query": "Johannesburg",
  "countrySite": "travelstart.com",
  "maxResults": 8
}

Output

You can download the dataset extracted by Travelstart Flights Scraper in formats such as JSON, HTML, CSV, or Excel.

Each Dataset item includes mode / site metadata plus fields such as:

Field	Description
`mode` / `countrySite`	Collection mode and Travelstart host
`direction`	`outbound`, `inbound`, or `bundled`
`id`	Itinerary id when present
`airlineCode` / `airlineName`	Marketing / validating carrier signals
`amount` / `currencyCode` / `priceText`	Price signals
`segments`	Leg details (times, airports, flight numbers)
`stops` / `durationMs`	Route complexity
`origin` / `destination`	Requested route
`iata` / `locationId`	Suggestion fields
`phones` / `emails`	Business contact arrays; empty when the opened entity surface has no such contact
`address` / `geo`	Structured location clues; area-level geography is not promoted to a street address
`person` / `org` / `web`	Named contact, business identity, and entity-owned website/social links
`leadSource` / `leadReveal`	Where the lead came from and how it was exposed
`leadAbsences`	Per-field reason for missing lead data: `本站无`, `闸门锁`, or `未验证`
`capturedAt`	Capture timestamp

Output example

{
  "type": "flight_itinerary",
  "mode": "flightsSearch",
  "direction": "outbound",
  "id": 0,
  "amount": 849,
  "currencyCode": "ZAR",
  "priceText": "ZAR849",
  "airlineCode": "FA",
  "airlineName": "FlySafair",
  "stops": 0,
  "origin": "JNB",
  "destination": "DUR",
  "countrySite": "travelstart.co.za",
  "source": "travelstart_flightResults",
  "phones": [],
  "emails": [],
  "address": {
    "street": null,
    "unit": null,
    "locality": null,
    "region": null,
    "postalCode": null,
    "country": null,
    "full": null
  },
  "geo": null,
  "person": null,
  "org": {
    "name": "FlySafair",
    "id": "FA"
  },
  "web": {
    "website": null,
    "socials": []
  },
  "leadSource": "search",
  "leadReveal": "visible",
  "leadAbsences": {
    "phones": "本站无",
    "emails": "本站无",
    "geo": "本站无",
    "address.street": "本站无",
    "address.unit": "本站无",
    "address.locality": "未验证",
    "address.region": "本站无",
    "address.postalCode": "本站无",
    "address.country": "未验证",
    "address.full": "本站无",
    "person": "本站无",
    "web.website": "本站无",
    "web.socials": "本站无"
  }
}

Field presence depends on mode and what the public page exposes for that run.

Lead and contact fields

Every emitted flight or suggestion row includes the complete lead shape below. Empty values are intentional only when leadAbsences explains why they are missing.

Field	Type	Travelstart meaning
`phones`	`[{value, type, e164?}]`	Entity-owned mobile, landline, WhatsApp, or similar numbers. Opened airport, airline, and car-provider surfaces did not expose these.
`emails`	`[{value, type}]`	Entity-owned contact email. Travelstart support mailboxes are deliberately excluded from business rows.
`address`	`{street, unit, locality, region, postalCode, country, full}`	Structured entity location. `unit` is the street/building number (门牌). City or airport-area text may populate locality/country, but it is not a full address.
`geo`	`{lat, lng}` or `null`	Coordinates that supplement an address. Coordinates do not replace a missing street or unit.
`person`	`{name, role?}` or `null`	Named person attached to the airport, airline, or provider. None was exposed on the opened business surfaces.
`org`	`{name, id?}` or `null`	Airport, airline, or provider identity. The accepted flight run returned `APG Airlines` (`A1`) and `Air Peace` (`P4`).
`web`	`{website, socials[]}`	Entity-owned website and social links. Travelstart corporate links are isolated and are not copied onto airline, airport, or provider rows.
`leadSource`	`search\|detail\|entity\|contact\|reveal-xhr`	Surface that supplied the lead. Flights use `search`; airport/city suggestions use `entity`. Both come from guest-visible data.
`leadReveal`	`visible\|click\|xhr\|gated\|image\|absent`	How the lead became available. Current opened flight and suggestion fields use `visible`; no contact reveal click or XHR is required.
`leadAbsences`	object	Per-field explanation using `本站无` (not present on the opened surface), `闸门锁` (blocked), or `未验证` (not established by the measured path).

Suggestions may preserve only the parent area, for example Accra, even when recon observed the more specific airport organization Kotoka International Airport. The Actor keeps the upstream entity and geography as returned. It does not hardcode the recon sample or turn area-level text into a street, unit, postal code, or full address.

Reveal cost

Flight organization fields come from the guest flight result payload (sessionStorage.flightResults) and visible result/detail data. No booking, login, traveller, or payment step is opened.
Airport/city organization fields come from the public suggestions JSON. Suggestions have no pager and need no reveal click.
Recon found no valid phone/email/address reveal control on the opened business surfaces, so the worker does not spend an extra click or XHR to manufacture contact fields.
Browser work and residential egress run in the managed worker. The thin Actor only validates input, calls the worker, and writes Dataset rows.

Honest limitations

On the opened airport, airline, and car-provider surfaces, entity phone, email, full street/unit address, named person, entity website, and entity social links are 本站无. These empty fields are accompanied by leadAbsences.
Flight rows may leave address.locality and address.country as 未验证 when the itinerary payload does not bind an area to the airline entity.
Travelstart Contact/About phone numbers, mailboxes, legal organization details, and corporate social accounts describe the platform itself. They are never attached to an airport, airline, itinerary, or car-provider lead.
Hotel Search was closed by a Cloudflare 522 timeout during recon. The Actor reports that acquisition failure instead of emitting an empty hotel success. A current Hotel Detail business surface remains 未验证.
Cars Search, buses, and packages do not have a verified result/detail contract in this version. The visible car landing-page provider names do not prove contact data on a car result.
The accepted live check was the single GO route ACC → LOS, run fZt5MVbcbd8nHAMFd, with three rows. The smoke helper first drew a KE Suggestions cell even though the matrix marked all cells smokeEligible=false; the saved input was constrained to the opened GO flight path before that one run. This is validation history, not a promise that every country-site flight shape was measured.
Resource figures describe different layers: the Apify Actor API may report a 512 MB default, the accepted Actor run explicitly used 1024 MB, and the browser worker deployment used 4 GiB / 2 CPU.

Coverage matrix

Dimension	Coverage
Country sites	`travelstart.com` (default) + `.co.za` / `.com.ng` / `.co.ke`
Modes shipped	`flightsSearch` · `suggestions` / `airportSuggest`
Waivers	Hotels UNAVAILABLE · cars / buses / packages UNSUPPORTED

Tips for best results

Prefer IATA codes (JNB, CPT) over ambiguous city strings when possible
Use maxResults: 2–5 for first smoke tests, then raise the cap
Domestic South African routes often return separate outbound + inbound lists (isBundled=false)
Do not rely on README sample inputs for production monitoring — rotate routes and dates
The thin Actor accepts up to 1024 MB. Its API default may still display 512 MB; the accepted live run explicitly used 1024 MB. Browser work runs on the separate 4 GiB / 2 CPU worker.

Architecture and proxy ownership

Apify Actor (input, Dataset, free tier, Standby, PPE)
        │ HTTPS + WORKER_AUTH
        ▼
Cloud Run worker travelstart-com (Patchright session, parse, OpenAPI)
        ▼
Travelstart public flight shopping / suggestion APIs

WORKER_PROVIDES_PROXY=1 is enabled by default. The Actor does not mint or transmit proxyUrl; proxy/egress is configured on the worker (including egress-control). Set WORKER_BASE_URL and secret WORKER_AUTH in Actor settings.

Run artifacts

Key	Purpose
`INPUT_ECHO`	Normalized non-secret input and resolved worker source
`RUN_SUMMARY`	Worker, proxy source, free-tier, and record metrics
`ERROR_SUMMARY`	Structured failure before valid records are emitted

Integrations & API

Schedule recurring Travelstart flight pulls from Apify Console
Call the Actor from Python, Node.js, or curl via the Apify API
Connect to Make, n8n, Zapier, Google Sheets, or your BI stack

API example

curl -X POST "https://api.apify.com/v2/acts/lentic_clockss~travelstart-scraper/runs?token=$APIFY_TOKEN" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{
    "mode": "flightsSearch",
    "countrySite": "travelstart.com",
    "from": "JNB",
    "to": "CPT",
    "maxResults": 20
  }'

FAQ

No. The Actor targets publicly reachable Travelstart shopping / suggestion surfaces via the managed worker.

Can it book flights?

No. Booking, payment, and traveller checkout flows are intentionally excluded.

Why not hotels or cars?

Hotels were unavailable (Cloudflare 522 on the hotel subdomain during recon). Cars use a third-party Meili embed with Turnstile. Those modes stay visible and fail with clear waiver errors.

Do I pay Apify platform usage separately?

No for this Actor’s configured PPE plan — User pays platform usage costs = No. You pay the event prices above; platform usage is covered by the Actor developer.

How is this different from Google Flights scrapers?

This Actor scrapes Travelstart OTA results (Africa / global Travelstart hosts), not Google Flights aggregates. Use it when you need Travelstart-specific prices and suggestion IDs.

Legal & responsible use

Use this Actor only for lawful purposes and in line with Travelstart terms and applicable laws. You are responsible for how you store and use the data. Prefer low-volume smoke inputs first (maxResults: 2–5).

Our scrapers target publicly shared shopping / suggestion data. Results may still contain personal or business data depending on what the site exposes. Do not scrape personal data unless you have a legitimate reason. If unsure, consult your counsel.

Support

Questions or feature requests: open an issue on the Actor page in Apify Console or contact the developer through Apify.

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