# Travel Fare & Hotel Price Intel - Flights, Hotels, Drops (`seibs.co/travel-fare-intel`) Actor

Structured flight fares + hotel prices into one normalized schema. Google Flights has no API and ITA's was discontinued - this liberates the open result pages. Route summaries, cheapest-per-date grid, and monitor-mode price-drop alerts. For OTAs, fare-drop apps, corporate travel, travel fintech.

- **URL**: https://apify.com/seibs.co/travel-fare-intel.md
- **Developed by:** [Seibs.co](https://apify.com/seibs.co) (community)
- **Categories:** Travel, Business, Developer tools
- **Stats:** 2 total users, 1 monthly users, 100.0% runs succeeded, 0 bookmarks
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## Pricing

from $4.00 / 1,000 flight fare records

This Actor is paid per event. You are not charged for the Apify platform usage, but only a fixed price for specific events.

Learn more: https://docs.apify.com/platform/actors/running/actors-in-store#pay-per-event

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and optionally produces a well-defined JSON output, datasets with results, or files in key-value store.
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```bash
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````bash
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# README

## Travel Fare & Hotel Price Intel

> **TL;DR for OTAs, fare-drop apps, corporate-travel tools, and travel fintech:** Pulls structured flight fares and hotel prices into one normalized schema - origin/destination, dates, carrier, fare, cabin, stops, times (flights); property, dates, total + per-night price, stars, review score (hotels) - from the open, logged-out result pages metasearch sites render. On top of the raw fares it adds the layers a fare-drop product actually needs: **route summaries** (min/median/max fare + carrier spread), a **cheapest-per-date grid**, and **monitor-mode price-drop alerts**. The gate is the whole point: **Google Flights has no public API, the ITA Software API was discontinued, and the airline/GDS APIs (Amadeus, Sabre) are approval- and contract-gated** - so structured fare data has no clean free path. Public data only, polite rate limits, no PII. Free Apify plan covers exploration runs on your $5 platform credit.

### Run it in 30 seconds

```python
## Via the Apify Python SDK
from apify_client import ApifyClient

client = ApifyClient("<YOUR_APIFY_TOKEN>")
run = client.actor("seibs.co/travel-fare-intel").call(run_input={
    "mode": "flight_fares",
    "routes": [{"origin": "JFK", "destination": "LAX", "departure_date": "2026-07-15"}]
})
for item in client.dataset(run["defaultDatasetId"]).iterate_items():
    print(item)
````

Or via curl:

```bash
curl -X POST "https://api.apify.com/v2/acts/seibs.co~travel-fare-intel/run-sync-get-dataset-items?token=<YOUR_APIFY_TOKEN>" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"mode": "flight_fares", "routes": [{"origin": "JFK", "destination": "LAX", "departure_date": "2026-07-15"}]}'
```

Or click "Try for free" on this page if you prefer the no-code UI.

### What you get

Each run produces:

- A clean dataset, filterable in the Apify console and downloadable as CSV or JSON
- An `access_notes` record up top documenting each provider's access method, proxy needs, anti-bot escalation, and the responsible-use posture
- A sample-output preview at [`.actor/sample-output.json`](./.actor/sample-output.json)

### What does Travel Fare Intel do?

It queries each selected provider's public result page for your routes/destinations and normalizes every result into one schema. For flights: `origin`, `destination`, `departure_date`, `return_date`, `carrier` (+ name), `fare_amount` (+ `fare_amount_usd`, `currency`), `fare_class` (normalized to `economy` / `premium_economy` / `business` / `first`), `stops`, `duration_minutes`, `departure_time`, `arrival_time`, `booking_url`, and `observed_at`. For hotels: `property_name`, `destination`, `check_in`/`check_out`, `nights`, `price_total` (+ `price_total_usd`), `price_per_night`, `star_rating`, `review_score`, `room_type`. Then it runs the **enrichment layer**:

- **Route summaries** (`route_history`) - min / median / max fare, carrier count and spread, and the cheapest carrier across all offers for a route+date+cabin slice. A trend snapshot, not a single price.
- **Date grid** - the cheapest fare per departure date across a window, so a fare-drop UI can answer "which day is cheapest?".
- **Price-drop alerts** (`price_drop_alert`) - in monitor mode, diffs this run's cheapest fares against the previous scheduled run and flags drops past your USD/percent thresholds. The fare-watch signal.

### Modes

| Mode | What it returns |
|---|---|
| `flight_fares` (default) | Current fares per route from each selected flight provider, plus route summaries. |
| `hotel_prices` | Property prices per destination/date window from each selected hotel provider. |
| `route_grid` | Cheapest-per-date grid across `date_from`..`date_to` for each route (date-grid enrichment) + route summaries. |
| `fare_watch` | Monitor mode: diffs cheapest fares vs the previous scheduled run and emits `price_drop` alerts. Pair with an Apify Schedule. |

### Why this is gated (and the honest coverage tiers)

Structured fare data has no clean public API - Google Flights never shipped one, ITA's was discontinued, and the GDS APIs are contract-gated. The open path is the public result pages, which sit behind edge WAFs and consent walls. The actor handles that with the portfolio's three-tier anti-bot escalation and is honest about which providers are wired:

**Fully wired**

- **google\_flights** - the flagship. Because Google Flights has no API, the actor builds the *same* base64 protobuf `tfs` query string the website itself uses (origin, destination, date, cabin, passengers, trip type) and parses the rendered fare cards off the public results page. No login, no OAuth.

**Catalog-registered (anti-bot pipeline wired, provider parser pending -> returns a documented `provider_pending` note)**

- Flights: **skyscanner**, **kayak**, **kiwi**
- Hotels: **google\_hotels**, **booking**, **hotels\_com**

Upgrading a catalog provider to fully-wired is one parser - the orchestration, normalization, grid, and monitor layers are already provider-agnostic. This is the same architecture the portfolio's `business-registry-intel` uses for 50-state coverage.

### Anti-bot escalation ladder

Each fetch escalates only when challenged, then fails soft:

1. **httpx** over the DATACENTER proxy - cheapest, tried first.
2. **curl\_cffi** with real Chrome TLS impersonation over the RESIDENTIAL proxy - defeats JA3/TLS-fingerprint WAFs.
3. **Playwright** (patchright stealth) headful Chromium over RESIDENTIAL - for JS/consent interstitials. Optional; set `browser_cdp_url` (or the `BROWSER_CDP_URL` env var) to a warm anti-detect browser to clear the metasearch consent/Cloudflare walls, or run on the `apify/actor-python-playwright` image.
4. **Fail-soft** - if every tier is blocked/unavailable, the provider emits a documented `fetch_error` / `provider_pending` note and the run still finishes SUCCEEDED.

### Legal-safety & responsible use

Per the gated-data playbook: **public, logged-out result pages only.** The client paces requests politely (a per-request delay plus a concurrency cap), never logs in, never submits payment, and never carries traveller PII - fares and prices are facts, not personal data. Honor each provider's terms and your own counsel's guidance; use the data for price research and fare monitoring, not abuse. The opt-in browser/CDP tier is provided so an operator can bring their own warm browser deliberately.

### Pricing (pay-per-event)

| Event | Price | When |
|---|---|---|
| `fare_record` | $0.004 | Per normalized flight fare |
| `hotel_record` | $0.004 | Per normalized hotel price |
| `route_history` | $0.008 | Per route summary (min/median/max + carrier spread) |
| `price_drop_alert` | $0.010 | Per route whose cheapest fare dropped vs the previous run |
| `scheduled_delta_run` | $0.050 | Once per scheduled monitor/fare-watch run |

A run that returns nothing costs nothing. A 5-layer cost-control defense (pre-flight caps, demo-mode soft-fail, a `_RunBudget` guard, in-loop budget checks, and hardcoded PPE prices) prevents runaway compute.

### MCP twin

An AI-agent-native wrapper ships as **[mcp-travel-fare-intel](https://apify.com/seibs.co/mcp-travel-fare-intel)** - tools: `search_flight_fares`, `get_route_grid`, `watch_fare`, `search_hotel_prices`. It is x402 (USDC on Base) and Skyfire ready for token-less agentic payments.

### Cross-sell

Part of the [seibs.co intel portfolio](https://apify.com/seibs.co). Diversification play into travel; pairs with the other monitor-mode intel actors for recurring, scheduled data feeds.

# Actor input Schema

## `mode` (type: `string`):

flight\_fares = current fares for each route. hotel\_prices = property prices for each destination/date window. route\_grid = cheapest-per-date grid across a date window (date-grid enrichment). fare\_watch = monitor mode: diff cheapest fares vs the previous scheduled run and emit price-drop alerts.

## `routes` (type: `array`):

Routes to price (flight\_fares / route\_grid / fare\_watch). Each item: {"origin": "JFK", "destination": "LAX", "departure\_date": "2026-07-15", "return\_date": "2026-07-22" (optional, makes it round-trip), "cabin": "economy" (optional: economy|premium\_economy|business|first), "max\_stops": 1 (optional)}. Use IATA airport codes. For route\_grid, departure\_date is supplied by date\_from/date\_to. Hard cap of 50.

## `destinations` (type: `array`):

Destinations to price (hotel\_prices mode). Each item: {"destination": "Miami", "check\_in": "2026-07-15", "check\_out": "2026-07-18"}. Hard cap of 50.

## `flight_providers` (type: `array`):

Flight metasearch providers. 'google\_flights' is fully wired (the open result page parsed via the same protobuf query the site uses). 'skyscanner', 'kayak', 'kiwi' are catalog-registered with the anti-bot pipeline wired (provider parser pending; they return a documented provider\_pending note). Pass \['ALL'] for all; leave empty for google\_flights.

## `hotel_providers` (type: `array`):

Hotel price providers: 'google\_hotels', 'booking', 'hotels\_com'. All catalog-registered with the anti-bot pipeline wired (provider parser pending; they return a documented provider\_pending note). Pass \['ALL'] for all; leave empty for google\_hotels.

## `date_from` (type: `string`):

Lower bound departure date for route\_grid mode (YYYY-MM-DD). The grid prices every date from date\_from to date\_to per route (capped at 60 days).

## `date_to` (type: `string`):

Upper bound departure date for route\_grid mode (YYYY-MM-DD).

## `adults` (type: `integer`):

Number of adult passengers to price (1-9). Default 1.

## `min_drop_usd` (type: `integer`):

fare\_watch: only flag a price drop when the cheapest fare fell at least this many USD vs the previous run. 0 = any drop.

## `min_drop_pct` (type: `integer`):

fare\_watch: only flag a price drop when the cheapest fare fell at least this percent vs the previous run. 0 = any drop. A drop must clear BOTH the USD and percent thresholds.

## `max_results_per_query` (type: `integer`):

Hard cap on records returned per (provider, route/destination). Default 25.

## `contact_email` (type: `string`):

Optional operator contact added to request headers. Good-citizen practice; not required.

## `monitor_webhook_url` (type: `string`):

When this actor runs under an Apify Schedule (monitor mode) or in fare\_watch mode, post the change digest (price drops, new/changed fares) to this Slack-compatible webhook URL.

## `use_apify_proxy` (type: `boolean`):

Route requests through Apify Proxy. The DATACENTER tier handles the first (httpx) pass; a RESIDENTIAL tier is provisioned for the anti-bot escalation legs.

## `use_browser_fallback` (type: `boolean`):

When a portal serves a Cloudflare/consent/403 challenge, automatically escalate: switch to the RESIDENTIAL proxy and retry with curl\_cffi Chrome TLS impersonation, then (if available) a headless browser. Turn off to use plain httpx only.

## `browser_cdp_url` (type: `string`):

Optional. CDP/WebSocket endpoint of an already-running, anti-detect (UC-mode / real Chrome) browser. When set, the browser tier connects to it (inheriting its session + fingerprint) so it clears the consent/Cloudflare walls on the metasearch providers (Skyscanner, Kayak, Booking). Without it, a plain headless Chromium is launched (often blocked). Can also be set as the BROWSER\_CDP\_URL env var.

## `apify_proxy_groups` (type: `array`):

Override the auto-selected proxy group for the httpx tier. Leave empty to let the actor pick DATACENTER (RESIDENTIAL is always provisioned for escalation legs).

## `concurrency` (type: `integer`):

Parallel provider fetches. Fare portals are rate-sensitive; default 4.

## Actor input object example

```json
{
  "mode": "flight_fares",
  "routes": [
    {
      "origin": "JFK",
      "destination": "LAX",
      "departure_date": "2026-07-15"
    }
  ],
  "destinations": [],
  "flight_providers": [
    "google_flights"
  ],
  "hotel_providers": [
    "google_hotels"
  ],
  "date_from": "",
  "date_to": "",
  "adults": 1,
  "min_drop_usd": 0,
  "min_drop_pct": 0,
  "max_results_per_query": 10,
  "contact_email": "",
  "monitor_webhook_url": "",
  "use_apify_proxy": true,
  "use_browser_fallback": true,
  "browser_cdp_url": "",
  "apify_proxy_groups": [],
  "concurrency": 4
}
```

# Actor output Schema

## `datasetItems` (type: `string`):

Narrow, token-efficient slice of every record. Consumer: LLM agents (Claude, GPT, LangChain tools), MCP hosts, travel dashboards.

## `datasetItemsFares` (type: `string`):

Full normalized fares with carrier, times, stops, and booking source. Consumer: OTAs, fare-drop apps, corporate-travel tools, RAG ingest.

## `datasetItemsPriceDrops` (type: `string`):

Routes whose cheapest fare fell vs the previous scheduled run. Consumer: fare-drop alert apps, deal newsletters.

## `datasetItemsMcp` (type: `string`):

First 50 overview records as a clean JSON array. Wrap on the agent side in an MCP tool-call envelope. Consumer: MCP servers, Claude Desktop, Cursor, OpenAI Assistants tool calls.

## `datasetItemsCsv` (type: `string`):

Spreadsheet-friendly export of the overview view. Consumer: travel analysts, Excel / Google Sheets users.

# API

You can run this Actor programmatically using our API. Below are code examples in JavaScript, Python, and CLI, as well as the OpenAPI specification and MCP server setup.

## JavaScript example

```javascript
import { ApifyClient } from 'apify-client';

// Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token
// Replace the '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token
const client = new ApifyClient({
    token: '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>',
});

// Prepare Actor input
const input = {
    "mode": "flight_fares",
    "routes": [
        {
            "origin": "JFK",
            "destination": "LAX",
            "departure_date": "2026-07-15"
        }
    ],
    "flight_providers": [
        "google_flights"
    ],
    "max_results_per_query": 10
};

// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
const run = await client.actor("seibs.co/travel-fare-intel").call(input);

// Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if any)
console.log('Results from dataset');
console.log(`💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/${run.defaultDatasetId}`);
const { items } = await client.dataset(run.defaultDatasetId).listItems();
items.forEach((item) => {
    console.dir(item);
});

// 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js/docs

```

## Python example

```python
from apify_client import ApifyClient

# Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token
# Replace '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token.
client = ApifyClient("<YOUR_API_TOKEN>")

# Prepare the Actor input
run_input = {
    "mode": "flight_fares",
    "routes": [{
            "origin": "JFK",
            "destination": "LAX",
            "departure_date": "2026-07-15",
        }],
    "flight_providers": ["google_flights"],
    "max_results_per_query": 10,
}

# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
run = client.actor("seibs.co/travel-fare-intel").call(run_input=run_input)

# Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if there are any)
print("💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/" + run["defaultDatasetId"])
for item in client.dataset(run["defaultDatasetId"]).iterate_items():
    print(item)

# 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs/quick-start

```

## CLI example

```bash
echo '{
  "mode": "flight_fares",
  "routes": [
    {
      "origin": "JFK",
      "destination": "LAX",
      "departure_date": "2026-07-15"
    }
  ],
  "flight_providers": [
    "google_flights"
  ],
  "max_results_per_query": 10
}' |
apify call seibs.co/travel-fare-intel --silent --output-dataset

```

## MCP server setup

```json
{
    "mcpServers": {
        "apify": {
            "command": "npx",
            "args": [
                "mcp-remote",
                "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=seibs.co/travel-fare-intel",
                "--header",
                "Authorization: Bearer <YOUR_API_TOKEN>"
            ]
        }
    }
}

```

## OpenAPI specification

```json
{
    "openapi": "3.0.1",
    "info": {
        "title": "Travel Fare & Hotel Price Intel - Flights, Hotels, Drops",
        "description": "Structured flight fares + hotel prices into one normalized schema. Google Flights has no API and ITA's was discontinued - this liberates the open result pages. Route summaries, cheapest-per-date grid, and monitor-mode price-drop alerts. For OTAs, fare-drop apps, corporate travel, travel fintech.",
        "version": "0.1",
        "x-build-id": "zvZLGvXSzIcLtPlA0"
    },
    "servers": [
        {
            "url": "https://api.apify.com/v2"
        }
    ],
    "paths": {
        "/acts/seibs.co~travel-fare-intel/run-sync-get-dataset-items": {
            "post": {
                "operationId": "run-sync-get-dataset-items-seibs.co-travel-fare-intel",
                "x-openai-isConsequential": false,
                "summary": "Executes an Actor, waits for its completion, and returns Actor's dataset items in response.",
                "tags": [
                    "Run Actor"
                ],
                "requestBody": {
                    "required": true,
                    "content": {
                        "application/json": {
                            "schema": {
                                "$ref": "#/components/schemas/inputSchema"
                            }
                        }
                    }
                },
                "parameters": [
                    {
                        "name": "token",
                        "in": "query",
                        "required": true,
                        "schema": {
                            "type": "string"
                        },
                        "description": "Enter your Apify token here"
                    }
                ],
                "responses": {
                    "200": {
                        "description": "OK"
                    }
                }
            }
        },
        "/acts/seibs.co~travel-fare-intel/runs": {
            "post": {
                "operationId": "runs-sync-seibs.co-travel-fare-intel",
                "x-openai-isConsequential": false,
                "summary": "Executes an Actor and returns information about the initiated run in response.",
                "tags": [
                    "Run Actor"
                ],
                "requestBody": {
                    "required": true,
                    "content": {
                        "application/json": {
                            "schema": {
                                "$ref": "#/components/schemas/inputSchema"
                            }
                        }
                    }
                },
                "parameters": [
                    {
                        "name": "token",
                        "in": "query",
                        "required": true,
                        "schema": {
                            "type": "string"
                        },
                        "description": "Enter your Apify token here"
                    }
                ],
                "responses": {
                    "200": {
                        "description": "OK",
                        "content": {
                            "application/json": {
                                "schema": {
                                    "$ref": "#/components/schemas/runsResponseSchema"
                                }
                            }
                        }
                    }
                }
            }
        },
        "/acts/seibs.co~travel-fare-intel/run-sync": {
            "post": {
                "operationId": "run-sync-seibs.co-travel-fare-intel",
                "x-openai-isConsequential": false,
                "summary": "Executes an Actor, waits for completion, and returns the OUTPUT from Key-value store in response.",
                "tags": [
                    "Run Actor"
                ],
                "requestBody": {
                    "required": true,
                    "content": {
                        "application/json": {
                            "schema": {
                                "$ref": "#/components/schemas/inputSchema"
                            }
                        }
                    }
                },
                "parameters": [
                    {
                        "name": "token",
                        "in": "query",
                        "required": true,
                        "schema": {
                            "type": "string"
                        },
                        "description": "Enter your Apify token here"
                    }
                ],
                "responses": {
                    "200": {
                        "description": "OK"
                    }
                }
            }
        }
    },
    "components": {
        "schemas": {
            "inputSchema": {
                "type": "object",
                "required": [
                    "mode"
                ],
                "properties": {
                    "mode": {
                        "title": "Mode",
                        "enum": [
                            "flight_fares",
                            "hotel_prices",
                            "route_grid",
                            "fare_watch"
                        ],
                        "type": "string",
                        "description": "flight_fares = current fares for each route. hotel_prices = property prices for each destination/date window. route_grid = cheapest-per-date grid across a date window (date-grid enrichment). fare_watch = monitor mode: diff cheapest fares vs the previous scheduled run and emit price-drop alerts.",
                        "default": "flight_fares"
                    },
                    "routes": {
                        "title": "Flight routes",
                        "maxItems": 50,
                        "type": "array",
                        "description": "Routes to price (flight_fares / route_grid / fare_watch). Each item: {\"origin\": \"JFK\", \"destination\": \"LAX\", \"departure_date\": \"2026-07-15\", \"return_date\": \"2026-07-22\" (optional, makes it round-trip), \"cabin\": \"economy\" (optional: economy|premium_economy|business|first), \"max_stops\": 1 (optional)}. Use IATA airport codes. For route_grid, departure_date is supplied by date_from/date_to. Hard cap of 50.",
                        "default": []
                    },
                    "destinations": {
                        "title": "Hotel destinations",
                        "maxItems": 50,
                        "type": "array",
                        "description": "Destinations to price (hotel_prices mode). Each item: {\"destination\": \"Miami\", \"check_in\": \"2026-07-15\", \"check_out\": \"2026-07-18\"}. Hard cap of 50.",
                        "default": []
                    },
                    "flight_providers": {
                        "title": "Flight providers",
                        "maxItems": 12,
                        "type": "array",
                        "description": "Flight metasearch providers. 'google_flights' is fully wired (the open result page parsed via the same protobuf query the site uses). 'skyscanner', 'kayak', 'kiwi' are catalog-registered with the anti-bot pipeline wired (provider parser pending; they return a documented provider_pending note). Pass ['ALL'] for all; leave empty for google_flights.",
                        "default": [
                            "google_flights"
                        ],
                        "items": {
                            "type": "string"
                        }
                    },
                    "hotel_providers": {
                        "title": "Hotel providers",
                        "maxItems": 12,
                        "type": "array",
                        "description": "Hotel price providers: 'google_hotels', 'booking', 'hotels_com'. All catalog-registered with the anti-bot pipeline wired (provider parser pending; they return a documented provider_pending note). Pass ['ALL'] for all; leave empty for google_hotels.",
                        "default": [
                            "google_hotels"
                        ],
                        "items": {
                            "type": "string"
                        }
                    },
                    "date_from": {
                        "title": "Date from (route_grid)",
                        "type": "string",
                        "description": "Lower bound departure date for route_grid mode (YYYY-MM-DD). The grid prices every date from date_from to date_to per route (capped at 60 days).",
                        "default": ""
                    },
                    "date_to": {
                        "title": "Date to (route_grid)",
                        "type": "string",
                        "description": "Upper bound departure date for route_grid mode (YYYY-MM-DD).",
                        "default": ""
                    },
                    "adults": {
                        "title": "Adult passengers",
                        "minimum": 1,
                        "maximum": 9,
                        "type": "integer",
                        "description": "Number of adult passengers to price (1-9). Default 1.",
                        "default": 1
                    },
                    "min_drop_usd": {
                        "title": "Minimum price drop (USD) for an alert",
                        "minimum": 0,
                        "type": "integer",
                        "description": "fare_watch: only flag a price drop when the cheapest fare fell at least this many USD vs the previous run. 0 = any drop.",
                        "default": 0
                    },
                    "min_drop_pct": {
                        "title": "Minimum price drop (%) for an alert",
                        "minimum": 0,
                        "maximum": 100,
                        "type": "integer",
                        "description": "fare_watch: only flag a price drop when the cheapest fare fell at least this percent vs the previous run. 0 = any drop. A drop must clear BOTH the USD and percent thresholds.",
                        "default": 0
                    },
                    "max_results_per_query": {
                        "title": "Max fares/prices per route or destination",
                        "minimum": 1,
                        "maximum": 100,
                        "type": "integer",
                        "description": "Hard cap on records returned per (provider, route/destination). Default 25.",
                        "default": 25
                    },
                    "contact_email": {
                        "title": "Contact email (optional)",
                        "type": "string",
                        "description": "Optional operator contact added to request headers. Good-citizen practice; not required.",
                        "default": ""
                    },
                    "monitor_webhook_url": {
                        "title": "Monitor webhook URL (Slack / email, optional)",
                        "type": "string",
                        "description": "When this actor runs under an Apify Schedule (monitor mode) or in fare_watch mode, post the change digest (price drops, new/changed fares) to this Slack-compatible webhook URL.",
                        "default": ""
                    },
                    "use_apify_proxy": {
                        "title": "Use Apify Proxy",
                        "type": "boolean",
                        "description": "Route requests through Apify Proxy. The DATACENTER tier handles the first (httpx) pass; a RESIDENTIAL tier is provisioned for the anti-bot escalation legs.",
                        "default": true
                    },
                    "use_browser_fallback": {
                        "title": "Anti-bot escalation (curl_cffi + browser)",
                        "type": "boolean",
                        "description": "When a portal serves a Cloudflare/consent/403 challenge, automatically escalate: switch to the RESIDENTIAL proxy and retry with curl_cffi Chrome TLS impersonation, then (if available) a headless browser. Turn off to use plain httpx only.",
                        "default": true
                    },
                    "browser_cdp_url": {
                        "title": "Warm browser CDP endpoint (for metasearch providers)",
                        "type": "string",
                        "description": "Optional. CDP/WebSocket endpoint of an already-running, anti-detect (UC-mode / real Chrome) browser. When set, the browser tier connects to it (inheriting its session + fingerprint) so it clears the consent/Cloudflare walls on the metasearch providers (Skyscanner, Kayak, Booking). Without it, a plain headless Chromium is launched (often blocked). Can also be set as the BROWSER_CDP_URL env var.",
                        "default": ""
                    },
                    "apify_proxy_groups": {
                        "title": "Proxy groups (optional override)",
                        "type": "array",
                        "description": "Override the auto-selected proxy group for the httpx tier. Leave empty to let the actor pick DATACENTER (RESIDENTIAL is always provisioned for escalation legs).",
                        "default": [],
                        "items": {
                            "type": "string"
                        }
                    },
                    "concurrency": {
                        "title": "Max concurrent requests",
                        "minimum": 1,
                        "maximum": 8,
                        "type": "integer",
                        "description": "Parallel provider fetches. Fare portals are rate-sensitive; default 4.",
                        "default": 4
                    }
                }
            },
            "runsResponseSchema": {
                "type": "object",
                "properties": {
                    "data": {
                        "type": "object",
                        "properties": {
                            "id": {
                                "type": "string"
                            },
                            "actId": {
                                "type": "string"
                            },
                            "userId": {
                                "type": "string"
                            },
                            "startedAt": {
                                "type": "string",
                                "format": "date-time",
                                "example": "2025-01-08T00:00:00.000Z"
                            },
                            "finishedAt": {
                                "type": "string",
                                "format": "date-time",
                                "example": "2025-01-08T00:00:00.000Z"
                            },
                            "status": {
                                "type": "string",
                                "example": "READY"
                            },
                            "meta": {
                                "type": "object",
                                "properties": {
                                    "origin": {
                                        "type": "string",
                                        "example": "API"
                                    },
                                    "userAgent": {
                                        "type": "string"
                                    }
                                }
                            },
                            "stats": {
                                "type": "object",
                                "properties": {
                                    "inputBodyLen": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 2000
                                    },
                                    "rebootCount": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "restartCount": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "resurrectCount": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "computeUnits": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    }
                                }
                            },
                            "options": {
                                "type": "object",
                                "properties": {
                                    "build": {
                                        "type": "string",
                                        "example": "latest"
                                    },
                                    "timeoutSecs": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 300
                                    },
                                    "memoryMbytes": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 1024
                                    },
                                    "diskMbytes": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 2048
                                    }
                                }
                            },
                            "buildId": {
                                "type": "string"
                            },
                            "defaultKeyValueStoreId": {
                                "type": "string"
                            },
                            "defaultDatasetId": {
                                "type": "string"
                            },
                            "defaultRequestQueueId": {
                                "type": "string"
                            },
                            "buildNumber": {
                                "type": "string",
                                "example": "1.0.0"
                            },
                            "containerUrl": {
                                "type": "string"
                            },
                            "usage": {
                                "type": "object",
                                "properties": {
                                    "ACTOR_COMPUTE_UNITS": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "DATASET_READS": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "DATASET_WRITES": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "KEY_VALUE_STORE_READS": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "KEY_VALUE_STORE_WRITES": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 1
                                    },
                                    "KEY_VALUE_STORE_LISTS": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "REQUEST_QUEUE_READS": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "REQUEST_QUEUE_WRITES": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "DATA_TRANSFER_INTERNAL_GBYTES": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "DATA_TRANSFER_EXTERNAL_GBYTES": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "PROXY_RESIDENTIAL_TRANSFER_GBYTES": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "PROXY_SERPS": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    }
                                }
                            },
                            "usageTotalUsd": {
                                "type": "number",
                                "example": 0.00005
                            },
                            "usageUsd": {
                                "type": "object",
                                "properties": {
                                    "ACTOR_COMPUTE_UNITS": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "DATASET_READS": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "DATASET_WRITES": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "KEY_VALUE_STORE_READS": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "KEY_VALUE_STORE_WRITES": {
                                        "type": "number",
                                        "example": 0.00005
                                    },
                                    "KEY_VALUE_STORE_LISTS": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "REQUEST_QUEUE_READS": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "REQUEST_QUEUE_WRITES": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "DATA_TRANSFER_INTERNAL_GBYTES": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "DATA_TRANSFER_EXTERNAL_GBYTES": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "PROXY_RESIDENTIAL_TRANSFER_GBYTES": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "PROXY_SERPS": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    }
                                }
                            }
                        }
                    }
                }
            }
        }
    }
}
```
