Patent ID: 7050987

Claim:
Method for coordinating a plurality of outbound and inbound itineraries, comprising: receiving a destination location, a plurality of origin locations and other travel information, wherein each origin location is associated with at least one traveler, receiving an indication regarding a relative weight between price and schedule for at least some of the outbound and inbound itineraries; accessing a travel database comprising at least outbound and inbound itineraries between the destination location and the origin locations; identifying at least one outbound and inbound itinerary between the destination location and each origin location from the travel database based upon the travel information; labeling the identified itineraries such that each of the identified outbound and inbound itineraries is associated with at least a price and schedule; determining a suggested outbound and inbound itinerary from the labeled itineraries between the destination location and each origin location based upon the indication of the relative weight, and presenting the suggested outbound and inbound itineraries for review.