How to use routeRANK

This guide is based on the public version of routeRANK, featured on this website. If you are interested in learning more about routeRANK for businesses, take a look at our Business applications page.

3 easy steps for a basic search

1. Search
2. Choose
3. Book

1. Search

Suppose you want to travel from Bern, Switzerland to Berlin, Germany.

Start typing "Bern" in the "From" search box. As you type, the names of the available locations will be displayed in the auto-complete box.

Exact location matches are shown under "Best results" and ordered by city size, while names which do not match exactly are shown under the name of the country they are in. Select "Bern, Switzerland" from the list.

Repeat in the "To" search box to select "Berlin".

You can specify the date and time that you want to leave Bern in the Date and Time fields.

Use the Roundtrip checkbox to select whether you want a one-way or return trip search. For a return trip search, check the box and specify the date and time for inbound part of the trip.

2. Choose

Trip Options

routeRANK will now search for different travel options for your journey:

• by car
• by train
• by plane

For the plane journeys, it will also show you how to get to and from the airport (what we call airport transfer options).

Furthermore, it will search for flights between several airports near Bern and Berlin.

Results will begin to appear as they are ready to be displayed. The progress of the search is shown in the progress bar:

The progress bar also displays information about the search:

• car route providers searched
• train providers searched
• flight agents searched
• airports searched

Results Presentation

Results can be sorted by several criteria by clicking on the arrows () next to the column names at the top of the results table. In the example below, the rows are sorted by price in ascending order, as indicated by the dark blue top arrow in that column.

Each results row shows a summary of the journey information. For a return trip search, the value in each column is the sum of the individual parts of both the outbound and inbound trips.

To see more trip details, expand the row by clicking on the symbol in the left-most column, or on the button in the right-most column. For a return trip search, details are displayed for both the outbound ( symbol) and inbound ( symbol) trips.

There is one row of information about each transport means. Trips involving a flight are thus displayed in three rows:

1. transfer to the departure airport with car, train, or shuttle
2. flight with plane
3. transfer from the arrival airport with car, train, or shuttle

Each part of the trip may have several legs. These are indicated by a number in the transport means picture. For more details, please see the FAQ entry What are the numbers in the 'Means' column?.

The price for each part of the trip is indicated on each row. For return trip searches, there is usually one price for the entire return flight, rather than for each outbound and inbound flight. Thus the price of the return flight is shown only in the outbound part of the trip, and indicated using the two-way arrow symbol ().

Results Options

On the results page, to the right of the search box, there is a list of options which allow you to refine and personalize your search results.

• Time Filters
• Result Filters
• Airport Selection
• Currency Selection
• Customize Car
• Transfer Selection

Please see the FAQ entry How do I use the Options and Filtering? for more details about these options.

3. Book

The last column of the results table provides links for booking your trip, finding more information directly on a provider's website, or offsetting the CO2 emissions of your trip.

For booking flights, we provide you with as many different options for travel agents as possible. This way, you can choose to book your flight with your favourite travel agent.

FAQ

If you have further questions, take a look at our FAQ page or contact us.