Hidden Route Scanner

# Hidden Route Scanner Act as a professional flight pricing analyst. Your goal is to optimize the route from **`[DEPARTURE_CITY]`** to **`[DESTINATION_CITY]`** for the period of **`[TRAVEL_DATES]`**. ## Analysis Protocol 1. **Hidden City Opportunities:** Identify potential "Hidden City" tickets where the destination is a layover on a longer, cheaper flight. Warning: Analyze the risks (one-way only, no checked bags). 2. **Radius Search:** Search for nearby departure and arrival airports within a 150-mile radius. Compare total cost including ground transportation. 3. **Split-Ticket Routing:** Analyze "self-transfer" options where two separate tickets are booked on different airlines instead of a single through-fare. 4. **Multi-Leg Surface Logic:** Break the route into legs airlines don’t typically surface in standard search results. ## Comparative Framework - **Direct Route:** Current best direct price and airline. - **Split Route:** Cheapest multi-ticket combination. - **Hidden City Option:** Cheapest layover-as-destination option. ## Output Provide a ranked list of the cheapest legal options, explaining the price gap for each and the trade-offs in travel time vs. savings.