Cookie Policy

What Are Cookies?

Cookies are small text files that websites store on your computer, mobile phone, tablet or other device when you visit the website. They can remember certain information about the site you visit, along with your options, login information, language settings, and other preferences.

Cookies may also be used to understand how visitors use web pages, measure website visits, support analytics, and assist with advertising and marketing activities. For example, cookies may help us know which pages have been visited, and ad trackers may allow more relevant advertisements to be displayed.

For more information about cookies, you can visit AboutCookies.org.

What Types of Cookies Do We Use and How Do We Use Them?

Search My Trip may use both first-party and third-party cookies. Cookies set by Search My Trip are known as first-party cookies, while cookies set by third-party partners or service providers are known as third-party cookies.

Cookies may also be classified as session cookies or persistent cookies:

• Session Cookies: These cookies are temporary and remain on your device only while the browser is open. They are usually deleted when you close the browser. Some session cookies are important for the proper functioning of our website and apps, and may be used to navigate between pages and to enable certain features.
• Persistent Cookies: These cookies remain on your device for a selected period of time, or until you delete them. They help us recognise returning visitors, remember certain options, and make it easier to use our Services on your next visit without re-entering the same information.

First-party and third-party cookies may also serve different purposes. The main categories we may use include the following.

Strictly Necessary Cookies

These cookies are necessary for our website and apps to function properly. They may also support critical functions such as account access, navigation, form submission, security, and load balancing.

Because these cookies support core website functionality, certain ones cannot be disabled through our cookie settings.

Performance and Functional Cookies

• Performance cookies help us understand how visitors use our website and apps. They may also provide statistics on visitor numbers, popular pages, traffic sources, and overall site performance.
• Functional cookies help our Services remember the choices you make, such as language preferences, login information, or other settings. They can also help make your future visits simpler and more convenient.

Advertising Cookies

Advertising cookies may be used to display advertisements that are more relevant to your interests. They can help us and our advertising partners measure marketing results, manage advertising campaigns, limit how often you see the same advertisement, and determine whether an advertisement was displayed or interacted with.

Analytics and Personalization Cookies

These cookies help us understand how you use our website and apps so that we can improve our Services and make content more relevant.

For example, we may use information about previous searches, bookings, purchases, or other interactions to better understand travel preferences and provide more relevant travel options, offers, or content.

Social Media Cookies

Social media cookies may be placed by third-party social media platforms. They can allow you to share, like, or interact with Search My Trip content through those platforms.

How Can You Control Cookies?

Search My Trip may use first-party and third-party cookies to support website functionality, analytics, personalization, advertising, and marketing activities.

Third-party analytics and advertising providers may receive certain information about how you use our websites or apps. This information may help us understand website performance, improve our Services, personalize content, and measure the effectiveness of advertising campaigns.

• You can manage or delete cookies through your browser settings. Most browsers allow you to block cookies or remove cookies that have already been stored on your device.
• However, disabling certain cookies may affect how our websites, apps, or some features work. You may also need to enter certain preferences again when you return to our Services.
• Some advertising companies provide tools that allow you to manage your preferences for interest-based or targeted advertising. You can learn more about these options through resources such as YourOnlineChoices and YourOnlineChoices EU.

U.S. State Privacy Choices

Depending on where you live, you may have certain rights to opt out of the sale or sharing of Personal Information, or of the processing of Personal Information for targeted advertising.

• For example, California residents may have the right to opt out of certain sales or sharing of Personal Information under applicable California privacy laws. Residents of other states may have similar rights under their applicable state privacy laws.
• Where required by applicable law, Search My Trip will recognize a valid Global Privacy Control (GPC) signal sent by your browser or a supported browser extension as a request to opt out of certain data processing activities.
• Your cookie choices may also affect other advertising or personalization technologies used through our websites or apps. The options available to you may vary depending on your location and applicable privacy laws.

U.S. Excise Tax

Also known as the U.S. Domestic Transportation Tax or U.S. Ticket Tax. This tax is calculated as a percentage of the airfare. It applies to flights within the continental United States and certain flights involving the 225-mile zones of Canada and Mexico.

For flights between the continental U.S. and Alaska or Hawaii, the tax is generally prorated based on the mileage flown within U.S. continental airspace.