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Travel cost benchmarking

The smarter way to price flights after the fact

A traveler extended their trip, upgraded their seat, added extra days or rented a car — and now you need to know what your organization should have paid. Data from Google Flights, DoD and published taxi rate cards — updated daily. No more guesswork.

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How it works

From trip details to a defensible benchmark

Enter the authorized trip details — flights, ground transport, or per diem rates — and get an instant market benchmark.

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Enter the authorized trip details

Flight route and dates, or pickup and dropoff for ground transport. Dates as policy requires.

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Get the benchmark

FairFares returns a market benchmark — flights from Google Flights (collected daily), ground transport from published tariffs. Always a number, always sourced.

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Download the compliance record

A branded, timestamped PDF ready to attach to the expense report — sourced, dated and audit-ready.

Look up a past fare

The smarter way to price travel after the fact

Enter the authorized trip details — dates and routing as policy requires.

Economy return fares from San Francisco (SFO) to domestic and international destinations. Prices collected daily from Google Flights.

Flight

All fares shown are economy return. Trip duration must be 1–7 nights.

Economy return fare
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USD
Trip duration
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return trip
Data source
Google Flights
collected daily

Domestic per diem rates (UC policy)

$333
per night — lodging
pre-tax cap
$92
per day — meals
actual costs cap
Lodging: Reimbursed as actuals up to $333/night pre-tax. Receipts required.
Meals: Actual costs only, up to $92/day. Receipts are not required for any individual meal under $75. If the traveler claims the full $92 daily M&IE cap without receipts for 3 days, receipts are required from day 4 onward to show the cap is not being treated as a per diem.
Source: UCOP G-28 Travel Policy.
UCOP G-28 Transportation Policy"Transportation expenses shall be reimbursed based on the most economical mode of transportation and the most commonly traveled route consistent with the authorized purpose of the trip." If a traveler rented a car when a taxi or rideshare would have sufficed, reimbursement is capped at the taxi equivalent.
Total estimated fare—

Total estimated fare—

Source: Uber published rate card. UberX standard service. Surge pricing not included.

Total estimated fare—

Source: Lyft published rate card. Use the lower of Uber X or Lyft as the G-28 reimbursement benchmark.

Look up the current US State Department travel advisory before approving international travel. Level 1 = normal precautions, Level 4 = Do Not Travel.