Ed Fry

@rorysutherland @antonnorbert Billy Bishop is a faff free bus stop. I just walked to the hotel, with cases. Would consider a t-shirt…

@antonnorbert My dream is to try Billy Bishop.

I don't think London City Airport fully exploits how much many people like it. I would buy LCY branded merch and have an I 🩷LCY sticker in my car.

The bat cat inspects today’s progress.

Does anyone have any connections at IAG Developer? Looking for access to the British Airways Flight + Car/Hotel APIs. But... their account registration, reset, and contact forms don't appear to work :( Which means no API access. Do you know anyone who can help?

New: Mobile for the Great British Take Off. Check flights for your next trip, when you're with the people that matter: greatbritishtakeoff.com

Day 1 live with the Great British Take Off, watching yesterday's users sessions. Here's a real example. This was err... more successful than most :) Lots of updates and fixes will be live by the end of today. Another 50 searches available for today: greatbritishtakeoff.com

@jbillingsley Thanks Jason! Curious about refundable fares — they can often be a lot more expensive. Do you use them outside of work?

@edfryed Love it. North America needs this... add in refundable fares as a search attribute.

Introducing the Great British Take Off: greatbritishtakeoff.com * Find flights ranked & rated by whatever matters to you * Search return flights from the UK * Now onboarding priority group 1, desktop users * Group 2 mobile next up Only 50 trips available today (Tuesday Nov 26)

@searchmartin 😄 Thanks Martin :) Will be fun to go to market with this one..

Top tier brand name. 👏👏👏

1 day to launch... homepage almost complete Thank you for your patience. We will begin pre-onboarding shortly. Families with small children, anyone travelling with special assistance, and anyone who has a clear trip in mind (destination, dates, budget...), please drop a reply.

2 days till launch…

3 days until launch…

@stew_hillhouse A bit like sitting on a delayed flight!

@edfryed The suspense is killing me!

4 days to launch…

@MartijnSch Lots to figure out for sure! I live under a flight path (27L into Heathrow). Most passengers on every flight are fair game. Plus, London is one of the top global origins for premium traffic. Somehow, other flight search apps have existed. There must be a way to make it work!

@edfryed How are you thinking about the low margins versus driving demand?

5 days till launch…

@mjbeech For sure :) Will show you when it’s live next week!

@edfryed Ah, you're finally doing this!

6 days

Launching Nov 26.

@erangalperin @stripe Have you spoken with @PaddleHQ ? They’re pretty hands on with support and even strategy. To your point on this market being ripe for disruption, few SaaS businesses are tooled/staffed to optimise for payments and monetisation. But it’s one of your biggest growth levers.

Our company sends @stripe over $100M in annual payment volume (and doubling every year). Initially we had a partner manager who helped on occasion, they were replaced by a different person who did a bit less every year, and now they've moved to a different position, and they suggest we just use regular support tickets going forward. No more dedicated partner support, even for platforms with significant payment volume. I've twitted previously on how bad Stripe support is on most days (it once took us 4 weeks and dozens of support interactions to unblock a customer that Stripe unilaterally blocked from their end with no recourse). What a stark contrast from @Square that has amazing account managers. @stripe is the classic example of "live long enough to become the villain". It's too bad they still have the best payment product - this market is ripe for disruption.

@jrfarr @webflow @lemonsqueezy Netlify did this back in the day too. Churned everything (and every company since) to Vercel.