Travelvus
Methodology

How Travelvus compares two flights

We add what the ticket price leaves out — then tell you exactly where the calculation ends and your judgment begins.

Verified for London airports · Heathrow, Gatwick, Stansted · Jul 2026

01
The ticket number

You bring the price you found. Travelvus does not search or book flights. The ticket price is the starting number — not the final cost.

User-provided
02
The real trip

We add checked baggage, seat selection, and airport transfers — measured identically for both options. Transfer costs come from official TfL and National Rail sources.

Sourced data
03
The calculable winner

The lower real cost wins. The winner is always determined from exact values, never from rounded display numbers.

Calculated
04
What can change the answer

Remove baggage. Change the fare gap. Switch destination. Travelvus recalculates and shows exactly what flipped the verdict.

Calculated
05
Where the numbers stop

When the monetary difference is too small, or when time and simplicity matter, Travelvus hands the decision to you — with all the measurable facts visible.

Your judgment
What you provide

Ticket price, airports, departure and arrival times. You already found the flights. Travelvus does not search or book.

User-provided
What we source

Airport transfer costs from official TfL and National Rail sources. Walk-up single, contactless/Oyster, off-peak daytime. Both airports measured identically. GBP converted to EUR at 1.17 (July 2026 estimate).

Sourced · updated periodically
What we estimate

Sample flight fares, baggage policies, and representative journey times. These are scenario assumptions — not live data, not guaranteed prices. We label estimates clearly.

Estimate · scenario assumption

The winner is always determined from exact values. Displayed totals are rounded to the nearest euro. A small raw win never shows as “wins by €0” — we say “just wins” instead. Exact ties remain ties.

RawLGW €145.52·STN €141.17STN wins by €4.35
DisplayLGW €146·STN €141STN wins by €4
The numbers stop here.Your priorities start here.

Travelvus can calculate the money truth. It cannot decide whether €4 is worth 20 extra minutes on a train. It cannot decide whether simplicity matters more than a narrow cost advantage.

When the margin is too thin for arithmetic alone, Travelvus hands the decision to you — with all the measurable facts visible.

This is not a limitation. It is the product.

Full comparison

Heathrow, Gatwick, and Stansted. Real cost, door-to-door time, what changes the winner, and hidden trade-offs.

3 Decision Pages available
Ticket comparison only

Any other airport pair. You can still compare ticket prices. We tell you honestly when we don’t yet have the full transfer data.

Use Quick Compare →
Not yet available

Live fare tracking, live disruption data, guaranteed taxi prices, and universal baggage policies for every airline.

We tell you what we know, not what we guess
Open Compare →