What is the Price to Beat?
Price to Beat is a pre-defined "best acceptable" fare calculated at the time of search. It acts as a benchmarl: a reasonable reference price that takes real-world factors like seasonality and high-demand periods into account.
For example, flights and hotels searched between 25 December and 2 January will naturally be far more expensive than on other dates. Rather than holding every booking to an unrealistic low-cost standard, Price to Beat accounts for these blackout periods and peak seasons to arrive at a fair, context-aware reference price.
How is it calculated?
Price to Beat is currently calculated as the median of the first 10 results returned, based on your company's Lowest Logical Fare (LLF) settings. This means the benchmark reflects the midpoint of what's genuinely available at search time — not the cheapest outlier, and not an arbitrary cap.
In the future, this calculation will become more granularly configurable.
Where does it appear?
Once calculated, Price to Beat is stored against every booking and surfaces in two key places:
- During the booking process: Bookers can see the Price to Beat, so they understand how their selected option compares to the benchmark.
- In approval flows: Approving managers can see how far a booking deviates from the Price to Beat, helping them make informed decisions quickly.
How does it connect to policies?
Price to Beat is also the foundation for dynamic fare limit policies. If your company uses dynamic limits instead of fixed price caps, the policy threshold is expressed as a multiple or deviation from the Price to Beat. You can learn more about setting this up in the policy configuration guide.