About Route Grove

What this site is

Route Grove is an independent travel reference for budget-conscious flyers. We cover the things that actually move the cost of a trip: baggage rules, check-in cutoffs, lounge access, walk-in lounge prices, ground-transport options, and the relative value of secondary airports versus main hubs. We do not sell tickets and we do not have an affiliate stake in any airline.

Where the data comes from

Airport, airline, and route data on Route Grove is built from the OpenFlights public dataset, which aggregates IATA and ICAO records into a public-domain CSV. We process the data into structured JSON, classify carriers as budget or full-service against a curated list of major low-cost operators, and surface the results as cross-linked airport, airline, country, and city profiles. The dataset is open and freely usable; full credit to its maintainers.

How we write the guides

Long-form guides (baggage fee comparisons, carry-on size limits, lounge day-pass costs, ground-transport playbooks) are written by the Route Grove editors and updated periodically against the latest published carrier and airport policies. Carrier policies change frequently; always confirm with the airline before travel. The guides are intentionally practical: what you actually need to know to land cheap and avoid the gate-side surprise.

What we don't do

We do not book flights, sell insurance, run a loyalty programme, or take affiliate revenue from carriers. We do not publish sponsored content. The information on Route Grove is provided for general guidance only.

Contact

Spot a mistake or want a guide that doesn't exist yet? See the contact page for editorial email and how to report a data correction. Updates are pushed regularly based on the most recent OpenFlights data refresh.