About the Comfort Score

The Comfort Score is a holistic rating for an entire itinerary — outbound and return legs combined. It starts at 100 and deductions are applied for factors that tend to make a journey less pleasant. Higher is better.

Factors

• ⌛️ Tight connections
  Layovers that leave little margin for delays. Domestic and intra-Schengen connections are held to a shorter minimum than international ones.
• ⏳ Long layovers
  Waiting many hours at an airport is tiring. Layovers beyond a comfortable threshold are penalised proportionally to how long they run.
• 🔁 Extra stops
  Each additional stop compared to the best available option (fewest connections) in the current results adds friction to the journey.
• 💤 Red-eye flights
  A flight that departs late at night or very early in the morning is harder on the body. Only flagged when a non-red-eye alternative exists in the results.
• 🌙 Antisocial hours
  Departing or arriving in the middle of the night — even on a short flight — disrupts sleep and ground logistics. Severity peaks around 02:30 local time.
• 🛩️ Aircraft type
  Turboprops and small regional jets tend to be noisier, more cramped, and shorter on overhead space. Larger modern jets receive no deduction.

What the score doesn't cover

Seat class, airline quality, loyalty programs, in-flight entertainment, and legroom are not factored in — the score reflects the structure of the itinerary, not the airline's product.

Price is not part of the Comfort Score. Itineraries that cost more than twice the cheapest option are flagged separately as a heads-up.