A direct-flight alert should keep watching direct flights.
Search with a direct-flight requirement, then ask Apricot to watch the result. The alert retains the route, dates and effective preference used for the decision.
Tell Apricot about your tripStart with the decision, not the filter
A route can become cheaper because a difficult connecting itinerary appeared. That movement is real, but it is irrelevant to someone who asked for nonstop travel. The monitoring lane needs to preserve the defining condition of the search.
Apricot creates price alerts from completed searches, keeping the original dates, brief and travel preferences attached to the watch.
What changes the answer
Start with the right search
Directness must be present in the original request. The alert is a continuation of that decision, not a replacement for describing it.
Watch the right market
When directness shapes the saved search, Apricot watches direct route-and-date prices instead of using an unrelated connecting fare as the reference.
Check again before notifying
A meaningful price signal triggers a fresh flight search, and the current candidates are weighed against the saved preferences.
Keep the price meaningful
Movement thresholds and a fresh comparison prevent every small fluctuation from becoming an interruption.
How Apricot handles this request
When a signed-in traveler selects Watch price after a search, Apricot copies the route, dates, brief, search requests and effective customer preferences into a self-contained alert. A direct-search preference creates a direct monitoring lane.
When the watched price moves enough to matter, Apricot searches the route and dates again and evaluates the current options with the original preferences. The notification is tied to a fresh best match, not only to an earlier market number.
A better brief in four checks
- Run the direct-flight search before creating the alert.
- Confirm the dates and route shown in the saved search.
- Explain how strongly direct travel matters for this trip.
- Review the verified flight and seller price before booking.
The output should make the compromise visible
Apricot returns three options with a clear Why, route context, current prices and seller choices. One can protect the strongest fit, another can show a sensible saving, and a third can make a time or comfort improvement explicit. The goal is not more results. It is a decision you can inspect.
Start with this request