1Talk like a person, not a form
Describe the trip the way you'd tell a friend — vague dates ("mid-October", "back by Friday"), cities instead of airport codes, budgets, loyalty status, "no budget airlines". The more intent you give, the better the recommendation.
2Make it do the comparing
Ask A-vs-B questions: two dates, two routings, an overnight stopover vs the direct. It runs the searches side by side with real total prices — round trips and multi-city are priced as one ticket.
3Push back and iterate
Results are a conversation. Tap a suggested follow-up or type your own — "only nonstops", "is Saturday cheaper?", "what about Newark?" You can stop a search mid-way to correct it, and flip any result block to Compact for side-by-side scanning.