Route Lab
How voting works
Plain language, no small print: what a Route Lab vote is, what it is not, and what happens to it.
- Steps
- 5
- Verification
- One-time email link
- Marketing
- None
Leave a verified signal Prelaunch · Oslo · No flights on sale
Illustrative imagery. Not a photograph of a Vandrer flight.
The sequence
You choose a destination
One canonical place. NYC, New York and JFK are the same destination.
You leave an email
We send a one-time verification link. Until you use it, your interest is expressed, not verified.
You verify once
The link works once. Your signal becomes verified interest: one per person per destination.
You may add context
Optional bands only: likelihood, frequency, party size, purpose, months, expected cost and how much a direct flight matters. No free text.
Vandrer reads the pattern
Verified signals feed internal network planning. Route decisions still need operational, regulatory, commercial and financial work that no vote can replace.
Expressed versus verified interest
A signal you have submitted but not yet verified is expressed interest. It is stored as unverified and is not counted as verified interest. Only a signal confirmed through the one-time link is verified.
One-time verification
The verification link is valid for 72 hours and works exactly once. Using it a second time changes nothing and counts nothing twice. If it expires, start again; the unverified signal was never counted.
Optional planning context
After verification you may add bands about likelihood, frequency, party size, purpose, months, expected cost and direct-flight importance. All are optional, none is free text, and none affects whether your signal counts.
Deduplication and abuse controls
One verified signal per email address per destination. Rate limits, a hidden field for bots and a time-to-submit check keep automated signals out. The response never reveals whether an address is already known to us.
Qualitative published momentum
If momentum is ever shown publicly it will be in words (“New signal”, “Gathering interest”, “Strong interest”) and only above an approved privacy threshold. Today it is switched off. Raw counts are never published.
What a route decision needs
Operational, regulatory, commercial and financial work beyond voting. Votes tell us where to look, not what to fly.
Retention and withdrawal
Retention periods are being set by qualified review and are described in the privacy notice. You can withdraw a verified signal from your management link at any time. Withdrawal is immediate.
Voting is not marketing consent
A vote never subscribes you to Field Notes or route updates. Those are separate, unticked choices offered after verification.
Voting is not a purchase or a promise
No flight, ticket or route exists. A vote buys nothing and commits Vandrer to nothing.
Questions
- Can I vote for more than one destination?
- Yes. One verified signal per destination.
- Can I change my mind?
- Yes. Your management link lets you withdraw a signal or change the optional choices.
- Why do you need my email?
- To verify the signal once and to make it withdrawable. It is not used for marketing.
- Does a strong result make the route happen?
- No. It makes the route worth studying.
- What if my link expired?
- Start again. The unverified signal was never counted.
- Is my email visible to anyone?
- No. Published momentum, if it is ever shown, is in words, above a threshold and never by name.