How the Pakka Score works
What the number means, who sets it, and why a commission cannot change it.
What the score is
The Pakka Score is one number out of 10 for one plan at one destination. It is not a rating of the provider. The same provider gets a different score in Thailand and in Bali, because it resells a different network in each and travellers report a different experience.
It is computed when the page renders, from the PriceSignals feed. We never store our own copy of the truth.
What goes into it
The number is built from how previous travellers rated this provider in this country, whether the price is fair for that destination, and whether the plan is sized for the trip you entered. The overall app-store rating is shown as context, not as the decision.
How those parts are combined is set by PriceSignals for every brand it powers. This site cannot change the formula, which is why a commission cannot buy a better rank.
When we refuse to show a score
When there are too few traveller reviews for a provider in that country, we show "not enough data" rather than a confident number. A score built on a handful of reviews is worse than no score.
When a provider's price feed fails the daily data quality check, its prices are hidden that day rather than shown stale. The page says so.
Data sources and refresh
Plans and prices: scraped daily by PriceSignals across the market, in USD, converted to INR or PKR at a daily rate shown under every table.
Provider experience and destination quality: aggregated weekly from previous travellers' ratings, with review counts and a three-month trend.
Data quality: a pass, warn or fail per scrape job, daily. Every table shows the timestamp of the data behind it.
Commissions and independence
We earn a commission when you buy through our links. The scoring is set centrally by PriceSignals and is identical across every brand it powers. No brand, including this one, can adjust it. That is what makes the independence statement true rather than a promise.
Providers with no affiliate programme are listed and scored anyway. Leaving them out would make the comparison dishonest, and their presence is evidence that the score is not for sale.