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McSweeny
03-23-2005, 03:52 PM
I really have no experience in searching for the cheapest airfare around, so i figured i'd ask here and see if anyone has had any positive experiences they'd like to share. I mess around a bit with expedia.com but their prices kept changed drastically in a matter of minutes. Thanks for any help
gottimd
03-23-2005, 03:54 PM
orbitz, travelocity, travelzoo (I think), and if all else fails, go to the actual airways website.

Don't do hotwire though. You buy a ticket, then they tell you what time it leaves, complete BS.
weinstein7
03-23-2005, 04:06 PM
I like to go straight to the airline, but then, I usually fly the discount airlines.

Jet Blue, Airtran, Song, Independence, etc (I've only flown the first two)
Franklinnoble
03-23-2005, 04:06 PM
www.jetblue.com
www.southwest.com

JetBlue is pretty good. I've had great experience with them. Cheap, but not the "cattle call" style that Southwest uses... you get a reserved seat, extra legroom, all new planes, and DirecTV at every seat.
Bubba Wheels
03-23-2005, 04:08 PM
Or imput what you want to pay at Priceline and they will either accept or reject it.
digamma
03-23-2005, 04:14 PM
Sidestep.com is a good meta search engine that will go through orbitz contracted airlines, plus smaller airlines like alaska and southwest. unfortunately, you have to download a web application to use it.
flere-imsaho
03-23-2005, 04:46 PM
Wow, I just checked out sidestep.com, and that site is very impressive. Far more useful results than any other site I've seen.
digamma
03-23-2005, 05:00 PM
And it looks like you don't have to use the tool bar/web app any more. Nice.
cartman
03-23-2005, 05:05 PM
I just tap into the 1,000,000 miles I've got in my Mileage Plus account...

:cool:
McSweeny
03-23-2005, 08:46 PM
thanks a ton guys

i used sidestep.com and they sent me over to jetblue where i manged to book a roundtrip flight from Boston to Long Beach for 430 bucks, which was by far the cheapest i could find anywhere


now i'm off to start the "Ping: Long Beach FOFCers" thread
TRO
03-24-2005, 07:47 AM
Title it "Hey Brad"
gottimd
03-25-2005, 06:48 AM
Is there a way to do "Multi City" search on sidestep, because I can't find it. Other than that, good find, I may go here now instead of orbitz.