Best Air Ticket Prices?

monster · 10-20-2009, 08:53 PM

need to book flights to Florida for Feb. What vendor would you use? Currently favoring Expedia, but do you have a better suggestion? I nixed Travelocity already -their site is horrid and you go through all the rigmarole of entering the data and three seconds later they tell you the flight you just selected is no longer availabale due to hight traffic atm and dump you back at the data entry point -wtf? it's Tues night, I'm trying to get flights from mich to flo in feb I find it hard to believe the flight sold out in the time it took to get to the confirm screen. bullshitting whatsits.

OFFS I always forget to check the heading for typos and it's the only thing I can't change -bruce/Wolf/UT, please take pity on me again

monster · 10-20-2009, 08:56 PM

In the meanwhile, I welcome the sub/dom crowd this post will attract....

Clodfobble · 10-20-2009, 09:00 PM

I've found that nowadays the airlines themselves offer prices just as good on their own websites. In theory it's a little extra work checking multiple websites, but I think the travel agent websites are all really user-unfriendly anyway, so the time spent seems to work out about the same.

monster · 10-20-2009, 09:09 PM

thanks. will do that. I usually go to the sites of the cheapest find on expedia and have never found them cheaper, but forgot to do it this time.

monster · 10-20-2009, 09:13 PM

exactly the same to the penny. will now check the car hire....

wolf · 10-20-2009, 09:16 PM

Book directly with the airline. Easier to fix screwups, and you have the whole frequent flyer thing going for you.

monster · 10-20-2009, 09:17 PM

car rental same too

monster · 10-20-2009, 09:19 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by wolf

Book directly with the airline. Easier to fix screwups, and you have the whole frequent flyer thing going for you.

orly? have always had great service from expedia and occassionally shitty swevice from airline booked direct. thnaks for the heads up, though, will give it more consideration

monster · 10-20-2009, 09:20 PM

thanks for the title fix, btw

Cloud · 10-20-2009, 09:55 PM

According to Times 2009 50 best websites:

Quote:

Which travel site should you turn to when booking plane tickets: a) Travelocity, b) Expedia or c) Orbitz? The answer is d) All of the above — by using Kayak, a meta-search site for travelers. Kayak scours more than 100 search engines in order to find the lowest possible price. One tip: before you buy from any travel site, always check Southwest. It's the one major airline that refuses to play ball with the ticketing sites, so sometimes they have the best deal and even Kayak doesn't know about it.

http://www.kayak.com/

haven't used it myself tho

Undertoad · 10-20-2009, 09:57 PM

Southwest books separately from all those, but the only nonstop MI to FL is detroit to orlando. Wanna get away? southwest.com .

Perry Winkle · 10-21-2009, 07:25 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Cloud

According to Times 2009 50 best websites:

http://www.kayak.com/

haven't used it myself tho

Kayak is good. I use it and Expedia.

richlevy · 10-21-2009, 08:05 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by monster

In the meanwhile, I welcome the sub/dom crowd this post will attract....

Actually, everyone who flies these days has to be a masochist.

11-06-2009, 01:45 PM

I like to use Priceline and then Hotwire and then to comparison sites.

xoxoxoBruce · 11-07-2009, 01:04 AM

Welcome to the Cellar, pocono101.

You're not going to try to rent/sell us Pocono properties, right?

10-20-2009, 08:53 PM	#1
monster I hear them call the tide Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Perpetual Chaos Posts: 30,852	Best Air Ticket Prices? need to book flights to Florida for Feb. What vendor would you use? Currently favoring Expedia, but do you have a better suggestion? I nixed Travelocity already -their site is horrid and you go through all the rigmarole of entering the data and three seconds later they tell you the flight you just selected is no longer availabale due to hight traffic atm and dump you back at the data entry point -wtf? it's Tues night, I'm trying to get flights from mich to flo in feb I find it hard to believe the flight sold out in the time it took to get to the confirm screen. bullshitting whatsits. OFFS I always forget to check the heading for typos and it's the only thing I can't change -bruce/Wolf/UT, please take pity on me again __________________ The most difficult thing is the decision to act, the rest is merely tenacity Amelia Earhart

10-20-2009, 08:56 PM	#2
monster I hear them call the tide Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Perpetual Chaos Posts: 30,852	In the meanwhile, I welcome the sub/dom crowd this post will attract.... __________________ The most difficult thing is the decision to act, the rest is merely tenacity Amelia Earhart

10-20-2009, 09:00 PM	#3
Clodfobble UNDER CONDITIONAL MITIGATION Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Austin, TX Posts: 20,012	I've found that nowadays the airlines themselves offer prices just as good on their own websites. In theory it's a little extra work checking multiple websites, but I think the travel agent websites are all really user-unfriendly anyway, so the time spent seems to work out about the same. __________________ My book My other book My spirit animal

10-20-2009, 09:09 PM	#4
monster I hear them call the tide Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Perpetual Chaos Posts: 30,852	thanks. will do that. I usually go to the sites of the cheapest find on expedia and have never found them cheaper, but forgot to do it this time. __________________ The most difficult thing is the decision to act, the rest is merely tenacity Amelia Earhart

10-20-2009, 09:13 PM	#5
monster I hear them call the tide Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Perpetual Chaos Posts: 30,852	exactly the same to the penny. will now check the car hire.... __________________ The most difficult thing is the decision to act, the rest is merely tenacity Amelia Earhart

10-20-2009, 09:16 PM	#6
wolf lobber of scimitars Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Phila Burbs Posts: 20,774	Book directly with the airline. Easier to fix screwups, and you have the whole frequent flyer thing going for you. __________________ wolf eht htiw og "Conspiracies are the norm, not the exception." --G. Edward Griffin The Creature from Jekyll Island High Priestess of the Church of the Whale Penis

10-20-2009, 09:17 PM	#7
monster I hear them call the tide Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Perpetual Chaos Posts: 30,852	car rental same too __________________ The most difficult thing is the decision to act, the rest is merely tenacity Amelia Earhart

10-20-2009, 09:20 PM	#9
monster I hear them call the tide Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Perpetual Chaos Posts: 30,852	thanks for the title fix, btw __________________ The most difficult thing is the decision to act, the rest is merely tenacity Amelia Earhart

10-20-2009, 09:57 PM	#11
Undertoad Radical Centrist Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Cottage of Prussia Posts: 31,423	Southwest books separately from all those, but the only nonstop MI to FL is detroit to orlando. Wanna get away? southwest.com .

11-06-2009, 01:45 PM	#14
pocono101 Guest Posts: n/a	I like to use Priceline and then Hotwire and then to comparison sites.

11-07-2009, 01:04 AM	#15
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	Welcome to the Cellar, pocono101. You're not going to try to rent/sell us Pocono properties, right? __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

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