how do you find the best airfare?

how do you find the best airfare?

Re: how do you find the best airfare?

Hi Erica - I got your FM and was going to respond, until I saw this...check your FM...NOW!!!

Re: how do you find the best airfare?

also try cheaptickets.com.....I used them for Thanksgiving and got the best rate!

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believe it or not check the actual airlines website - I often get an internet discount which is better than those sites sometimes

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Hubby uses Orbitz to book our anniv trip and he is also a big fan of Taravlocity. I love Expedia.

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Travelzoo.com is great if you don't mind booking last minute. You can save hundreds of dollars.

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rachel...thanks for that site...we are going last minute...so hopefully we can find a good deal...(and it linked up to the airlines direct flight :) )

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www.cheaptickets.com and cheapseats.com are the best we saved $400 off of each ticket.

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For the first time ever, when planning our HM we used a travel agent-Liberty travel. They were able to break up a vacation package-we only needed a place to stay for a few nights, and airfare for flights that did not match our hotel days. Their airfare was far, far less than what I found myself online.

They run specials all of the time-check them out!

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sometimes if you do last minutes vacations you cuold even use a bj's kind of place...they are cheap and include hotel too!!

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no vacation...we need to go to Spain to help MIL with the closing of a house...moving stuff and emotional support...she has been there since october and I think she is going to have a breakdown soon...(she's been living with her mother the whole time...lol)

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Re: how do you find the best airfare?

hotwire has good prices but I do not tihnk they give you the itinerary until after you've paid. So if your times are fliexible (including a red eye) you may want to look into this

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It depends on where you are going, but Jet Blue has REALLY low prices! I think they only fly w/i the US for now, but my FH and I are going to California for our honeymoon, and we got roundtrip airfare for both of us for under $600!

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I have found that travel agents have the better rates than the engines, and are more flexible with times/days of flying...