Maybe I missed the point but you also have to search the Airlines own Web Site heres an example... Go to US Airways and pick your airports but don't pick travel dates but instead choose price, your then given a range of travel dates at a much reduced price. I find this type of search beats all the others hands down.

Flying Fish

is a much better mileage calculator than the one listed in OP. Found this on FT...

Just thought I'd share a recent experience in buying airline tickets with Northwest. I live in a city that NW has a hub, so generally you can expect them to have the lowest fares. (I still check all airline and availabilities) I was planning to fly to Miami in April. I shopped the NW website for fares for several days. I had a choice of several flights that would match my itinerary. I booked when the fares started to rise for the flight. Three days later, on a Sunday, checked the web site again and same flight was $30.00 less. Called reservations to get a price adjustment, was told, no can do, unless I pay a reticketing fee of $25.00 which wipes out most of savings. I wouldn't let it drop, communicated with NW via online complaint, they refused to budge, gave me all kinds of excuses why. Being the stubborn person I am, I tryed figure out how I could prevent being stung by this again. Told NWA what I came up with a solution, and they refused to either condone or recommend this method. You can book airfare on NWA sight on line and cancel within 24 hours with no penalty(cancel via phone reservation line) So you can book a fare, check the online price the next day, cancel via phone reservations line and rebook fare. You can continue to do this until your convinced you've got the lowest fare their going to offer. Best I can figure is the large travel agents are doing the same, which probably explains why I landed on the fare on Sunday. My guess is they use the same method, buying blocks of tickets at a low fare, and if not able to resell within 24 hours, throw them back to the airline without penalty. Granted this is a labor intensive method, but, on a high price destination, or if your buying multiple tickets, the saving could be significant. Any thoughts or pointers on the subject. P.S. please don't use this method without checking with Northwest for yourself! Rules can change at any time!

www.kayak.com
www.mobissimo.com
www.farechase.com
www.qixo.com (they charge money and they suck)
www.sidestep.com (VERY good)

www.americanexpressofferzone.comText

i notice that airtran
will be giving bonus points if u use the American Express card while booking.

hope this is not a repost

Add another to the list ... Kayak.com

Good, informative, thread

Ilikeyourgf said:i got this using xpedia lowest published rates

$212.00 (includes estimated taxes & fees*)
2 day minimum stay; 30 day maximum stay; Fare effective 7-Mar-05 to 19-May-05; Last day to buy ticket is 13-Mar-05; (fare code VXS047WH)

how would I book this?


PLEASE, 4 PEOPLE HAS ASKED THE SAME QUESTIONS AND NOBODY SEEMS TO KNOW THE ANSWER??!!! NEED HELP THANKS!

I CALLED THE AIRLINES AND EXPEDIA, BUT NEITHER ONE SAYS THEY CAN BOOK IT WITH ONLY A FAIR BASIS CODE; ALWAYS NEEDS A DEPARTURE AND RETURN DATE ALL ALL THAT JUNK... AND EVEN TRYING TO ASK ME WHERE I FOUND THIS CODE... THIS SUCKS, KNOWING A MUCH CHEAPER FARE EXISTS BUT CANNOT BOOK IT!!!!!!!!!

stop yellin

ponpon_hapkido said:Ilikeyourgf said:i got this using xpedia lowest published rates

$212.00 (includes estimated taxes & fees*)
2 day minimum stay; 30 day maximum stay; Fare effective 7-Mar-05 to 19-May-05; Last day to buy ticket is 13-Mar-05; (fare code VXS047WH)

how would I book this?


PLEASE, 4 PEOPLE HAS ASKED THE SAME QUESTIONS AND NOBODY SEEMS TO KNOW THE ANSWER??!!! NEED HELP THANKS!

I CALLED THE AIRLINES AND EXPEDIA, BUT NEITHER ONE SAYS THEY CAN BOOK IT WITH ONLY A FAIR BASIS CODE; ALWAYS NEEDS A DEPARTURE AND RETURN DATE ALL ALL THAT JUNK... AND EVEN TRYING TO ASK ME WHERE I FOUND THIS CODE... THIS SUCKS, KNOWING A MUCH CHEAPER FARE EXISTS BUT CANNOT BOOK IT!!!!!!!!!

That is funny. I called them too. Seems there fare code are just used internally? Still no one know the answer how to book it with airfare code?


ponpon_hapkido said:amdmaxx said:stop yellin

ponpon_hapkido said:Ilikeyourgf said:i got this using xpedia lowest published rates

$212.00 (includes estimated taxes & fees*)
2 day minimum stay; 30 day maximum stay; Fare effective 7-Mar-05 to 19-May-05; Last day to buy ticket is 13-Mar-05; (fare code VXS047WH)

how would I book this?


PLEASE, 4 PEOPLE HAS ASKED THE SAME QUESTIONS AND NOBODY SEEMS TO KNOW THE ANSWER??!!! NEED HELP THANKS!

I CALLED THE AIRLINES AND EXPEDIA, BUT NEITHER ONE SAYS THEY CAN BOOK IT WITH ONLY A FAIR BASIS CODE; ALWAYS NEEDS A DEPARTURE AND RETURN DATE ALL ALL THAT JUNK... AND EVEN TRYING TO ASK ME WHERE I FOUND THIS CODE... THIS SUCKS, KNOWING A MUCH CHEAPER FARE EXISTS BUT CANNOT BOOK IT!!!!!!!!!


Sorry got too emotional... hope i did not hurt anyone's feelings, especially that of admaxx. I just got frustrated, and at least one of those who asked the same question shares the same feeling as mine.