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By: April

April — Wed, 13 Jan 2010 04:33:10 +0000

I book my flights ahead of schedule to avoid high fares. I search for different prices on different travel agencies and wait for price offers or search for travel deals. But this is great info, I will tell my travel buddies about your post. Thanks!

By: Chris Campos

Chris Campos — Sat, 06 Jun 2009 10:08:10 +0000

Thanks for such informative blog. I will be definitely checking out these sites when I will be planning a tour next time….

By: xki

xki — Mon, 26 Jan 2009 12:18:23 +0000

HI,

I would like to mention that besides Kayak and Skyscanner, n the rest there is also a search engine called Momondo. It has actually been titled the best and fastest by CNN in 2008... It has articles with travel experiences n now a comparative search of high-speed trains (in Europe for now) is included when you search for flights... This way you can go greener n have a better view. :o)

Hope this was helpful.

xki

By: Vera

Vera — Tue, 30 Sep 2008 12:14:51 +0000

Hi Nick - I wanted to mention CheapOair.com, i bought some tickets this summer to fly to genva and milan, i got a great deal on british air. they had a pretty good selection of fares as well. I liked about the site was the ability to book seats through the confirmation page. You should add this to your list. The service was decent, i got to change my itinerary on the phone. I was on hold for long time but they provided decent service.

just fyi and info for your readers. I will also try out mobissimo which i had never heard of before. thansk for the info.

Vera

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By: I MacMillen

I MacMillen — Mon, 14 Jul 2008 13:25:46 +0000

Lessno.com sold me a ticket that was supposed to be round trip between my hometown in the U.S. and Ljubljana, Slovenia but turned out to have a major gap in the middle of the return trip: they had me landing in New York JFK and flying out of Newark. These airports are many miles apart, in separate states. Just because they both serve the NY metropolitan area does not mean that it’s an easy transfer between the two. It took me several hours and a fair amount of money and I was worried I would miss my flight. I know I should have caught this glitch when booking the tickets—I saw Newark and read “New York” or I wouldn’t have booked it to begin with—but Lessno.com should not come up with options that they market as “round trip” that don’t include a complete return trip. I called them from JFK and they were not helpful at all, they did not even help me figure out how to get from one airport to the next. I’d be cautious about using this site for flights within, from, or to the U.S., as they don’t seem to have a good grasp of geography and airports in the country.

By: Martine N

Martine N — Sat, 12 Jul 2008 04:11:29 +0000

Hi,
I just wanted to point out that kayak.com has removed all online travel agencies except for Orbitz and Cheaptickets. They were under direct pressure from the airlines to remove fares that were below what they were offering on their websites.

This is a big shame for consumers. Sites such as vayama, airfare.com, lessno, jetcombo and others offer fares alot cheaper than aa.com or orbitz normally does. Kayak sells itself as searching hundreds of sources and being impartial. But this is not exactly true.

Mobissimo has not given into these pressures yet and still offers all the online travel agencies selling consolidator, private and net inventory. Hopefully they will be able to hold out and get some business from kayak. Farecast has also limited online travel agency participation and really is not competitive in finding low fares internationally.

So, check it out yourself. Im sure you will see a dramatic difference between mobissimo and kayak now in finding the best international fare.

Martine

By: Matt R

Matt R — Wed, 18 Jun 2008 18:44:59 +0000

Hi Nick,

Thanks for the feedback, and please don't discount the level of your research! The online travel industry is indeed overwhelming, and there really is no one-stop where you can rely on finding all fares on all websites. Metasearch sites such as Kayak and Mobissimo have certainly made the search process easier, but they're not all-encompassing. Neither are bookings sites themselves, as vayama admittedly doesn't focus on domestic fares, whereas other sites may not offer the same options for international travel. Please note that vayama does offer a search for European Low-Cost Carriers (LCC's) through our partner wegolo, which can be found online at http://www.vayama.com/low-cost-airlines

There likely never will be a single site that can be relied on to find all fares through all channels, so in the meantime it's still best to search through at least a few websites when shopping for airfare. That means that blogs such as this which do point out the strengths and weaknesses of those many various sites are arguably the best source of information for the consumer to determine where they should start looking.

Best regards,
Matt R
vayama.com

By: Cass

Cass — Mon, 16 Jun 2008 14:18:34 +0000

Nick - Lessno.com (less money, no hassle) is another one that belongs on your list. They have some of the best airfares out there for international travel (they are partners with over 75 discount and major carriers worldwide). They also just added discount hotels to the site. Lessno.com has awesome customer service and a kick-ass blog with insider tips for many of the world's greatest destinations. Check it out when you have a chance. Thanks.