Way OT: Airfares

My round-trip -- Portland to Newark -- last week was ~$375, so I'd say $1k is definitely a fluke... although I also recall that when I was booking that flight, many of the trips were more like ~$500, annoyingly.

As far as I can tell, most of the mainstream guys like Orbitz (which powers travel.yahoo.com as well) and Travelocity are usually within

+/-$10 of each other -- it often boils down to how many junk fees they tack on. For general travel (as opposed to specialized routes such as vacations) I'm under the impression that Hotwire.Com and Priceline.Com are the only "real" discounters.

The catch with Hotwire is that they don't tell you the exact time nor airline until you commit to your (non-refundable) booking, so the airlines can discount tickets to them while at the same time tell you that you won't find a "published" rate better than the mainstream sites or booking with them directly. Priceline has you bid for tickets, which takes time (having a low bid rejected, increasing it for a second round, etc.), but can still get you significant discount if you want to play the game.

There's a web site --

-- where people post the deals they've obtained via either Hotwire or Priceline ; it can save a great deal of time and aggravation for well-traveled routes.

---Joel

Thanks! Great info! ...Jim Thompson

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SWA's Aircrash err AirTran has $227...

SWA itself flies into Buffalo; $205 & up. Free checked baggage.

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I've seen only red-eyes.

That might work... as long as I don't hit another nasty snow storm :-( ...Jim Thompson

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| 1962 | I love to cook with wine. Sometimes I even put it in the food.

Syracuse is another possibility, but I90 is pretty boring (when it isn't terrifying) either way in that area.

Best regards, Spehro Pefhany

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WOT Gorilla?

It's the oil.

They all use any excuse they can to jack prices, even before the reason given actually has an impact.

Yeah, but that price includes a free guitar breaking service.

Ed (I think it was JF who first posted that link a while back.)

BUT..You ARE a criminal if you fly on an airline. The FED has seen to it that anyone that flies is an admitted proven criminal; TSA is the proof of that UN-constitutional approach. You are guilty, you have no rights,there is no trial and you get punished AT the site (by the TSA).

I keep requesting a female agent ;-) ...Jim Thompson

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You will only get GOD

What little flying i do i book through expedia.com. Works pretty well = for me.

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