The airlines must be in trouble because there are some real bargain fares out there. I just purchased two round trip economy tickets from west coast to east coast for the end of September for $174 each. The best part was that even at that low price they allowed me to use FF miles to upgrade to first class.

Hi Tony, <BR>Where exactly did you get 'great price'? <BR>It sounds too good to be true. Did you use priceline.com ot hotwire.com? <BR>We have to depart and arrive from BOS tp SFO certain time in 3rd week of October this year so we can't use these sites. <BR>Can you give me some infor where you get these great price. <BR>TIA <BR>Arg

I found the fares on the new airline operated website www.orbitz.com. It is really easy to use and covers all of the airlines except Southwest. However, since I wanted to upgrade using FF miles, I actually called the airline to make the reservations and handle the upgrade. They gave me the same fare. By the way, I have made two trips from west coast to Boston in the last year. In both cases I flew into Manchester, NH because I could get much better fares than I could get flying into Boston. You might want to check that out. As a bonus, it is also much cheaper to rent a car in Manchester than it is in Boston. They don't have those outrageous city/airport/big dig taxes that are charged in Boston.

I HAD found some good bargains out there about 2 weeks ago. We were looking at Milwaukee to San Francisco (via Chicago). I found fares of about $200 on AA's website. We have credit to use on AA and so was not checking other airlines. I checked a weekend in each of Sept., Oct., Nov., and Dec. Unfortunately, we could not book right away. When I went back yesterday to look again, fares had jumped to roughly $345 per person.

Just book a flight October 16, Boston to SFO on US Air for $272 round trip. Anyone found anything better.

ARG <BR> <BR>Instead of flying out of Boston, try Providence and/or Manchester. Instead of flying into S.F., try flying into Oakland, San Jose or Sacramento. You will find many fares for under $200

How about Helsinki (Finland) to Portland (Oregon) roundtrip for $92 plus tax? <BR>(Travel in June or July next year). Check out the dream maps on Travelocity

I just booked 2 seats today from Albuquerque to Baltimore round trip for $109 each. Got 'em on www.nwa.com. Couldn't believe my fortune.