I'm starting to research airfare for a trip to Italy in March, in case I find a great rate, or at least to get familiar with usual fares. I'm finding excellent rates on www.fly911.com/ Has anyone had any experience with this company, good or bad? Any other tips on finding good airfare?

Haven't ever heard of it but what a strange name.

With the exception of consolidators -- which can include some vacation packagers and airline affiliated agencies -- it is not all that common for a particular seller to have exclusive access to substantially lower fares. Research anywhere, but when it comes to actually PURCHASING, choose from a solid operator that you know will deliver. (For me, that almost always ends up meaning a direct purchase from the carrier or its vacation arm.)

Hmmmmmmmmmmmmm.....

I went to www.fly9911.com

It switches to http://domain365.com/ which wants to sell me a domain name.

Natalie,

Here is a site that I recently found. Try it out.

www.mobissimo.com

ira,

You have an extra "9" in the url you typed here.

Gretchen, I thought the same thing at first, but I think the context is probably supposed to be "help", like you call 911 on the telephone to get help.

Karen

<b>www.fly911.com</b> does not exist. Are you sure you got the right address?

A good, reliable site is <b>www.1800flyeurope.com</b>

While ira may have typed it wrong on the posting (above), I found the same thing, and I am sure I typed it correctly. And a search on google.com leads to the one and only (redirected) site mentioned above.

I <i>do</i> feel like I have seen some kind of consolidator named <i>something</i> like this, but I can't think what its name might be.

Tell us what site you're actually talking about, Natalie...

Best wishes,

Rex

Oops! My bad. The actual site name is even more unfortunate, www.911fly.com. It was established before 9/11, but is kind of a poor name to have. Anyway, sorry for the mix-up and thanks for the help!