Airfare Search Sites - here's a list

Old Apr 29th, 2006, 09:30 PM
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Airfare Search Sites - here's a list

Here's an alphabetical list of some websites that help you search for airfares. Just add ".com" at the end of all of them. Thanks to the posters who have mentioned some of these.

1) If anyone knows anything particularly bad or good about any of these, I'd love to hear it. (I know there's an Orbitz thread right now).

2) If anyone has any to add to this list, I'd appreciate it; so far I can't find what I need (although I haven't searched all of these sites yet).

airfarewatchdog
autoeurope
cheapair
cheaptickets
economytravel
euroflyvacations
eurotrip
expedia
faremax
flights
flycheapabroad
itasoftware
kayak
mobissimo
onetravel
orbitz
priceline
sidestep
site59
statravel
studentuniverse
travelcuts
travelocity
travelteam
travelzoo
whichbudget

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Old Apr 30th, 2006, 12:21 AM
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skyscanner.net
flybudget.com
flightchecker.moneysavingexpert.com/
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Old Apr 30th, 2006, 06:58 AM
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wow.. i had no idea... I'm curious to hear which sites Fodorites have had the best luck with. Does anyone check ALL of them?
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Old Apr 30th, 2006, 07:30 AM
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It's been a while since I've been actively shopping for airfare, so I'm happy to see this list with some I didn't know about.
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Old Apr 30th, 2006, 09:52 AM
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Are these sites really any cheaper for Europe? I priced flights from Atlanta to Munich and the best price I found was to purchase directly from Delta.

Several were actually more expensive than Delta, and most did not give a price that included fuel charges, hence giving the impression that their price was lower than it actually is.

I remain skeptical.
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Old Apr 30th, 2006, 10:42 AM
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airlineconsolidator.com
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Old Apr 30th, 2006, 12:54 PM
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Here's an updated list, with the additions given by alanRow, Calla, and Matnik--thanks.

Update 2
1 airfarewatchdog.com
2 airlineconsolidator.com
3 autoeurope.com
4 cheapair.com
5 cheaptickets.com
6 economytravel.com
7 euroflyvacations.com
8 eurotrip.com
9 expedia.com
10 faremax.com
11 flightchecker-- http://tinyurl.com/lq44j
12 flights.com
13 flybudget.com
14 flycheapabroad.com
15 itasoftware.com
16 kayak.com
17 mobissimo.com
18 onetravel.com
19 orbitz.com
20 priceline.com
21 sidestep.com
22 site59.com
23 skyscanner.net
24 skytraxsurveys.com (cust. surveys)
25 statravel.com
26 studentuniverse.com
27 travelcuts.com
28 travelocity.com
29 travelteam.com
30 travelzoo.com
31 whichbudget.com
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Old Apr 30th, 2006, 01:23 PM
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Wow! Thanks, Maire et al., for the work and information.
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Old Apr 30th, 2006, 01:33 PM
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You're welcome, Tracey -- I hope it helps somebody find a flight or price they need.
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Old Apr 30th, 2006, 06:58 PM
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Thanks!
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Old Apr 30th, 2006, 07:04 PM
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Thank you. I love it when people post useful stuff like this here.
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Old May 1st, 2006, 03:20 AM
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Thank you!
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Old May 1st, 2006, 05:31 AM
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LCBoniti,StCirq,& Byrd - you're welcome

Update 3 - #'s 1 & 2 are new

1 airfareplanet.com (watch out for the + tax)
2 airfares.com
3 airfarewatchdog.com
4 airlineconsolidator.com
5 autoeurope.com
6 cheapair.com
7 cheaptickets.com
8 economytravel.com (watch out for the + tax)
9 euroflyvacations.com
10 eurotrip.com
11 expedia.com
12 faremax.com
13 flightchecker-- http://tinyurl.com/lq44j
14 flights.com (watch out for the + tax)
15 flybudget.com (via expedia for US)
16 flycheapabroad.com
17 itasoftware.com
18 kayak.com
19 mobissimo.com
20 onetravel.com
21 orbitz.com
22 priceline.com
23 sidestep.com
24 site59.com (last minute flights)
25 skyscanner.net (no flights from US
26 skytraxsurveys.com (cust. surveys)
27 statravel.com
28 studentuniverse.com
29 travelcuts.com
30 travelocity.com
31 travelteam.com
32 travelzoo.com
33 whichbudget.com
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Old May 1st, 2006, 07:01 AM
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www.traveljungle.com
www.gorilla.com
www.bookingbuddy.com
www.airgorilla.com
www.qixo.com

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Old May 1st, 2006, 08:33 AM
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Thanks, GreenDragon.

Update 4
#'s 4,7,19,26,34 are new

1 airfareplanet.com (watch out for the + tax)
2 airfares.com
3 airfarewatchdog.com
4 airgorilla.com
5 airlineconsolidator.com
6 autoeurope.com
7 bookingbuddy.com
8 cheapair.com
9 cheaptickets.com
10 economytravel.com (watch out for the + tax)
11 euroflyvacations.com
12 eurotrip.com
13 expedia.com
14 faremax.com
15 flightchecker-- http://tinyurl.com/lq44j
16 flights.com (watch out for the + tax)
17 flybudget.com (via expedia for US)
18 flycheapabroad.com
19 hotwire.com
20 itasoftware.com
21 kayak.com
22 mobissimo.com
23 onetravel.com
24 orbitz.com
25 priceline.com
26 qixo.com
27 sidestep.com
28 site59.com (last minute flights)
29 skyscanner.net (no flights from US)
30 skytraxsurveys.com (cust. surveys)
31 statravel.com
32 studentuniverse.com
33 travelcuts.com
34 traveljungle.us (or .com)
35 travelocity.com
36 travelteam.com
37 travelzoo.com
38 whichbudget.com

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Old May 1st, 2006, 09:54 AM
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Topping so I can find later by clicking my name.

Great thread--thanks Maire!
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Old May 1st, 2006, 10:22 AM
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Marie, thanks a zillion for all the hard work. Everyone appreciates it!!
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Old May 1st, 2006, 10:25 AM
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This is very helpful. Thanks.
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Old May 1st, 2006, 11:06 AM
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Great list! Here are some more websites and I am sure some of these have already been mentioned somewhere else on the board:

www.farecompare.com
www.ontheflytravel.com
www.farefox.com
www.cheapairfaresearch.com
www.farecrawler.com
www.discountairfares.com
www.utopia.worldventures.com
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