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Old Jul 26th, 2007, 01:53 PM
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Unbelievable flight pricing

Has anyone ever used this sight to make a flight reservation on ebookers.com I've gone on all kinds of sights and the flight prices for LAX to CDG and out of Nice to LAX are all over $1,000. Through ebookers.com it's only $526 including all taxes. Just wondering if they're reputable, can't believe the prices.
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I just checked this out, and you may or may not have noticed, but the price quotes are in pounds not dollars, which would account for the seemingly large price difference. I checked flights from ATL-London, and there was no difference from what I have seen on other travel sites.
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Are you sure its in $ and not £ ??
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Old Jul 26th, 2007, 03:16 PM
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It is a UK site
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Old Jul 26th, 2007, 03:44 PM
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I checked again and it is in Euros, but it still comes out to below $800 which is still cheaper than anywhere else.

Has anyone used them?
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I looked at the site, too, and prices are listed in pounds.
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Old Jul 26th, 2007, 04:30 PM
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I looked at it too and it is definitely in £, not $ or €
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Old Jul 26th, 2007, 04:53 PM
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I've met someone who used ebookers, and it's affiliated with other reputable sites.

But I tried entering the flights you mentioned, and also got pounds. Maybe if you entered the dates you are using, someone could see if it really is the cheapest price.
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Old Jul 26th, 2007, 08:02 PM
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&quot;<i>I checked again and it is in Euros</i>&quot;

Nope - as everyone else is saying, I got &pound; too, not &euro;
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Hi S,

It seems that you're the only one who sees the fares in $'s/euros. You should book those fares on your magical computer.
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Old Jul 26th, 2007, 08:20 PM
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Don't feel badly, Suze - every hopeful heart has made that error. And then there's the &quot;$365 US/London&quot; fare !!!!! that has teeny tiny print saying &quot;each way with RT purchase.&quot;

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Well, they do have international (i.e. non-UK) sites, with links in the bottom. If you the French flag, it redirects to ebookers.fr and prices are in &euro;. If you click the Swiss flag, it redirects to ebookers.ch and prices are in CHF.
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Old Jul 27th, 2007, 09:52 AM
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The prices are listed as pounds sterling. For rule of thumb double the listed price to get US dollars.
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