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Monday, October 01, 2007

Monitor airfares like the stock market

This is not the typical website such as Travelocity or Expedia. Farecast informs the travel consumers of the best times to purchase travel airfares. At one glimpse, get to check out and compare side-by-side, the best travel fares offered by various air carriers and you can make the decision on which carrier to go with, based on your preference on price, and travel schedules. Modeled almost like a stock exchange market - you will know clearly the "WAIT" before making that purchase. It will save you lots of money and make airfares fluctuations more predictable for you, the consumers.

At a snapshot, you can view a comparison of airfares with various air carriers. With the search results, the navigation sidebar on the left can be used to adjust the search results by, for example, scrolling the preferred time to depart and arrive, then see how the airfare changes. Airfare prediction shows if fares are rising or dropping. Based on the prediction, Farecast provides a recommendation to buy now or buy later.

1 Comments:

  • At 1:49 AM, Anonymous Anonymous said…

    Farecast is an interesting service, but there are limitations. One limitation which is not immediately obvious is that Farecast does not cover all airlines. For example, you will not find any fares there from Southwest, Allegiant or Skybus. Additionally, sometimes the airlines offer special deals only on their own websites which never make it into the database which Farecase uses.

    I personally have found that a much more useful site is Airfarewatchdog.com. These guys search thousands of fares by hand every day to come up with the best possible deals. They cover all of the discount carriers as well as specials listed only on airline websites. Plus you can sign up for a daily newsletter which let's you know about the best fares from your city.

    Worth checking out...

     

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