Best online site for cheap airfare?

brijames · Mar 23, 2006

Flying to Pennsacola on April 14th and need as cheap a RT ticket as I can get. Any help is greatly appreciated.

viking611 · Mar 23, 2006

where you flying from and what are you going to Pensacola for? I just got back from there

maxdemo · Mar 23, 2006

where are you flying from??

TTinCO · Mar 23, 2006

http://www.bookingbuddy.com Nice portal to 7 of the big search engines.

Cool concept & saves a lot of time!

HinesWard86 · Mar 23, 2006

i use sidestep, they usually compare the big ones (orbitz, travelocity, expedia, etc.) and see who is cheaper. than u book thru one of the big ones

brijames · Mar 23, 2006

Flying out of Grand Rapids MI

TTinCO · Mar 23, 2006

Hines, I just checked out Sidestep and that might be the best site yet.

Good stuff :103631605

maxdemo · Mar 23, 2006

http://www.cheaptickets.com/

www.travelzoo.com

www.BizRate.com

PixWinns · Mar 23, 2006

For the Europeans.

www.travelsupermarket.com

WildBill · Mar 23, 2006

There is no such thing as one site. You can use these others mentioned, most of them are good, but you still won't get coverage of Southwest, JetBlue and a couple others. Best thing is just be prepared to put in an hour, try something like sidestep or bookingbuddy to set the bar and then go to Hotwire and see if they can beat it. Then go to Southwest and JetBlue if they have a route you want and get their best price. Then go to Priceline and offer about 25% under your best price and see what happens. Of course only use priceline if you have flexibility. If the price is over $350 and you are going somewhere Southwest flies, consider buying a free flight voucher. They are transferrable, although the seller has to book your reservation for you. These are easy to obtain on Craigslist, usually a little over $300.

If you did all that, chances are about 99% you got the best deal possible. Good luck.