Nov 7, 2007
When you go to an airfare search engine seeking a bargain, always keep in mind that scarcely any of them list the really cheap airlines
I'm indebted to my colleague, George Hobica, of AirfareWatchDog.com, for recently reminding us that scarcely any of the airfare search engines (like Travelocity, Expedia, and that ilk) ever list the fares or flights of the really cheap airlines like Southwest and Skybus. Most of them fail to list Virgin America or Allegiant, and only a handful list cost-cutting Spirit Airlines. Some of them list low-fare airlines but never show the sales fares offered by those carriers. It's all a reminder that there's really no short-cut for obtaining airfare bargains. After you consult the search engines and the results of the "aggregators" (Sidestep, Kayak, and the like), it's wise then to go directly to the websites of Southwest, JetBlue, Skybus, and Spirit, for even better fares. And, as I recently pointed out, it's important to consider some of the foreign airfare search engines, like Denmark's Momondo.com or the increasingly-popular Mobissimo.com, which often (and surprisingly) offer better fares even for domestic U.S. flights than you'd find on any online travel booking service operated by an American company.
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