Jun 17, 2008
Internet "deal" newsletters don't always have the best deals
Our friends at Beat of Hawaii (www.beatofhawaii.com) have done a devastating job on those e-mailed newsletters that consist solely of so-called special bargains on the airlines and from tour operators. Many of these newsletters are paid by the supplier (the airline or the tour operator) to convey news of special deals, and that they are not objective, unpaid listings of top bargains of the sort that this blog and one or two other journalistic services provide. In fact, Beat of Hawaii points out that by the time the e-newsletter has posted its deals, the airlines have themselves undercut them.
By way of proof, Beat of Hawaii cites a special one-way airfare appearing on Travelzoo on June 11 of $447 between Los Angeles and Maui, and says:
By way of proof, Beat of Hawaii cites a special one-way airfare appearing on Travelzoo on June 11 of $447 between Los Angeles and Maui, and says:
No Deal: I priced airfares on four of the cities listed in the Travelzoo Newsletter and found significantly better deals for the same dates of travel.Write and read comments about this post.
- Boston: Travelzoo deal: $996. Northwest offered $725.
- Charlotte: Travelzoo deal: $908. American priced this at $556.
- Chicago: Travelzoo deal: $1,020. Check out Alaska at $860.
- Indianapolis: Travelzoo deal: $952. Northwest comes in low at $665.
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