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Cheap Plane Tickets

tofutofu Registered User regular
edited September 2007 in Help / Advice Forum
What's the best site to search for plane tickets these days?

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  • ThanatosThanatos Registered User regular
    edited September 2007
    I use several, and have gotten good hits on all of them.

    Sidestep (don't download the adware they offer you) and Orbitz are both great for multi-airline searches (Orbitz in particular has some very powerful search tools). Unless things have recently changed, Southwest doesn't list their flights on those sites, so you have to search them individually. I usually check JetBlue individually, as well.

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  • ASimPersonASimPerson Cold... ... and hard.Registered User regular
    edited September 2007
    I use this thing:
    http://matrix.itasoftware.com/cvg/dispatch/

    It's the raw engine that powers several "matrix display" sites, but without the ads and crap.

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  • ThanatosThanatos Registered User regular
    edited September 2007
    ASimPerson wrote: »
    I use this thing:
    http://matrix.itasoftware.com/cvg/dispatch/

    It's the raw engine that powers several "matrix display" sites, but without the ads and crap.
    Heh, I have Firefox. I keep forgetting that the internet has ads. :P

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  • ASimPersonASimPerson Cold... ... and hard.Registered User regular
    edited September 2007
    Thinatos wrote: »
    ASimPerson wrote: »
    I use this thing:
    http://matrix.itasoftware.com/cvg/dispatch/

    It's the raw engine that powers several "matrix display" sites, but without the ads and crap.
    Heh, I have Firefox. I keep forgetting that the internet has ads. :P

    Well, I have all that stuff too, but a nice plain site that doesn't have any ads in the first place is still preferable to sites that do. :)

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  • embrikembrik Registered User regular
    edited September 2007
    Check out Kayak. It lets you search multiple sites at once. Works beautifully. You can also have it compare its results with Travelocity, Expedia, Priceline, Orbitz, etc.
    Also, the only ads on the page are text-based.

    Edit, after checking out that itasoftware link, I can say that the two are very similar. The thing I like more about Kayak though is that once you've put in your search, you can easily filter your results on the left side of the page (adjust takeoff/landing times, different area airports, airlines, etc)

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  • CZroeCZroe Registered User regular
    edited September 2007
    Buddy Passes FTW. My brother and I are flying to San Diego this week with some. Make a friend. Do some favors. Get cheap passes.

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  • MotherFireflyMotherFirefly Registered User regular
    edited September 2007
    STA Travel is good if you're a student.Though expect cheap tickets and SHITTY LAYOVERS.

    http://www.statravel.com/

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