Comments on: How To Book Airline Tickets Cheaply And Quickly

By: Hunter Nuttall

Hunter Nuttall — Fri, 11 Apr 2008 04:22:16 +0000

cloud9ine, thanks for the heads up. I think most people agree that it pays to check out a few different sites, as even prices for the same flight can vary from one site to the next. Kayak may or may not find the best deal in a given situation.

By: cloud9ine

cloud9ine — Fri, 11 Apr 2008 04:11:15 +0000

Kayak is not all good. Check out the page (click my name) to se ehow kayak sometime makes you book the same flight from cheaptickets or other sites when the saame is available with the airline... cloud9ine's last blog post..Hardees - the inevitable breakfast switchover

By: Hunter Nuttall

Hunter Nuttall — Thu, 10 Apr 2008 03:44:07 +0000

Catherine, I used Priceline for groceries in the early 2000s, and I would save something like $10 a week. I’ve never used it for hotels or car rentals, just because I rarely need those things. Good luck getting a good deal on New York.

I have no doubt that Japan will be amazing. My friends have a blog about it with lots of pictures, so I’m already covered on that front.

By: Cath Lawson

Cath Lawson — Wed, 09 Apr 2008 22:54:48 +0000

Hi Hunter – That is an excellent deal. I’ve used priceline for hotels and car rentals a lot but I’ve never tried it for flights. Now, I’m going to see if I can get a deal on New York in the summer, if it lets me bid for a one way flight.

Have a wonderful time in Japan – it is supposed to be amazing. There is a great Japan blog – don’t remember the url but, if you search “neil” and “japan” you’ll probably find it.

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By: Hunter Nuttall

Hunter Nuttall — Tue, 08 Apr 2008 06:03:43 +0000

@ Barbara and John, Kayak is actually one of the sites that my mom’s coworker told me about. It’s an interesting idea. With general web search, Google searches the whole internet, Yahoo and Microsoft and other search engines search the same internet, and then Dogpile searches all those search engines. Now it’s the same thing with travel. All these sites search all the airlines, and Kayak and SideStep search the travel sites. I wish we just had one site that we could be sure would search everything.

When I tried Kayak back then, I don’t remember exactly what happened, but I remember thinking it was useless. I can only think that the site must have been experiencing technical difficulties at that moment, because I tried it just now and it worked great! I don’t think it’s perfect though, as it checks Priceline but my mom’s coworker didn’t find the Priceline deal that I did when he searched Kayak. Also, Kayak says in some places that they’re working to improve integration with certain airlines so check the site carefully. Still, I think Kayak and SideStep are important enough that I modified my post to include them in tip #3.

@ John, when I added your link to my post in tip #3, I used expedianews.com as your link. Let me know if you want to use a different URL for that link.

@ Akemi, I’m sure it will be a great experience, and I’ll probably be writing about it. BTW, here in D.C. we have the cherry blossoms that were a gift from Japan. Everyone goes nuts when they bloom, and I guess that’s one reason spring is the best time there.

By: John

John — Mon, 07 Apr 2008 17:05:27 +0000

FOr me the best way is to search Kayak.com and then book directly with the airline. Online travels sites are having bad reputation (especially EXPEDIA, they tried to scam me once , click on my name to read my case and hundreds more.)
Booking directly with the airline is safer and a little bit cheaper.

By: Akemi - Yes to Me

Akemi - Yes to Me — Mon, 07 Apr 2008 17:02:15 +0000

Hi Hunter, Safe trip, and let me know what you think of Japan. Kyoto is a beautiful old city, and spring is the best time there. I've been there several times. Akemi - Yes to Me's last blog post..Yes To Me Celebrates Its Achievements In The First Two Months

By: Barbara Swafford

Barbara Swafford — Mon, 07 Apr 2008 09:06:24 +0000

Hi Hunter,

Two other great sites to check are Kayak.com and Sidestep.com. They do not sell tickets, but act as a one stop “travel search engine” They both offer side by side comparisons, and provide a link to the specified sites. I like them both as they save the time of checking multiple sites. Another productivity hack? Yeah?

Have a safe trip to Japan.

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