Best Airline/Travel Website?

[RotationSlimWang]

Thoughts on which site are the least bastards/have the best prices?

[garrett222]

expedia has great reivews..hotwire is best for hotels. southwest.com is best for flights.

[TomAz]

The only problem with southwest.com is that then you have to actually fly Southwest Airlines.

[Trassin]

www.mobissimo.com searches several sites at once for you.

[CuervoPH]

The only problem with southwest.com is that then you have to actually fly Southwest Airlines.

Southwest has direct flights from Baltimore to Vegas. When I go to Vegas, I put up with the 3 hour layovers and connecting flights that other airlines offer specifically so I can avoid flying on Southwest.

[RotationSlimWang]

That's disheartening--Southwest is by far the most affordable for my upcoming trip from LA to SF. Why are they so shitty?

[Mr.Nipples]

Why are they so shitty?

[TomAz]

They're ok on short flights. If you set your expectations low. Cross country, though, man, i'd rather walk.
crowded planes, gotta fight and scramble for a decent seat, and no food or entertainment or anything.

[RotationSlimWang]

Sounds tolerable for an hour each way considering it's a hundred bucks cheaper.

C'mere Southwest, I'll love you baby.

[luckyface]

Speaking of flights, I just got a roundtrip ticket to Hawaii from LA over Labor Day weekend for $340 total. So I pretty much rule.

[thinnerair]

i always fly JetBlue.
Even with that whole disaster in February, I m still a loyal JetBlue customer.

[rage patton]

Canada only has two airlines.
It makes decisions a lot easier.

[TomAz]

how is Air Nunavut anyway?

[marooko]

from LA to SF. fucking drive.

[miscorrections]

farecast is pretty helpful, it tells you current airline rates vs. usual airline rates and tells you if they're likely to rise or fall so you can buy at the appropriate time.

[rage patton]

how is Air Nunavut anyway?

Its pretty good. Its not an actual airline though. Its actually a helicopter line. You get dropped of on Baffin Island. After about 10km of wandering, you should run into a dog sled. Its really good service though. If you find the dog sleed fast enough, the hot chocolate waiting for you, will still be warm! When you get Iqualit, assuming that is where you are heading in Nunavut, they Parka you when you get there! You know? Like in hawaii you get lay'ed when you go there? Yeah, its just like that in Nunavut, but you get parka'ed.

[paulb]

i usually just use Orbitz.com

[Hannahrain]

You know? Like in hawaii you get lay'ed when you go there?

This depends an awful lot on how you look in your swim trunks.

[amyzzz]

They're ok on short flights. If you set your expectations low. Cross country, though, man, i'd rather walk.
crowded planes, gotta fight and scramble for a decent seat, and no food or entertainment or anything.

I don't see a problem with that. But I rarely ever fly. Once every 3 years maybe.

[JustSteve]

i use sidestep.com to compare rates of all airlines.

[BlueDevil50]

i heard travelzoo.com was pretty legit

[crazzz2007]

from LA to SF. fucking drive.

it's almost cheaper to fly if you're driving solo and can't split the gas cost.

[tessalasset]

i heard travelzoo.com was pretty legit

I was just gonna say. I love travelzoo's top 20. and i've flown via travelocity to hawaii twice last year. i love it cause they pull up awesome flight/hotel combos. i think i got a roundtrip air and 3 nights last november for $400 bucks.

[orbit]

farecast is pretty helpful, it tells you current airline rates vs. usual airline rates and tells you if they're likely to rise or fall so you can buy at the appropriate time.

I use farecast also, it's pretty good. Show the real ticket rates (and not the ones with $5-10 more such as at Orbitz), and more destines.

farecompare.com has airfare deal alerts, they send to your email any fare changes or new ones, hours before they appear in the other websites.

[RotationSlimWang]

it's almost cheaper to fly if you're driving solo and can't split the gas cost.

It's entirely cheaper, and changes 16 hours of driving in miserable traffic to 2 hours of effortless flying. zzz2007 comes through with the logic.

[Jenniehoo]

priceline.com still always works for me and gives me the cheapest rates. I check with airlines and expedia after and priceline is always the cheapest - so I go with them.

However - you can't easily refund or switch tickets with them. It's pretty much a done deal. Still - it's at least 50 cheaper than any area airline - check it out.

[J~$$$]

United air miles. I increased my limit on my business visa then I put it all into a pay-pal money market account at 4-5% (I dont't remember.) Then I gained about 175 dollars a month and after 6 months I had about $1050 and a shitload of air miles all using someone elses money....I did have to pay around 300 in fees but I made money and free air miles.....suckaz.

[tessalasset]

i have no idea what you just said.

[TomAz]

I don't see a problem with that. But I rarely ever fly. Once every 3 years maybe.

Yes amy. Good point. If you don't have need to make use of a service, then it doesn't matter if the service sucks.