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08-30-2006, 04:34 PM
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#1 | | Have Blazer, Will Travel
Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Austin, TX
Posts: 9,807
| New Travel tool
Just discovered this neat website: http://www.farecast.com
Put in the (limited) city you're flying out of and into and dates, and it will show you how prices have trended over the past while, and what like likelihood of future price changes is. Also, it has a very nice slider based system for selecting when you fly or what prices you'll consider, so you can rule out those 6am departures or $900 tickets. Not quite to "indispensable assistant" yet, but very nice all the same. | 
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08-30-2006, 04:58 PM
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#2 | | The Judge
Join Date: Feb 2003
Posts: 4,079
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Originally Posted by KD5MDK Just discovered this neat website: http://www.farecast.com
Put in the (limited) city you're flying out of and into and dates, and it will show you how prices have trended over the past while, and what like likelihood of future price changes is. Also, it has a very nice slider based system for selecting when you fly or what prices you'll consider, so you can rule out those 6am departures or $900 tickets. Not quite to "indispensable assistant" yet, but very nice all the same. | discovered that a while ago and put it on the backburner until they open up the city list. | |
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08-30-2006, 05:00 PM
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#3 | | Have Blazer, Will Travel
Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Austin, TX
Posts: 9,807
| Yeah, I'm a little bummed that it doesn't cover the NAC sites from Austin, but for people flying from say Newark or such it's much more useful.
Combine it with www.seatguru.com and I'd say modern travel planning is much better than it used to be. | |
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08-30-2006, 05:21 PM
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#4 | | Senior Member
Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: New Jersey
Posts: 4,970
| Very handy - thanks!
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08-30-2006, 05:35 PM
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#5 | | Friend of Fencing
Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Being helpful in Breeland
Posts: 861
| If it weren't for the SeatGuru site, I would still be flying without ability to enjoy in-flight gaming.  FareCast seems limited in usefulness for the time being as I book my travel ridiculously far in advance, and I don't have much choice in days of travel (I go when/where the gigs are).
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