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Posted by basd on Oct-27-2006 17:29:

Cheap flights in the US

What are the best sites for booking cheap flights inside the US? More particularly Columbus, OH <-> NYC and / or Columbus, OH <-> Washington, DC.

I've checked out cheapflights.com and lowestfare.com, but are there any others known for cheap tickets? Any other particular tips (as in booking time, etc.)?

I'll be in OH with some colleagues for a few weeks in November, and we'd like to check out either of these cities. Domestic flights seem like a nice alternative for car rental for these distances.

Thanks in advance!

Posted by l�cid on Oct-27-2006 17:47:

www.orbitz.com
www.expedia.com

fuck. there was another really good one (that i think maybe kid nyce posted a while back?) that searches all the sites for you... but i can't remember it now.

remember when you find a low price on one of those sites, to check the airline's site for the same flight because sometimes it'll be cheaper if you actually buy straight from them. no service fees.

Posted by EarnYourKeep on Oct-27-2006 17:48:

www.kayak.com

Posted by l�cid on Oct-27-2006 17:50:

quote:
Originally posted by kid nyce
www.kayak.com

doh! there we go. i kept thinking of kiwis. i knew it was something that started with K!

Posted by basd on Oct-27-2006 17:59:

quote:
Originally posted by l�cid
www.orbitz.com
www.expedia.com

fuck. there was another really good one (that i think maybe kid nyce posted a while back?) that searches all the sites for you... but i can't remember it now.

remember when you find a low price on one of those sites, to check the airline's site for the same flight because sometimes it'll be cheaper if you actually buy straight from them. no service fees.

Thank you, and

quote:
Originally posted by kid nyce
www.kayak.com

Thank you!

Posted by Ian on Oct-27-2006 19:10:

you'll have to pay a bit of excess luggage on your motorbike

Posted by basd on Oct-27-2006 19:52:

quote:
Originally posted by Ian
you'll have to pay a bit of excess luggage on your motorbike

I must be horribly overlooking something.. I never had a motorbike

I never will either by the way. I'm a car guy.

Posted by Ian on Oct-27-2006 19:55:

quote:
Originally posted by basd
I must be horribly overlooking something.. I never had a motorbike

I never will either by the way. I'm a car guy.

sand leaper said something about you not being able to give him a lift to an event

Posted by nchs09 on Oct-27-2006 19:55:

what dates do you want to fly?

Posted by mezzir on Oct-27-2006 20:18:

never done anything through an agency or planner or anything
all i know is southwest has deals that comes to about like 100 bucks for a 1-way, but it had to be on a tuesday or wednesday i think and purchased online
but still
ftw

Posted by EXTREMUM on Oct-27-2006 23:10:

www.Southwest.com

/THREAD

Posted by jdat on Oct-27-2006 23:16:

quote:
Originally posted by EXTREMUM
www.Southwest.com

/THREAD

southwest doesn't really cover ohio at least I know it didn't bu maybe things have changed ...

but the whole thread in itself is pointless!

All these websites are pretty much the same in a sense ... and just doing one search isn't going to get you the best deal!

Buying plane tickets takes some advanced planning with various open dates and looking at the tickets on different dates!
Prices fluctuate on a daily basis!!!!!

Just to give you an example ... my parents got plane tickets from France to Cleveland Ohio round trip for 380$ around the christmas peak season ... the price at first was 600 and it kept going up and down up and down till the price was right.

When you find a good deal don't wait it out but also don't buy the first tickets you find either!

Posted by ambs on Oct-28-2006 00:49:

www.cheapair.com

FTW

Posted by aquila on Oct-28-2006 01:41:

Al's discount redneck flight service

Posted by basd on Oct-28-2006 12:12:

quote:
Originally posted by Ian
sand leaper said something about you not being able to give him a lift to an event

That was bike, as in bicycle

quote:
Originally posted by jdat
southwest doesn't really cover ohio at least I know it didn't bu maybe things have changed ...

but the whole thread in itself is pointless!

All these websites are pretty much the same in a sense ... and just doing one search isn't going to get you the best deal!

Buying plane tickets takes some advanced planning with various open dates and looking at the tickets on different dates!
Prices fluctuate on a daily basis!!!!!

Just to give you an example ... my parents got plane tickets from France to Cleveland Ohio round trip for 380$ around the christmas peak season ... the price at first was 600 and it kept going up and down up and down till the price was right.

When you find a good deal don't wait it out but also don't buy the first tickets you find either!

Thanks, I know of that strategy thing.. I wouldn't call this thread pointless though, first of all, I've never been in the US before, so I can't really tell what sites 'usually' offer best prices, I'm looking for other people's experiences here. And I've gotten them as well, so that gets rid of the pointlessness, at least for me.

The various open dates is a no-go though, we have to work on various business cases throughout the week, so leaving on Friday and returning on Sunday (10-12 November and 17-19 November, to be exact) is pretty much fixed.

quote:
Originally posted by ambs
www.cheapair.com

FTW

Dank je!