Comments on: Fare-Finder Shootout: Mobissimo Wins

By: mobissimo com

mobissimo com — Fri, 13 Jun 2008 13:47:46 +0000

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By: Sid

Sid — Thu, 12 Jun 2008 19:10:09 +0000

Hi Anne,

You might want to give http://www.cheap-flights-finder.com a go.

It basically searches numerous flight comparison sites with 1 user query. The only downside that I noticed is that you cannot select one way flights.

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Still Plenty of Room for Travel Meta Search » Amy J. Michaels — Fri, 18 Jan 2008 07:11:45 +0000

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By: Tim

Tim — Mon, 07 Jan 2008 20:48:44 +0000

I use http://www.momondo.com - has good coverage of low-cost airlines for inter-european flights.

By: Robin

Robin — Mon, 07 Jan 2008 13:59:05 +0000

Hi Ann
It seems you also missed http://www.dohop.com.
Finds me the best prices most of the time.
Thanks for the survey, good to hear of more sites to use :)

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Sun, 06 Jan 2008 17:19:25 +0000

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By: A Soul on the Verge of Aim

A Soul on the Verge of Aim — Fri, 28 Dec 2007 21:56:00 +0000

bt-store is actually screened in a Mobissimo search.

By: BrilliantExpos

BrilliantExpos — Sun, 23 Dec 2007 17:51:39 +0000

I have been using http://www.bt-store.com for a while now for international travel. I keep getting good prices.

By: Courtney Benson

Courtney Benson — Sat, 22 Dec 2007 20:27:48 +0000

Thanks Anne! I’ve been getting pretty fed-up with some of the services that have been around for awhile because they frequently find the same fares - so it was good to hear about all the other players that I was not aware of.

By: Anne Zelenka

Anne Zelenka — Sat, 22 Dec 2007 14:26:20 +0000

@The Foo: Actually, I did get to Cheap Tickets at the very end, in the third itinerary — it was a comparison option suggested by SideStep. It found the same low fare that all the other services found. Might be interesting to run through the first two itineraries, especially the one to Paraguay — I have a real interest in minimizing that cost!

By: listen_to_blogs

listen_to_blogs — Sat, 22 Dec 2007 06:41:18 +0000

I have been using farechase.yahoo.com for a while and it consistently beats all the travel sites. Perhaps you should have included farechase as well in your experiment.

By: The Foo

The Foo — Sat, 22 Dec 2007 02:52:35 +0000

wait a minute, how could you miss out cheaptickets.com! It ranks with the rest of the heavyweights and might even be the cheapest one.

By: Anne Zelenka

Anne Zelenka — Sat, 22 Dec 2007 00:03:00 +0000

Erik, I’m not familiar with FareCompare — thanks. Looks useful. I ran my Denver-SFO trip through it and it didn’t find the low Frontier fare, though. Using its fare trend showed me that Frontier was my best bet though, definitely a useful tool in the arsenal.

But my test was only anecdotal, not comprehensive. Take the results with a glass of holiday eggnog, spiked with bourbon if you like. :)

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By: Erik C. Thauvin

Erik C. Thauvin — Fri, 21 Dec 2007 23:17:56 +0000

I don't know what the right conclusion is here, but it seems to me that FareCompare, for example, finds lower (or matching) prices than any of the sites mentioned in Anne's post.

By: Anne Zelenka

Anne Zelenka — Fri, 21 Dec 2007 22:35:02 +0000

@dave: thanks, edited article to reflect that.