Is something up with airfare, read if wanting to travel for Turkey Day

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I know how fickle airfares are and I watch them consistently with trackers at kayak.com and travelocity and others. I have one route I continuously fly to visit octogenarian plus parents every other month, a 500 mile trip that usually costs between $500 and even $1000 (I can fly to Europe for less). I usually use FFmiles but there's little to be had because of holiday blackouts at Thanksgiving. All major east coast carriers US UA DL/NW CO serve the route through hubs and two have non-stop flights. Anyway, last night I found non-stop flights leaving Wednesday night returning Sunday over Thanksgiving for $240.40. Happy camper!

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Which site you found that deal?

Jya-Ning

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Which site you found that deal?
Jya-Ning

any

[Glitter Brunello Super Moderator Find all posts View Profile Close Glitter Brunello]

any

It has seemed, for quite some time, that the same fares published at any discount site are available through the carrier and other sites. The only difference seems to be the add-on service charges at some of the "discount" sites, so I just purchase directly from the carrier. The search engine sites like Kayak are great, since you get (almost) all the carriers/flights in one place.

Anyway, that sounds like a great deal, especially over the holiday!

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It has seemed, for quite some time, that the same fares published at any discount site are available through the carrier and other sites. The only difference seems to be the add-on service charges at some of the "discount" sites, so I just purchase directly from the carrier. The search engine sites like Kayak are great, since you get (almost) all the carriers/flights in one place.

Anyway, that sounds like a great deal, especially over the holiday!

I generally agree that booking through the airline's site is the best way. However, I have found that Cheap Tickets was much better for multi-city flights. I saved a lot of money by using Cheap Tickets on our multi-city flights to Hawaii.

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