[lug] OT: Travel Help

Frank Whiteley techzone at greeleynet.com
Mon Jan 3 23:25:22 MST 2005


I agree, you save about $7.50 a booking with the airlines directly, once you
find the better rates.

Frank Whiteley

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Michael Deck" <deckm at cleansoft.com>
To: "Boulder (Colorado) Linux Users Group -- General Mailing List"
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Sent: Monday, January 03, 2005 18:08
Subject: Re: [lug] OT: Travel Help


> I've never had good results from Expedia or Travelocity. Maybe it's just
> me. I find that Orbitz gives a good rank-order for the airlines, but you
> almost always get lower prices if you then go to the airlines directly.
> Kayak (www.kayak.com) is new, and seems to get the fares a bit closer to
> the airlines' direct offers. Be aware that buying tickets directly from
> these sites can cost you a service charge, whereas buying direct from the
> airlines usually doesn't.
>
> -Mike
>
> At 05:44 PM 1/3/2005, Evelyn Mitchell wrote:
>
> >* On 2005-01-03 17:36 Mike Stanczyk <stanczyk at pcisys.net> wrote:
> > > I need your hints and tricks to book a trip for my mother (*sigh*)
> > > from North Carolina to Florida.  She's Internet incapable so
> > > she called me.
> >
> >I second the Orbitz recommendation. I've also had good luck with Expedia.
> >
> >--
> >Regards,                    tummy.com, ltd
> >Evelyn Mitchell             Linux Consulting since 1995
> >efm at tummy.com               Senior System and Network Administrators
> >                             http://www.tummy.com/
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> Michael Deck
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