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Getting the best possible airfare deals from the USA with Google Flights

If you’ve ever gone down the rabbit hole of searching for flights, you know how overwhelming it can get. Prices jump around, deals disappear, and it’s easy to spend hours refreshing tabs. That’s where Google Flights comes in—it’s one of the most powerful (and free) tools for finding cheap airfares. Here are a few strategies travelers swear by: read post

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Flying smarter: 10 money-saving tips for budget travelers

Airfares in 2024 have been a something of a mixed bag - generally down to/from/within Europe and the United States, but pricier when it comes to Africa and parts of Asia, as well as the Middle East and South America. Regardless, to make the most of your travel budget and leave you more for enjoying destinations once you get there, here are a handful of proven strategies read post

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Avgeek alert: the various stages of flight

You get on the plane and, while you listen to music, read a book or rest, there are messages that are heard through the loudspeaker. Often these messages have to do with each phase of the flight of the plane that takes you from your holiday or work destination to home (or vice versa). Today we are going to learn about each of these phases a little more in depth and also about which professionals contribute to each one.Read post

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The top 10 of the world´s most expensive/luxurious airlines

Daniel Gillaspia Luxury abounds in the arena of commercial aviation, luxury abounds, from comfortable, stylish cabins to gourmet dining to private accommodations, all complemented with superlative service. These airlines are the standouts which routinely appear on the annual surveys of the world´s best, and which make the journey itself a big part of the pleasure of travel. read post

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Anil January 23, 2011 at 7:18pm

Actually most US carriers have not added newer planes in the last decade except say 777-LR which are used exclusively on long haul international. CO,DL used it for their US-India, and then CO moved some to China, and DL redeployed theirs. There still a lot of old planes MDs are still in DL inventor and used in LGA-ATL or LGA-BOS. Jetblue and VirginA are the only ones with newer planes - JetBlue has Airbus.
Charlie Leocha January 19, 2011 at 9:27pm

Ed,

It's a crapshoot. If anyone gets lucky they might end up on a new plane. AA is my least favorite because of the fleet of MD-80s that have minimal pitch and no inflight entertainment in some cases. Continental is shoddy — even their CEO admits that. United is the same and you have your experiences with Delta. Surprisingly, USAir might be the best of the lot rising from the back of the pack. They have made a big effort to fix the little things and it does make a difference.

Otherwise fly JetBlue, Virgin America, AirTran or Southwest and avoid the majors.
Ed Wetschler January 19, 2011 at 9:22pm

The seats on Delta's San Diego-JFK flight were remarkably uncomfortable. In fact, this was the first time I've ever gotten on a plane dog tired, taken an ambien for a red-eye, and still found it impossible to sleep.
Makes me wonder: Which of the major carriers do you consider the least comfortable?
Anil January 15, 2011 at 2:09pm

In specific ? or in general ? I would begin with a meta engine like momondo.com or vayama.com - another alternative is matrix.itasoftware.com.

If you are in a gateway city like New York, you could look for last minute fares in the local ethic newspapers of the city you wish to travel, or call some of the travel agents or consolidators specializing in that market - e.g Go to Little Brzil district in Manhatan for fares to Sao Paulo or Rio.
Buzzy Gordon January 15, 2011 at 2:19am

Anyone have recommendations for finding good last-minute intl. fares? Thanks.
girasolereale January 15, 2011 at 12:44am

Can you give me some advice to find the best fare flight from Rome Italy to Bangkok in february!!!
Charlie Leocha January 8, 2011 at 8:36pm

Ed. Virgin America is pretty cool alright. I just flew them from LA to Dulles about a month ago. I like JetBlue just about as much with more flights. They are both good, and for short hops nothing beats Southwest. All the basics at a fair price, even at the last minute.
Ed Wetschler January 8, 2011 at 6:26pm

Am aboard virgin america to LA. I say this is the coolest US carrier. And you?
Northeast News January 7, 2011 at 11:56pm

I just saw a cartoon on the Travel Humor page ( http://www.tripatini.com/group/afunnythinghappened ) that gave me a chuckle.
Charlie Leocha January 6, 2011 at 4:18pm

Here is the next story about the epic battle - http://snipr.com/1s9pcm

It will eventually affect everyone. Even FFs don't ourchase blindly. If AA's prices are higher than others they will book away from AA. Business travelers are the big kahuna here. Corporations want to work with a system that gives them interconnectivity across the travel spectrum.

Honestly, I don't know what AA was thinking. They are getting slammed IMHO,