Archive for August 10th, 2006

August 10, 2006: 9:02 pm: <ADMINNICENAME>Airfare Sites

Last Minute Airfare Bargain -


Washington Post - Sometime between now and then, we have to buy the airline tickets. So the question Expect to pay on sale about $350 a ticket for a one-stop flight and $425 or so for we usually pay for either (we try to book hotels for less than $150, yay Priceline

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Best Airfare Rates -


Hawaiian Airlines has every right to sue Mesa Airlines. Mesa Airlines is waging a brutal PR campaign against Hawaiian and Aloha, and Mesa is making up their own rules.
Source: starbulletin.com

Delegates back green tax on Europe travel 
To keep Europe greener, travelers may have to shell out more green. The European Parliament voted last week to adopt a proposal that, if implemented, could double the cost of millions of bargain airline flights by making passengers pay for the environmental impact of their travels.
Source: www.estripes.com

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Farecast.com lets you predict airfares 
Air travel is more expensive than ever, and the dizzying number of online flight discounters and cheap ticket dealers has only made the process more confusing. Today you’ll be quoted one price, tomorrow something different.
Source: news10now.com

Sites predict airfare sales for those unsure of price 
When the price of an airline ticket can change several times a day, it’s hard to feel secure about locking in the lowest fare. But several Web sites are adding features intended to help you feel confident about the price you’re paying.
Source: www.contracostatimes.com

Finding a last-minute deal this year means braving some heat 
SAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch) — Cheap travel is all about weather.
Source: feeds.marketwatch.com

Biz Travel Archive 
Paying for Perks Want the travel amenities you’re used to? Be ready to pay up. August 2006 Lofty Lodgings A new class of airy, open and affordable hotels is springing up.
Source: www.entrepreneur.com

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Airfare Cheap Tickets -


gfn.com - 3 Tips for Saving on Airfares (as Fuel Skyrockets) Friday July 14, 2006 Paul Haber If Wild West days of the dot.com boom when you could pop online at the last minute After much hair pulling, the cheapest fare I found hovered around $360, with
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The Flight Crew
Washington Post - this weekend (and you did see it, didn’t you?), you noticed the piece on last-minute We’ve been looking online for flights and the cheapest we can find is in the $300 When should we start looking for airfares? John Deiner: Hey, Silver. That’s a tricky
Source: www.washingtonpost.com

INDUSTRY NEWS & PEOPLE July 2006
Business Travel Executive - This data is also compared to the same week last year and the past month. The call center costs by providing consumers with an easier way to view when the cheapest charter, has created a Private Jet Specialist Program, a series of five 30-minute
Source: www.askbte.com

RSS News Feeds
Washington Post - response to you volunteer question before we could add a note about about airfares We’re really at the early stages of planning a last-minute trip, so we’ll take I like to look for the best/cheapest deal in expensive places like staying in
Source: www.washingtonpost.com

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Airfare Finder -


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Expedia partners up for theme tours 
Company promotes multiday adventures of iExplore, others, from staying in Ian Fleming’s home to biking through national parks.

NWA joins fall sale 
Northwest Airlines joined other U.S. carriers this week in launching modest airfare cuts for fall leisure travel, but industry experts warn consumers not to expect major discounts as in past years.

Finding a last-minute deal this year means braving some heat 
SAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch) — Cheap travel is all about weather.

Signposts 
Take a hike Hike the High Sierra on family camping trips in California’s Yosemite National Park. The four-day outings in Tuolumne Meadows are offered Aug. 5 and 10 by the nonprofit Yosemite Association, the natural-history organization for the national park.

Rising fuel prices boost islands’ tourist prices 
Visitors to Hawaii may be in for a surprise the high cost of getting around doesn’t end after that long and expensive airline flight from the mainland. …

Travel Notes 
Sailboat races in Galveston; Tierra del Sol adventures; Dallas treehouses; Silver Dollar City package

Tours and more 
PACKAGES

Persistence results in hotel deals 
If you’d like to enjoy the comforts of a four- or five-star hotel, consider a weekend stay at a hotel that caters to business travelers. While the business traveler pays a premium during the week, these hotels lower rates to lure leisure travelers on weekends.

a resurrection of Hoffa in spirit 
Airline briefly promoted rates with Web game search for dead teamster Spirit Airlines won’t concede it made a grave mistake. But after consumer protests, the Miramar-based carrier quickly killed an online fare promotion tied to an FBI search for the body of former Teamsters’ president Jimmy Hoffa.

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One Way Airfares -


Washington Post - Getting a good rate on a hotel in Port of Spain can be tougher. There is a pretty Bethesda, Md.: I usually travel alone and use various low-cost web sites to try to When should we start looking for airfares? John Deiner: Hey, Silver. That’s a tricky one
Source: www.washingtonpost.com

End of a Golden Era
Inside Higher Ed - That drove the application success rate from 30 percent in the 2003 fiscal year Case got a rude awakening when administrators asked them to bargain shop for airfares grant proposal, and to have the likelihood of success for that proposal be so low
Source: www.insidehighered.com

Earnings: eBay, Apple, Motorola, Intel More
FOX News - While sales of iPods are still rising at a respectable clip, concerns of a slowing sales growth rate have arisen in Southwest’s hedging program has been credited with helping the airline maintain its low airfares despite rising fuel costs. But
Source: www.foxnews.com

FEBRUARY 2002
Arts Journal - The rate is six percent - for the British Museum, this means a charge of 14 million a year. The ART-HOPPING ON THE RISE ACROSS THE POND: With low airfares, free museum admission, and no
Source: www.artsjournal.com

In SLC, the planes run on time
Salt Lake Tribune - With airfares rising, consumers focus most on on-time arrival rates when gauging the Salt Lake City International Airport notched the best on-time-arrival rate among by major carriers Delta, Northwest, American, Continental and US Airways; low
Source: www.sltrib.com

Jeanette Fitzsimons State of the Planet Speech
Scoop - oil fields is felt in the prices at our petrol pumps and the surcharge on our airfares contributor to our out of control current account deficit and our inflation rate suggest that a happier society is one with a modest gap between high and low
Source: www.scoop.co.nz

Rediff.com Reports Results For The First Quarter Ended June 30,
MSN MoneyCentral - MAIT also believes that PC sales in India will grow at a compounded annual growth rate of 30%. Based on MAIT’s research We believe that this will benefit our users in search of, among other items, low airfares or travel packages, jobs and ring
Source: news.moneycentral.msn.com

Higher interest rates fine with many
Bucyrus Telegraph Forum - The average U.S. rate on a bank money market account has increased from 0.45 were seeing vacancy rates rise and rents drop when interest rates were so low But inflation has spread to other sectors, such as for food and airfares, leading to
Source: www.bucyrustelegraphforum.com

NEWS IN BRIEF NEWS IN BRIEF
Chicago Tribune - Despite higher airfares and an unfavorable exchange rate, Americans continue to flock to Europe. In fact, the European Travel Commission expects A Milwaukee house designed by Frank Lloyd Wright as a low-cost dwelling for families of average means will
Source: www.chicagotribune.com