Archive for September 6th, 2006

September 6, 2006: 9:40 pm: <ADMINNICENAME>Airfare Sites


The weekly e-mail offers, which arrived with fanfare a decade ago when Internet travel booking debuted, are rarely worth pulling out the credit card. {b} Southwest again calling with bargain fares

Here’s how seniors can find bargain flights 
After twice this summer enduring a grueling 14-hour car ride from a New York City suburb to Detroit, Michael Belsole couldn’t believe his eyes when a Spirit Airlines online service he signed up for sent him an e-mail advertising a round-trip flight for only $16.

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: 4:42 am: <ADMINNICENAME>Airfare Sites


The reality of airline travel is that some passengers pay more than others. However, a number of new travel websites are guaranteeing to “demystify the seemingly nonsensical world of airline ticket pricing.”
Source: www.bizreport.com

‘NYT’ Discretionary Piggy Bank Endangered by Travel & Entertainment 
Hot New York Times memo action! In an attempt to curb the newsroom’s insatiable appetite for placing heavily surcharged direct phone calls from hotel rooms, assistant managing editor William Schmidt…
Source: www.gawker.com

The case of the disappearing airfare 
Traveler’s Aide column: Sometimes the price of an online deal mysteriously changes before you can finalize your transaction. When one traveler tried to bail out in such a situation, he found his credit card was charged anyway, so Linda Burbank set out in search of a refund and an explanation.
Source: www.usatoday.com

Farecast.com Now Available From Over 55 Cities Nationwide 
Farecast.com, the first and only airfare prediction website, announced today that travelers can now get free airfare predictions from over 55 U.S. cities nationwide, including New York, San Francisco, Los Angeles, Washington D.C., Chicago and Atlanta.
Source: biz.yahoo.com

Talk About Travel 
The Post’s Travel Section Flight Crew will take your comments, questions, suspicions, warnings, gripes, sad tales and happy endings springing from the world of … the world. Of course, the Flight Crew will be happy to answer your travel questions — but the best thing about this forum, we insist,…
Source: www.washingtonpost.com

Graystone Park Enterprises, Inc. Reports Subsidiary IC Places, Inc. Obtains Symbol “ICPL” to Trade Under 
Graystone Park Enterprises, Inc. (PINKSHEETS: GPKE) reports today that its first successful spin off, IC Places (icPlaces.com) has obtained the symbol of’ICPL’ under which it will trade.
Source: sys-con.com

Pocono Record - Story 
(ARA) — With warm weather right around the corner, many Americans are thinking about that ultimate summer getaway to sit back, relax and spend time with family and friends.
Source: www.poconorecord.com
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