Farecasting
It used to be that if you waited until the last minute, you could get great deals on seat sales with the airlines. As we found out a few weeks ago, this is no longer the case. In fact, if you are trying to plan a trip on short order, you are more likely to find budget-breaking prices.
A new online service was recently launched that might be useful for those seeking flights. Farecast provides estimates (or farecasts) on airfares in the US. The tool shows you whether the lowest airfares for a specific route will rise or fall over the coming week.
Sadly the website does not seem to work with MAC, a problem that plagues me with many, many websites out there. But that is a blog for another day...
Check out this article where John Bray from PhoCusWright evaluates Farecast and its competition:
http://www.orlandosentinel.com/travel/printedition/orl-faresites0106oct01,0,7566953,print.story?coll=orl-travel-headlines-print
Posted by: Jen | October 01, 2006 at 06:40 PM