The people at Farecompare.com have a handy little chart to compare the fees levied by various U.S. airlines on their domestic flights. Using it, you can compare the extra cost of a reservation by phone, charges for first and second piece of luggage, seat selection fees, beverage, snack, meal charges, overweight bag charges, pet...
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Booking
Useful Tool: U.S. Domestic Airline Fee Chart
When to Book
One of the hardest decisions is when to book your airline tickets. Someone we know is on the computer at 12:-01AM 11 months in advance, expecting to get the best deal.
Do you get the best deal then? Not likely, fares at the opening are usually midrange. The really good sale fares are held until...
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You Get What You Pay For – Cheapoair
Our motto is: We Discount the Fares, never the Service!
There is their motto...here is ours...Don't use Cheapoair...we can't make it any simpler than that...We have yet to hear of a good experience with this organization. In our other blog...Flight Wisdom, we often criticize Travelocity, Orbitz, Expedia, and Cheaptickets...however...we await a positive comment from anyone...
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Should you Use a Travel Agent?
There is the question...should you use a travel agent...There are two types of travel agents...the large online ones such as Orbitz...and the more traditional brick and mortar organizations...
Travel agents have their advantages. In the old days...they were the best way to buy tickets. The airlines knew this, and would pay them commission. Few agents...
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