It’s no secret that some airlines have little love for online travel-booking sites. Southwest only lets travelers book fares directly through the airline and Delta has cut ties with a number of booking/listing sites, including TripAdvisor. The airline industry claims that booking directly will get consumers the lowest prices on airfare, but is that true? [More]
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Early Birds Beware: Buying Tickets To Europe Too Far In Advance Could Cost You
By 2.21.14
Planning a trip abroad? We’ve always been told that buying airfare far in advance was the best way to snag a good deal, but what if we told you that you could purchase significantly lower airfare just two months before your trip? You’d think we’re crazy. But we’re not. [More]
Priceline Convinces Kayak To Elope By Paying It $1.8 Billion In Cash & Stock
By 11.9.12
Who knew these two crazy kids would end up together? Travel site Priceline announced it’s going to pay its fellow travel search company Kayak $1.8 billion in both stock and cash. With this kind of speedy relationship, it makes you wonder if anyone bothered with a pre-nup. [More]
"Hacker Fares": Kayak Helps You Book Two One-WayFlights
By 8.25.11 — Updated: 3.14.13
Here’s one of those ideas where you’re like, “Why didn’t I think of doing that?” Or maybe you already do, in which case, wow you are soo smart: As it might be cheaper to book two one-way airline tickets, fare aggregating site Kayak is helping you with its new helpful “Hacker Fares.” [More]
Matrix Lets You Find Cheap Airfare, Plus Advanced Routing Codes, Minus Ad Clutter
By 8.11.10
One thing that always has mildly irked me about searching for airfare is all the ads. Do you want to look complete the same search through one of our partner sites? Do you want to add on a hotel? Yadda yadda, just gimmie da plane! Da plane! Well now you can strip away all that gimcrack and tomfoolery and go directly to Matrix, the software that powers sites like Orbitz, Kayak, FareCompare, and Hotwire. [More]
Master Chart Of Airlines Fees
By 12.21.09
Before you travel through the sky in the belly of a silver tube at hundreds of miles per hour, wouldn’t it be nice to know which extra fees you might be charged for doing so? Kayak has a great chart for doing just that. [More]
Remainders!
By 7.15.06
It’s the weekend, and time to party. Therefore, tonight’s dangling odds and ends are presented in scream format.
