Booking Buddy?

[Arti]

<_< Booking Buddy (so vigorously recommended on Tripso) seems not to be so great. Many of the discount airlines (for example, Southwest) are not represented and therefore, BB does not give the BEST prices. Anyone know of a site that lists ALL airlines? (One that isn't controlled by the faltering so-called majors?) Arti

[jfrenaye]

Southwest and many of the other discount airlines do not participate in third party pricing sites (and GDS) specifically so they can control their inventory.

Southwest has taken sites to court for scraping their fares from their website for comparison.

Think of it this way..if you made a product and sold it for $100 and that is all you did, you would have a good grasp of what you could earn.

Now let's say someone else takes your product and sells it for $80, because they can sell a similar product at $130 and make up for the loss. Well then, they have just taken your customer. Yes, your revenue is the same--you get $100 no matter, but now someone else is marketing to your customer, and it is likely that that customer now will go to supplier B first rather than you.

[weblet]

Booking Buddy (so vigorously recommended on Tripso)

Are you referring to the banner ads?

[stephen_s]

Originally posted by Arti@Jan 16 2006, 06:22 AM
Anyone know of a site that lists ALL airlines?* (One that isn't controlled by the faltering so-called majors?)* Arti
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http://www.kayak.com
http://farechase.yahoo.com
http://www.sidestep.com

[Annette]

http://www.consumerwebwatch.org/dynamic/pr...aggregators.cfm (http://www.consumerwebwatch.org/dynamic/press-release-travel-aggregators.cfm)

"None of the sites searched fares and rates from all available sources"

[Jason's Storm]

Originally posted by stephen_s@Jan 16 2006, 03:10 PM

http://farechase.yahoo.com

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Isn't farechase basically travelocity?

~JS

[jfrenaye]

Farechase---you mean the site that has the following disclaimer on its front page....

Information about prices, departure and arrival times, availability, products, services and travel providers is provided by third parties and is for informational purposes only. Yahoo! does not represent or warrant the accuracy or reliability of the information, and will not be liable for any errors, omissions, or delays in this information or any losses, injuries, or damages arising from its display or use.

[stephen_s]

Originally posted by Jason's Storm@Jan 16 2006, 03:29 PM
Isn't farechase basically travelocity?

~JS
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I don't think so. It works just like Kayak and the other search engines. It goes through all of the airlines' websites (except United for some reason) and posts their fares.

[Jason's Storm]

Oww I was injured by a quoted fare :-p

~JS

[doublelatte]

There's also http://www.mobissimo.com
If I'm not mistaken, Farechase was recently acquired by Yahoo!.
Also, there's another player called http://www.farecompare.com, but it plays in a difference niche.