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Re: Cheap Flights

To: Brian M Kennedy <kennedy@i2.com>
Subject: Re: Cheap Flights
From: Randy Chase <randyc2@home.com>
Date: Fri, 05 Mar 1999 15:25:11 -0800
Brian M Kennedy wrote:

> >
> > https://www.itn.net
> 
> Yikes!  Glad to hear you had success.  In my experience, they are crooks.
> They failed to book my flights properly... I ended up paying for them twice,
> and it was just luck that I was able to get seats at all.  Worse, they twice
> agreed to refund me the money, but the money *never* came.  Its been over a
> year and I've written it off as lesson learned.  In fact, I had coupons for
> half price travel with them that I chose to discard because it wasn't worth
> the risk.  Their organization is either incompetent or crooked.

Almost exactly my experience with Cheap Tickets. Then, I heard "hey,
that was 6 months ago..too bad". 

> 
> I would avoid ITN (Internet Travel Network) (aka. Small World Travel).
> 
> > > Who I would never use:
> > > http://www.cheaptickets.com/
> 
> Interesting.
> 
> > >
> > > But YMMV...I did have tickets thru them last year to Denver....and, long
> > > story, their customer service is horrific. I ate the tickets.
> > >
> > > This is a good option:
> > > http://www.priceline.com/
> > >
> > > You enter in how much you are willing to pay, plus some parameters. They
> > > let you know in a hour or so if they find you a ticket.
> 
> The tough one is that you have to be willing to travel anytime during the day 
>they
> choose.  If they allowed you to put in any set of 12 hours, that would be 
>much more
> useful.  8am and 10pm flights are tough.

Yes, that is the major problem there, but *if* you have some
flexibility, it can get you a cheap flight. And if you are within a 7
day period of flying, it may be one of your only cheap options.

Randy Chase (who tried to get flights to Las Vegas this weekend and
failed)

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