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Fares: Airfarewatchdog gets an upgrade
Posted by: Budget Travel, Wednesday, Mar 5, 2008, 4:45 PM

Airlines lower fares on different routes everyday without advertising the price cuts. A fare could be $400 today and $98 tomorrow. And then $500 the next day. To book the absolutely lowest possible fare, you have to look at fares on the routes you want to fly every single day for a few weeks, and then adjust your schedule to whenever the fare is lowest. That's what the folks at Airfarewatchdog.com try to do with their email newsletter.

In a new feature, you can choose your city-to-city routes or departure cities and how often you'd like to be alerted to fare changes.

The service is free. You have to hand over your email address, but the site promises not to sell or share email addresses, and hasn't done so in many years of operation. Another perk: It's the only airfares web site that tracks all airlines, including Southwest, as well as promo code airfares.

The catch, of course, is that you have to have a trigger finger that's ready to book your ticket as soon as you see a good deal. Many of the deals that Airfarewatchdog finds are here-now-gone-an-hour-from-now. So be sure to act fast.

Reader Comments

Looking for a direct flight from Charleston, SC to Boston, MA on Sept 24, 2008, return 10 Oct, 2007

Posted By Pati Russell on March 10, 2008, 12:18 PM

Interested in Domestic and International fares from PHX.

Posted By Nathan Sakolsky on March 10, 2008, 12:21 PM

This certainly makes it difficult for those of us who are travel professional seeking good prices for our travelers.

When our travelers see these prices hopping around like they are, it makes us look like we don't know what we are doing and we can't spend every minute of our day searching for air fares that we don't make any money on to begin with!

Posted By Lsteliga on March 10, 2008, 12:47 PM

I don't have plans to travel in the very near future, but I do have family in Alabama & New Mexico, that I plan to visit in the summer. I feel your site would be very beneficial when it comes time for me to make plans for my trips.

Posted By Erlinda Russell on March 10, 2008, 12:55 PM

looking for a one way lowest fare from RSW to BOS during the week of May12th,08.

Kirsti

Posted By Kirsti Di Rupo on March 10, 2008, 1:01 PM

I would like to keep abrest of Stockholm flights to all parts of the world, particularly Seattle.

Posted By Lynn Stevenson on March 10, 2008, 1:08 PM

I used this site for flights from Cleveland to Ft. Myers and managed to get one for $169.00. I haven't seen a fare that low for this location since the '80's. Great site!

Posted By Judy Erich on March 10, 2008, 1:25 PM

Looking for a friend who is smart enough not to just post a flight request on a blog and hope someone will actually write them back. Will look elsewhere then! :p

Posted By Dan K. on March 10, 2008, 2:22 PM

As I am retired this is what I have been looking for.
I do use skyauction.com at least 2 times a year. This would tie in very much for discount trips.
This would be nice for meeting a person to travel with. I am 70 and in good physical shape.
Best Wishes from the mountains of N.C.

Posted By Barry Trainor on March 10, 2008, 2:25 PM

Interested in a bargain Fall flight from Eugene OR to Cancun.

Posted By kathie morris on March 10, 2008, 4:13 PM

Please let me know special deals from Birmingham, AL to
Lexington, KY or to any other places in the USA.
International: Birmingham, AL to Quito, Ecuador. Thanks.

Posted By Beatrice Engels on March 10, 2008, 5:02 PM

update daily if possible

Posted By w. mckinnon on March 10, 2008, 5:37 PM

we travel from Kauai to Las Vegas & from kauai to Bangkok several times a year

Posted By pat harrington on March 10, 2008, 7:14 PM

looking for flight from atl to gdl on or about aug 21. need to return rrom pvr on sept.2. I do not know if you do this from multiple air ports please advise me daily if possible.

thank you

jim msfarlane

Posted By James McFarlane on March 10, 2008, 7:52 PM

I would like flight information from Los Angeles to Tahiti sometime in November 2008

Posted By matu on March 10, 2008, 9:28 PM

Looking for domestic flights from Savannah GA

Posted By Carole Familetti on March 11, 2008, 7:27 AM

Why are you all posting your flight requests here? Go to the site! Sheesh!

Posted By Bianca on March 11, 2008, 9:33 AM

This article is about a site called airfarewatchdog.com, which will monitor the routes that you are interested in. This is not a service that Budget Travel is offering, but a referral to an independent site. Visit the link to enter your city pairs, as you should not expect to receive an answer here.

Posted By Denise on March 11, 2008, 5:50 PM

PLEASE EMAIL ME ANY INFO SPECIALS HOTEL & FLIGHT OR ALL INCLUSIVE FROM HOUSTON ANY AIRPORT TO ANY PRETTY BEACH IN FLORIDA OR SOUTH PADRE TEXAS. FOR LAST WEEK OF JUNE 08 FOR 4 TO 5 NIGHTS

THANK YOU

FRANCES MASALA

Posted By FRANCES MASALA on May 30, 2008, 11:11 AM

Dear Frances,

You recently left a message requesting information for hotels and flights from Houston.

Unfortunately, we do not have that information.
Expedia.com is a helpful website. If you don’t feel comfortable using their website, I suggest you call a travel agent. A respected travel agency is Carlson Wagonlit. Its phone number, toll free, is 800/335-8747.

This is a personal recommendation from me as a travel editor who has heard good things, and I’m not speaking on behalf of Budget Travel magazine.

Kind regards,

Sean

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