Comments on: Low fare alerts: machine vs. human

By: jcberk (Jennifer Berk)

jcberk (Jennifer Berk) — Sun, 03 May 2009 18:22:05 +0000

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@julieminevich Sounds like farecompare.com might do city pair alerts - [link to post]

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By: katherine duncan

katherine duncan — Sun, 02 Mar 2008 02:53:14 +0000

Hi Mark – I am on those sites daily – probably a little too much! So I am waiting to see a shift in the price.
We do not have enought miles yet maybe next year – by that time who knows where he’ll be…
Cheers!
KD

By: Mark Ashley

Mark Ashley — Sun, 02 Mar 2008 00:48:03 +0000

I’m not sure what to tell you. Farecast.com might be able to help you with predicting the fare. Also, run the fare through Farecompare.com or Kayak.com to see how it stacks up against historical fares for that route.

But Alaska in August is peak season, and fares will be high. Perhaps you can cash in some frequent flyer miles for the occasion?

Good luck.

By: katherine duncan

katherine duncan — Sat, 01 Mar 2008 19:28:10 +0000

We are looking for low air fare to Alaska in August. Our son is in the coast guard and we want to visit him. The time he has is August, obviously coasties are very busy during the fishing season so we are pretty firm on our time.
Right now we are suffering from sticker shock. Should we wait? Will the fares go down?
Not sure.

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