Comments on: Is airfare comparison shopping about to die?

By: Disaggregating fare aggregators 2009: Which airfare comparison sites are the best? | Upgrade: Travel Better

Tue, 07 Apr 2009 10:48:54 +0000

[...] (The lawsuits between American Airlines and Kayak, which initially resulted in American Airlines no longer being listed in Kayak results, was perhaps the most prominent case of pushback. Since October 2008, aa.com [...]

By: Vagabond

Vagabond — Wed, 06 Aug 2008 23:40:09 +0000

I’ve noticed KLM’s fares showing up in farecast.com but not in Kayak

By: Thranduil

Thranduil — Sun, 27 Jul 2008 22:39:08 +0000

If American is the only airline to pull out this time, then I can’t see it having any effect on Kayak. There will still be more than enough airlines on Kayak for it to produce effective results for the lowest airfare. American on the other hand may suffer a bit (any idea of what percentage of airline tickets get sold through comparison shopping sites currently?)

By: Smail

Smail — Fri, 25 Jul 2008 13:54:09 +0000

Will they still be on ITA? That’s all I care about.

By: holocron

holocron — Thu, 24 Jul 2008 16:47:05 +0000

I have noticed that Northwest stopped showing up in Farecast.com searches several months ago.

I emailed their support to ask them about it on several occasions and never received a response.

This true both before and after the Microsoft acquisition.

By: rrgg

rrgg — Thu, 24 Jul 2008 14:01:00 +0000

Defending Southwest’s position makes no sense. They intentionally keep the aggregators away lest anyone find out that Southwest is often not the cheapest option.