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01-24-2008, 08:39 PM
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Just a simple country gal.
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Join Date: Jun 2007
Location: Calif.
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Originally Posted by RoaminRed
Be careful! I booked through them once when I needed to be somewhere a certain day. I listed the day before as my departure date, and they booked me to leave at 11:55pm that night...and arrive the next day about 4 hours AFTER my appointment time due to a several-hour layover in another city. Yeah, technically they booked me on the day I needed to leave, but they didn't GET me to my destination in time.
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Raomin is right, this can happen. Ive always planned on an extra day just in case, because of this. I will admit though, both times they gave me early departures, but unfortunately, one of the returns left me with a 6 hour layover. My word search book kept me occupied when I wasnt sitting at the food court or grabbing a quick catnap on a bench.  |
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01-24-2008, 10:14 PM
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Atheism is not a religion
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Join Date: Dec 2007
Location: Kansas City, but looking to leave!
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Ideally, they should have the ability for a customer to put in a travel window, with both an earliest leave time and a latest arrival time. Until they do that, I won't book with them again.
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01-25-2008, 06:33 AM
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Just a simple country gal.
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Join Date: Jun 2007
Location: Calif.
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Expedia is another good one, Ive used them.
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01-25-2008, 07:06 AM
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RoaredTheirTerribleRoars
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Join Date: Apr 2006
Location: Fernandina Beach, northeast FL
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Quote:
Originally Posted by RoaminRed
Be careful! I booked through them once when I needed to be somewhere a certain day. I listed the day before as my departure date, and they booked me to leave at 11:55pm that night...and arrive the next day about 4 hours AFTER my appointment time due to a several-hour layover in another city. Yeah, technically they booked me on the day I needed to leave, but they didn't GET me to my destination in time.
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Yes. And this is why I was leery the time I used it, but a family member had died and I had to get out there pronto ("bereavement" airfares have never seemed that good of a deal to me.) Everything did turn out okay with my flight.
And Priceline still does offer the Name Your Own Price feature.
But if you don't use the Name Your Own Price option, Priceline does disclose all flight details. It's just that they name the price.
Roaminred, the airfare portal Hotwire (owned by Expedia) used to have a name your price function that did give you a little more control over flight details, and I knew people who used it successfully. But I don't think Hotwire offers bidding for travel anymore.
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01-25-2008, 10:07 AM
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Join Date: Mar 2006
Location: So. Dak.
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Originally Posted by Power Surge
Expedia is another good one, Ive used them.
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That's the one we've always used and so far we've had good luck with them. 
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