Please register to participate in our discussions with 2 million other members - it's free and quick! Some forums can only be seen by registered members. After you create your account, you'll be able to customize options and access all our 15,000 new posts/day with fewer ads.
So Priceline no longer allows you to bid on airfare. Does anyone know if any name your own price for airfare sites exists anymore?
I found tickets to Edinburgh from the East Coast this June for just under $500 roundtrip but once I factor in the price from getting from CA to NY or Boston it probably would have just been easier overall to have just done an all inconclusive ticket once I factor in ground transportation, luggage fees, and a couple of nights at a hotel.
I wouldn't ever pay more than between $500-600 CAD for an R/T from where I live in central-eastern Canada going to London or Paris. So I try to travel only in the spring or autumn when that's actually possible. If I'm going to central Europe, more around $600-700. And I would never spend more than $900ish going to Asia and back.
I don't know of any websites that let you set a range, but you can always just try Kayak or Hipmunk and the like for their cheapest fares and create your own mental cutoff?
I wouldn't ever pay more than between $500-600 CAD for an R/T from where I live in central-eastern Canada going to London or Paris. So I try to travel only in the spring or autumn when that's actually possible. If I'm going to central Europe, more around $600-700. And I would never spend more than $900ish going to Asia and back.
I don't know of any websites that let you set a range, but you can always just try Kayak or Hipmunk and the like for their cheapest fares and create your own mental cutoff?
Yeah but I'm looking for a bidding site for airfare.
My schedule for any trips longer than a few days is pretty much restricted to just the end of June or the end of December so not much flexibility. I'm coming from California so flights typically cost more than the East Coast (not always though).
The problem is that name your price sites took off when airlines were looking to fill empty seats. That wasn't necessarily lucrative, so the airlines just started cutting flights, and now there are fewer empty seats.
These days, airlines looking to fill seats quickly will just set a few fare buckets on select routes to "quite cheap" in their system, and let Flyer Talk and the travel bloggers find them. So call it an unadvertised 4-36 hour sale, depending on how many tickets they're trying to move and how fast those fare buckets sell out, instead or putting those same tickets out in dribs and drabs on the name your price sites.
These days, airlines looking to fill seats quickly will just set a few fare buckets on select routes to "quite cheap" in their system, and let Flyer Talk and the travel bloggers find them. So call it an unadvertised 4-36 hour sale, depending on how many tickets they're trying to move and how fast those fare buckets sell out, instead or putting those same tickets out in dribs and drabs on the name your price sites.
Even though I have my phone ring on Twitter when something like that gets posted, I miss it If not that, then it's deals that are only at selected cities. Once I factor in buying a separate ticket to end up in a city, the time of connections, and possible hotels/transportation, it ends up not being worth it.
Please register to post and access all features of our very popular forum. It is free and quick. Over $68,000 in prizes has already been given out to active posters on our forum. Additional giveaways are planned.
Detailed information about all U.S. cities, counties, and zip codes on our site: City-data.com.
Please register to participate in our discussions with 2 million other members - it's free and quick! Some forums can only be seen by registered members. After you create your account, you'll be able to customize options and access all our 15,000 new posts/day with fewer ads.
If not that, then it's deals that are only at selected cities. Once I factor in buying a separate ticket to end up in a city, the time of connections, and possible hotels/transportation, it ends up not being worth it.
