Comments on: How I Save Money in Air Travel http://moneyning.com/money-tips/how-i-save-money-in-air-travel/ A personal finance blog where we share insights on carefully saving money, investing, early retirement, mortgages, stocks because the little things matter in achieving financial freedom! Sat, 21 Nov 2009 08:01:45 -0800 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: Shadox http://moneyning.com/money-tips/how-i-save-money-in-air-travel/comment-page-1/#comment-1122 Shadox Tue, 31 Jul 2007 13:57:36 +0000 http://moneyning.com/money-tips/how-i-save-money-in-air-travel/#comment-1122 Fors saving on air fares, I recently started using Fare Cast (www.farecast.com) - the unique thing about it is that it not only tells you the price of your ticket today, it also tells you whether prices are likely to go up or down in the near future, so you can buy at the best time. The interface is also very well designed, and when you buy the tickets, you buy them directly from the airline, so you can get their online ordering bonus. The downside: unlike expedia, it does not let you use multiple airlines for the same flight, and the farecasting trick only works for trips between two cities only. Fors saving on air fares, I recently started using Fare Cast (www.farecast.com) – the unique thing about it is that it not only tells you the price of your ticket today, it also tells you whether prices are likely to go up or down in the near future, so you can buy at the best time.

The interface is also very well designed, and when you buy the tickets, you buy them directly from the airline, so you can get their online ordering bonus. The downside: unlike expedia, it does not let you use multiple airlines for the same flight, and the farecasting trick only works for trips between two cities only.

]]> By: MoneyNing http://moneyning.com/money-tips/how-i-save-money-in-air-travel/comment-page-1/#comment-920 MoneyNing Sat, 14 Jul 2007 16:48:02 +0000 http://moneyning.com/money-tips/how-i-save-money-in-air-travel/#comment-920 Jenn: I believe it depends on the car rental since Hertz have economy sized cars most of the time if you reserve ahead of time. It's usually the smaller shops that tend to do this. For example, Enterprise often does not have the right car when I go, especially when the site is not inside the airport. Jenn: I believe it depends on the car rental since Hertz have economy sized cars most of the time if you reserve ahead of time. It’s usually the smaller shops that tend to do this. For example, Enterprise often does not have the right car when I go, especially when the site is not inside the airport.

]]> By: Jenn @ Frugal Upstate http://moneyning.com/money-tips/how-i-save-money-in-air-travel/comment-page-1/#comment-918 Jenn @ Frugal Upstate Sat, 14 Jul 2007 12:21:32 +0000 http://moneyning.com/money-tips/how-i-save-money-in-air-travel/#comment-918 The last two times I've had to rent a car, I reserved the most inexpensive model that they had. When I got to the car rental places in both instances I got upgraded because they didn't have an economy car on hand-once to a PT Cruiser, another time to a small SUV. I don't think they actually HAVE many of the economy models in the fleets, so when you reserve one you frequently get upgraded. The last two times I’ve had to rent a car, I reserved the most inexpensive model that they had. When I got to the car rental places in both instances I got upgraded because they didn’t have an economy car on hand-once to a PT Cruiser, another time to a small SUV.

I don’t think they actually HAVE many of the economy models in the fleets, so when you reserve one you frequently get upgraded.

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