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10-12-2007, 20:02
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Travel site.
Read an article in Time magazine on the plane back home about some kind of "Google" site for travel. You can't book there but they check out the prices and propose where you book best. Seems their income is (5%) from the link they propose and you book from. Looks interesting.
Cheap Flights, Airline Tickets, Cheap Airfare & Discount Travel Deals - Kayak.com Does anybody knows it or used it? 
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10-12-2007, 20:56
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Oh when I opened the link I see it's "Kayak". Used them for years...great site for comparing pricing from many various sources. However, really is a U.S. based departure model pricing. Outside the country, it's not great.
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11-12-2007, 01:38
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I use them all the time, including travel in Europe and Asia. While there is no site that always will give you the best price, this one have saved me a lot of money over the years. This includes dynamite deals on Air France between Vietnam and Thailand as well as the inclusion of low cost carriers (i.e. EasyJet) in Europe.
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13-12-2007, 16:29
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Isn`t that only for hotels? I got a 5 star hotel in KL for 1200 baht/night through them. 
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19-12-2007, 23:24
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I Wish I Could Understand
1. I am told that BKK is about the cheapest place to fly from worldwide.
2. and I cannot find a truelly Thai/Asian search engine, they are all placed elsewhere. 3. I checked eg. Kayak and others , and their prices where much higher than what I got from the local travel agent. I took Qatar Air, Brunei and Etihad business to Europe. So where can reliable info be gotten from?
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26-12-2007, 21:29
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Try Cheap Airline Tickets, Discount Hotels, and Airfare - Bezurk.com for flights and/or hotels and Find the best hotel price from 30 hotel sites - Hotel Price Finder for hotels.
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26-12-2007, 22:05
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Amazing
I tried your link, Hall. Cheapest business class ticket on Lufthansa or Etihad was about 137.000 THB.
Using the direct website of http://www.etihadairways.com The flight was 110.000 THB !! Didnt check with travel agent. Two month ago I flew for 71.000 !!! But that is my question/ problem = Where to find trust worthy information ??
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27-12-2007, 16:27
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I've used Kayak.com for a while.
You enter your travel details and the engine gives you an overview of airfaires available with different carriers. You cannot book directly but it gives you links to the airline's website where you can proceed with your reservation. It's an intersting tool for screening purposes but always check carrier's websites by yourself as sometimes it can miss some great deals.
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30-12-2007, 18:29
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Yep. I only use them as reference sites then negoitate directly with whatever airline I 'm dealing with. I always get a better deal direct from airlines and it is always more convenient. Generally airlines have a 24/7 service. Try getting a western based travel agent on the phone on a Sunday when things go wrong !!
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30-12-2007, 22:11
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Friends, I am lost.
Checked Kayak for economy Chiang Mai to Singapore one -way.date 09.02.08 http://www.kayak.com/s/flights.jsp?s...mplete d=true Cheapest 547 US DOLLOR on Thai !! I checked web site of Silkair.com I get 9500THB = US$ 320!! What am I doing wrong? How can you even use search enignes as and indictor??
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30-12-2007, 22:34
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You aren't doing anything wrong. By using both a search engine & the airlines own websites gives you the choice. Its up to you to find which is cheaper or suits you best. It looks like Kayak isn't the best search engine if it misses a cheaper Silkair flight. I had a quick look, and if you could move your flight back one day, Tiger Airlines can take you for only 1340baht. An even bigger saving than you found. Show flights leaving 1 day(s) prior to this date. Show flights leaving 1 day(s) after this date. Click to select this fare on this flight Lowest Fare Internet Discounted Fare 1,340.00 THB Regular Fare 1,475.00 THB Fri, 08 Feb 08 Flight TR 123 09:00 Depart Chiang Mai (CNX) 13:00 Arrive Singapore (SIN) Duration: 3h 0min Click to select this fare on this flight Lowest Fare Internet Discounted Fare 6,165.00 THB Regular Fare 6,300.00 THB Sun, 10 Feb 08 Flight TR 123 09:00 Depart Chiang Mai (CNX) 13:00 Arrive Singapore (SIN) Duration: 3h 0min Online Booking
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31-12-2007, 04:40
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I have found that Kayak finds the best price most of the time. Depending on the sensitivity of the fare basis I may check a couple of other sites. Most of the sites that check a basket of airline, do not check the LCC's. To find those in a part of the world that you are not familiar with can be tough. If price is of great importance always search more than one site, even call an agent as they know better than any how to search and even though they may charge a few bucks for the service it may be worthwhile.
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31-12-2007, 05:52
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Cheap flights - low cost and budget airline specialist in Europe & Australasia has budget airlines too mainly europe wide
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01-01-2008, 17:26
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I subscribe to as many travel sites possible, then I cull them as they become not relative to where I wish to travel. If you or anyone are her in OZ, bestfightsdotcomdotau sold me a one way MA flight from KL to MEL for $348 inc taxes back in April. I also got a MEL(via Syd)-BKK-PEK return with Thai for AU$1495 inc taxes. I then took the printout of the deal to a local travel agent to see what he could do, he matched it and got me the BKK-MEL leg changed to direct.
Shop around. It pays. Now all we need is a direct flight to HKT from MEL. The BKK or Sydney leg's sh1t me. Last edited by Kerbin : 01-01-2008 at 17:29.
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01-01-2008, 19:58
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A great site to see different airports and whats going on is
Live Air Traffic Control | Live Airport Webcams | Live ATC Live Air Traffic Control & Live Airport Webcams brings you live audio and video feeds from airports located all over the world. But before you're cleared for takeoff, you'll need RealPlayer (free download). Rather then use Real Player I D/L Real Player alternative does the same and uses less resources
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01-01-2008, 21:15
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I am beginning to get the picture, most helpful these comments.
E.g. never tought of Tiger Air Although your avatars, Mr DK and dawsey are mighty distracting begging the question = why waste time, why leave at all ?? a deeply satisfying year to you
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02-01-2008, 23:11
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This is getting more and more interesting.
In another posting of today about flying to the Uk there were ebrokers and ZUJI: Your Online Travel Guru recommended.None of them had Tigerair.
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02-01-2008, 23:37
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Neither Zuji or ebookers will mention Tiger as they are LCC. They only deal with mainstream airlines in general. Once you know of the low cost carriers (LCCs) then you can go direct to their websites for sometimes much better deals. Google for "Cheap airlines" and your departure and arrival points and you should get a list of LCCs
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02-01-2008, 23:54
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one beer alone would be a rather shabby compensation for all this valuable info which can easily add thousands back into my empty pockets.
So how do I make good ??  
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02-01-2008, 23:55
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haha consider it a free service Mr Stiffy ( nice name 555)
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03-01-2008, 00:00
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I am actually beyond the age of blushing but what can I do ?
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03-01-2008, 18:51
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I am using skyscanner.net for my European trip planning and it is very good. Have made some fabulous finds eg. $30 flight from Tallinn to Stockholm
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03-01-2008, 22:47
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