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best/cheapest place to buy plane tickets online?

Best to get a general view of rates by using expedia or travelocity. Then, weed out the high price carriers and go straight to the web sites of the respectively lower priced carriers, it's often a bit cheaper if you just book there. Also, don't forget budget carrier web sites, as they often aren't listed on expedia or other travel search engines. Remember that prices change frequently, so if you see something really low don't wait too long to purchase.
 
Originally posted by: vegetation
Best to get a general view of rates by using expedia or travelocity. Then, weed out the high price carriers and go straight to the web sites of the respectively lower priced carriers, it's often a bit cheaper if you just book there. Also, don't forget budget carrier web sites, as they often aren't listed on expedia or other travel search engines. Remember that prices change frequently, so if you see something really low don't wait too long to purchase.
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budget carrier websites?
 
really depends on where you are going and what days you travel... sometimes going straight to the airlines website or calling them will get you the best deal
 
anyone have an answer to my second question?

Pick up phone. Call Expedia.com at (800) 397-3342 or Delta at 800-221-1212 or whatever airline or service you want to use. Ask.
 
Originally posted by: allisolm
anyone have an answer to my second question?

Pick up phone. Call Expedia.com at (800) 397-3342 or Delta at 800-221-1212 or whatever aitline or service you want to use. Ask.
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fine.
 
I use Orbitz.com or Southwest.com for most of my flights. I can usually find the best rates there.

You can buy tickets for another person. Make sure that you have their name exactly right, however, as it will have to match their identification (no nicknames, for instance).
 
It varies by day and requires work if you want the absolute cheapest.
Here's what I do:
Go to jetblue, frontier and song's websites. Check their prices.
Go to Expedia, Orbitz, Cheaptickets, Travelocity, and Priceline. Find cheapest fares.
Go to the airlines' websites that had the lowest fares at the above 5 sites.
Compare all prices, pick based on lowest/best times/nonstop.
 
All of those websites expedia, cheaptickets, orbitz all quoted me about the same price to Oakland. For some reason I started checking their direct webpages (americanairlines and contiential) and Contiential quoted me the lowest, but it doesn't always seem like the lowest ... so just gotta check around
 
Originally posted by: werk
It varies by day and requires work if you want the absolute cheapest.
Here's what I do:
Go to jetblue, frontier and song's websites. Check their prices.
Go to Expedia, Orbitz, Cheaptickets, Travelocity, and Priceline. Find cheapest fares.
Go to the airlines' with lowest fares websites.
Compare all prices, pick based on lowest/best times/nonstop.
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if all else fails, try everything 😀
 
Originally posted by: TwinkleToes77
question #2... answer: i buy tickets online for other ppl quite often. just get them e-tickets.
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e-tickets are the ones you pick up at the airport, correct? last time I went with someone who did that they asked to see her credit card when she picked the tickets up. is this not a common practice?
 
Originally posted by: thirtythree
Originally posted by: TwinkleToes77
question #2... answer: i buy tickets online for other ppl quite often. just get them e-tickets.
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e-tickets are the ones you pick up at the airport, correct? last time I went with someone who did that they asked to see her credit card when she picked the tickets up. is this not a common practice?
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E-tickets require one to only show id to check-in, or many airlines now have online check in where the boarding pass is to be printed on your home printer, or kiosk terminals in the airport check-in area can do the same. As for showing the actual credit card, only United did this time to time in the past but they officially stopped the practice a year or two ago.

 
Originally posted by: vegetation
Originally posted by: thirtythree
Originally posted by: TwinkleToes77
question #2... answer: i buy tickets online for other ppl quite often. just get them e-tickets.
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e-tickets are the ones you pick up at the airport, correct? last time I went with someone who did that they asked to see her credit card when she picked the tickets up. is this not a common practice?
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E-tickets require one to only show id to check-in, or many airlines now have online check in where the boarding pass is to be printed on your home printer, or kiosk terminals in the airport check-in area can do the same. As for showing the actual credit card, only United did this time to time in the past but they officially stopped the practice a year or two ago.
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The kiosks require you to swipe a CC in the passenger's name (not the card that the tickets were purchased with).
 
The kiosks require you to swipe a CC in the passenger's name (not the card that the tickets were purchased with).
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Or you can manually peck in the frequent flyer club number. The swipe just reads the name for faster service.
 
I use travelocity, but I set it up to tell me whenever there's a sale for the route that interestes me.

And yes, you can buy it for someone else, you have to enter the passenger's name at the time of purchase.
 
Originally posted by: vegetation
The kiosks require you to swipe a CC in the passenger's name (not the card that the tickets were purchased with).
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Or you can manually peck in the frequent flyer club number. The swipe just reads the name for faster service.
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but you're not required to use the kiosks, right? the person I'm buying for doesn't have a credit card.
 
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