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I used CHEAPTICKETS.They operate online and at this number. I have found them charming and cooperative, and willing to spend time to find you the best deal. - i've mislaid the no, will post it when i find it - or contact me off line if you want it. Hilary Blue B. BRUCE ANDERSON wrote: > > another one is 1 800 FLY 4LESS. i don't think it's as good as priceline.com > but yu don't have to bid, yu just phone em up. don't try them without a > phone with redial tho! > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Dorothy Ivankoe <[log in to unmask]> > To: <[log in to unmask]> > Sent: Monday, June 14, 1999 4:15 PM > Subject: Re: re travel > > > In a message dated 6/14/99 1:22:19 PM, [log in to unmask] writes: > > > > << Dorothy, what is Priceline and how does one contact them? Nita >> > > > > Priceline is an auction website. It can be accessed thru > "www.priceline.com" > > We had to go to a funeral on the east coast last fall. The cheapest > > bereavement fare was more than $800 each. I placed a bid for $225 each > which > > they accepted. The regular last minute fare would have been about $1600 > each > > thru numerous airlines.. > > > > Hopefully this will explain how it works. When someone makes a bid thru > the > > Priceline web site for an air fare, Priceline in turn sends it out to > various > > airlines. If an airline has unsold seats for that particular route, they > > often accept the bid rather than keep the unsold seats. Priceline will > then > > notify you within a couple of hours whether or not your bid has been > > accepted. > > > > Some of the stipulations are if you make a bid for a certain date and it > is > > not accepted, you cannot make a higher bid for the same date. You also > can't > > say what airline you want to use and rather than a nonstop flight which we > > normally would have gotten, we had to change planes (it's well worth it to > > save that much money). You also can't say what time you want to depart > but > > they do guarantee that you will arrive no later than a certain hour (in > other > > words, they don't put you on a "red eye" from the west coast to the east). > > They also do not give frequent flyer miles and they allow NO changes once > you > > confirm your flight. > > > > Even with all of that, I like it for certain instances. We're going east > in > > July but I won't use them because of the "no cancellation" clause but will > > use senior coupons instead. > > > > They have been on an advertising blitz the last couple of months and > > published lots of pictures in national newspapers and magazines of people > who > > have used it. (I finally made the paper a couple of weeks ago.) > > > > Hope this helps -- their web site has a much better explanation. They > are > > also taking bids for hotels (which I might try for July) and will be doing > > cruises I believe in the fall. > > > > Dorothy CG Roy 68/44/42