Iceman wrote:
> I'm not familiar with cheaptickets.com, but I have found that the best
> offline discount travel agents generally have better fares to Europe
> than the online airfare sites (Expedia, Travelocity, Yahoo, etc.). In
> the major Philadelphia newspaper's Sunday edition, look in the travel
> section for small box ads that only list cities and prices. Those are
> discount travel agents called "consolidators", and airlines use them to
> dump large blocks of unsold seats cheaply. They usually have the best
> fares of all.
iceman, thanks for the tip. i will check that out this weekend. do you
have any idea how far into the future you can plan with these
condolidators? i am starting to plan our next july trip to france.
thanks,
-eric
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