eric zwicky wrote:
> Iceman wrote:
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> > 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.
Most of them will sell a ticket up to one year in advance, but the best
deals are normally in the period from three months in advance to 21
days in advance of when you plan to travel.
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