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How Many Seats Are Left On the Plane?
People automatically go to a plane's seating chart to judge how many seats are still available in trying to decide when to book a flight. Who can blame them for want to get the best price, yet, not get shut out of buying a seat all together. They see there are only one or two seats still available and panic sets in. Well hold on a second.
From past experience, those seating charts do not always show how many seats are still available. ...more
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A Flight Reminder
Once you have made your flight reservations, check your itinerary at least once a week. Though we have notification set up in case there are any changes, we were not notified of time changes on both of our upcoming Aruba flights. We still have 6 months...
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Seatguru Re-launches Website To Make Air Travel Planning Easier Than Ever
The Airline Seat Map Authority Unveils New Site Design and Flight Shopping Functionality NEWTON, Mass., Jan. 22, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- SeatGuru®, the ultimate online guide to air travel, today revealed several site enhancements that further help flyers...
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Travelocity's Farewatcher Plussm
We are all well aware that airfare prices change day to day, minute by minute. Travelocity's FareWatcher PlusSM has been doing a terrific job of notifying me of price changes for airfares which are actually AVAILABLE. Sometimes other companies will...
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Why Do Airfares Fluctuate?
Below is one of the best explanations I have found regarding airfare pricing as set by the airlines. Why do airfares fluctuate over time? "It's called yield management. The airlines have it down to an art form. The objective is to get the most amount...
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Airline Stories
3 Families-- 3 flights... 3 different cities.. same dates of travel... 3 different airlines... all have had time changes, some more than once, since April... I usually try to check flight schedules at least weekly. My brother and his family lost their...
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