Continuing our comparison of three big travel meta sites Kayak, Mobissimo, and Bing Travel today were going looking at three domestic routes originating in Chicago to New York City, to Miami, and to Los Angeles. Read on to find out what each site found.
CHICAGO to NEW YORK CITY
(search dates: July 17-20)
Kayak: $191 on Delta (Midway to LaGuardia) and American Airlines (OHare to LaGuardia). Kayak allows you to choose in one convenient pop-up which site youd like to purchase from at a particular price point. In this case, Orbitz, Priceline, Delta and American Airlines all turned in the same low price.
Whats interesting there is that there were five pages of Delta flights at the $191 price point. It wasnt until page six (out of 15 pages of results) that the American Airlines fare at the same price was found. It seems like there could be a more convenient display that groups results from the same airline together to show more carrier choices.
Mobissimo: $191 on Delta (through Orbitz; Midway to LaGuardia) and American Airlines (OHare to LaGuardia). Pretty much the same results as Kayak, except with the extra promotion of Orbitz with the Delta results (when you can clearly get the same price directly from the Delta site).
Bing Travel: $191 on American Airlines (OHare to LaGuardia); and Delta (through Orbitz; Midway to LaGuardia). Again, the same results as the other two sites, but this time, the American Airlines price was listed first, but it was easy to see the Delta option, as that was also listed on the first page (unlike the Kayak results, where the American fare was buried under six pages of Delta flights).
Bing Travels ace in the hole is its Farecast technology, which said that this fare is holding steady. In the past 67 days, the lowest fare was $186, only $5 lower than our found price. The important to budget travel is to approach ahead. When it comes along to family trips, globetrotting, well-deserved trips and/or going to see new locations we have never been before, the truth of expense and budgeting is generally in the back of our mind. Organizing and spending our travel budget carefully is a concern for most families. Curbing consuming and expenses, while still delighting your vacation to its fullest, is the key to guaranteed achievements and fiscal responsibility. Your pocketbook and family will thank you! The thought behind economizing money while travelling is simple: Even if your personal budget is incredibly limited, you can still take a break and enjoy life! Simply put, life is just too short to never step out of the door or departing the homestead! Also keeping in mind that while traveling, regardless of whether on a funds or not, even the smallest of things can all add op to a large vacation or travel bill!. Bing Travel had a 72% confidence that this flight would remain within $15 of this price in the next seven days. (Did it? Check here to find out!)
The winner: A drawmostly. Bing Travels Farecast might have a slight edge; it gave me extra security that I should go ahead and buy the ticket rather than wait and hope prices would drop.
CHICAGO to MIAMI
(search dates: July 17-20)
Kayak: $210 on Northwest (from both OHare and Midway; via Orbitz, Cheaptickets, and nwa.com; one stop-over)
Mobissimo: $210 on Northwest (Midway; via Orbitz; one stop-over)
Bing Travel: $235 on Delta (Midway). Bing Travel turned in $235 as the lowest price for this flight, but clearly, after selecting this price point and being directed to Delta.com, a search there garnered a price of $210.40 with one stop-over. Plus, Bings Farecast said they were more than 80% positive prices would drop at least $37 in the next seven daysbut is this on the $235 price? Or the true lowest price of $210? Perhaps this means the fare will only drop $10 or $12is it worth waiting to find out before purchasing? (Check here to find out how much or if the fare dropped.)
The winner: Kayak, because of offering more choices - flights from both major Chicago airports and several purchasing options.
CHICAGO to LOS ANGELES
(search dates: July 17-20)
Kayak: $340 on Frontier Airlines (Midway; one stop-over)
Mobissimo: $340 on Frontier Airlines through Orbitz (Midway; one stop-over)
Bing Travel: $340 on Frontier Airlines through Orbitz (Midway; one stop-over). Farecast says that theyre 89% sure that prices will drop more than $50 in the next seven days. (Did they? Check here to find out.)
The winner: Clearly, Bing Travel. Anyone who can tell me with nearly 90% certainty that Ill save $50 if I wait and check their site (every day, knowing this traveler) during the next week has got my business.
THE OVERALL WINNER: I gotta say, even with the Chicago to Miami price snafu, Bing Travels Farecast function is addictively comforting and is something that the other sites dont offer. Ill definitely use it again.
A note about how the search was conducted: All searches were conducted on June 23, 2009. All searches were made choosing all airports for each city and with no restrictions (i.e. without non-stop only). Each reported fare was checked by clicking through to the purchasing site, whether it was directly from the airline's site or from an alternate booking site such as Orbitz, Priceline or Hotwire.
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