Comments on: Holiday Travel Buy Now, Be Flexible, Expect the Worst http://rickseaney.com/2007/09/25/holiday-travel-buy-now-be-flexible-expect-the-worst/ Thu, 20 Nov 2008 15:06:17 GMT http://wordpress.org/?v=wordpress-mu-1.2.4 By: Lori http://rickseaney.com/2007/09/25/holiday-travel-buy-now-be-flexible-expect-the-worst/#comment-1145 Lori Fri, 28 Sep 2007 15:23:29 +0000 http://rickseaney.com/2007/09/25/holiday-travel-buy-now-be-flexible-expect-the-worst/#comment-1145 Thanks for the chart, but I've already booked Xmas travel with no problems on United using my frequent flyer miles. I got exactly the times and days that I wanted to fly including the weekend before Xmas with no extra miles being taken from my account. Thanks for the chart, but I’ve already booked Xmas travel with no problems on United using my frequent flyer miles. I got exactly the times and days that I wanted to fly including the weekend before Xmas with no extra miles being taken from my account.

]]> By: Miriam Rodriguez http://rickseaney.com/2007/09/25/holiday-travel-buy-now-be-flexible-expect-the-worst/#comment-1139 Miriam Rodriguez Fri, 28 Sep 2007 04:35:29 +0000 http://rickseaney.com/2007/09/25/holiday-travel-buy-now-be-flexible-expect-the-worst/#comment-1139 I am alway grateful for farecompare.com and Rick I have been subscribing to his website for years and save much money with his help. Thanks again I am alway grateful for farecompare.com and Rick I have been subscribing to his website for years and save much money with his help. Thanks again

]]> By: Maria http://rickseaney.com/2007/09/25/holiday-travel-buy-now-be-flexible-expect-the-worst/#comment-1137 Maria Fri, 28 Sep 2007 03:10:14 +0000 http://rickseaney.com/2007/09/25/holiday-travel-buy-now-be-flexible-expect-the-worst/#comment-1137 I do a lot of traveling, especially weekend, because I live in Denver and my boyfriend lives in Chicago. So, I've gotten good at hunting around for reasonable airfares. I've been piecing together my own itineraries on separate airlines. I was looking into going home to Buffalo for Christmas. The most ideal (sorta) non-stop deal was on United and was over $900. Instead, I decided to fly to Chicago Friday evening on Frontier, out of Chicago Saturday morning and back on Sunday on Southwest, and back to Denver Monday morning on United (the most expensive leg). I ended up paying around $550 total. I do a lot of traveling, especially weekend, because I live in Denver and my boyfriend lives in Chicago. So, I’ve gotten good at hunting around for reasonable airfares. I’ve been piecing together my own itineraries on separate airlines. I was looking into going home to Buffalo for Christmas. The most ideal (sorta) non-stop deal was on United and was over $900. Instead, I decided to fly to Chicago Friday evening on Frontier, out of Chicago Saturday morning and back on Sunday on Southwest, and back to Denver Monday morning on United (the most expensive leg). I ended up paying around $550 total.

]]> By: Rich http://rickseaney.com/2007/09/25/holiday-travel-buy-now-be-flexible-expect-the-worst/#comment-1106 Rich Thu, 27 Sep 2007 15:23:39 +0000 http://rickseaney.com/2007/09/25/holiday-travel-buy-now-be-flexible-expect-the-worst/#comment-1106 Always grateful to farecompare.com for their analyses. I've found that for the DFW-FLL route I've got to purchase 5 months ahead to get the cheapest non-stop from American which never seems to match the really cheapest fare in that market. So 5 months ago I purchased both Thanksgiving and Christmas-NewYears flights and got the cheapest "premium" non-stop fares. I couldn't have done it without farecompare.com...my heroes Always grateful to farecompare.com for their analyses.

I’ve found that for the DFW-FLL route I’ve got to purchase 5 months ahead to get the cheapest non-stop from American which never seems to match the really cheapest fare in that market.

So 5 months ago I purchased both Thanksgiving and Christmas-NewYears flights and got the cheapest “premium” non-stop fares. I couldn’t have done it without farecompare.com…my heroes

]]> By: Brian http://rickseaney.com/2007/09/25/holiday-travel-buy-now-be-flexible-expect-the-worst/#comment-1104 Brian Thu, 27 Sep 2007 15:16:53 +0000 http://rickseaney.com/2007/09/25/holiday-travel-buy-now-be-flexible-expect-the-worst/#comment-1104 A tip from a web designer to Rick - Replace the chart in this post with a higher resolution (bigger) image, and in the code view, add a height and width to the image like this: Now when we click on the image, it'll pop open at the regular (larger) image dimensions. Hope that helps. ;) A tip from a web designer to Rick - Replace the chart in this post with a higher resolution (bigger) image, and in the code view, add a height and width to the image like this:
Now when we click on the image, it’ll pop open at the regular (larger) image dimensions.

Hope that helps. ;)

]]> By: Roger http://rickseaney.com/2007/09/25/holiday-travel-buy-now-be-flexible-expect-the-worst/#comment-1088 Roger Thu, 27 Sep 2007 12:55:52 +0000 http://rickseaney.com/2007/09/25/holiday-travel-buy-now-be-flexible-expect-the-worst/#comment-1088 The easiest way to actually read the charts is to save the image to your favorite image location and then open them in an image editor (Paint Shop Pro, Illustrator, (Paint if you HAVE to)) and then zoom in. Alternate airports are also important. While I am flying BOS to DFW for about $230 at Christmas, I can still get tickets for Providence to DFW for less than $200. The easiest way to actually read the charts is to save the image to your favorite image location and then open them in an image editor (Paint Shop Pro, Illustrator, (Paint if you HAVE to)) and then zoom in. Alternate airports are also important. While I am flying BOS to DFW for about $230 at Christmas, I can still get tickets for Providence to DFW for less than $200.

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