Geography - Travel Subject Guide
Air Travel
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- Air Fare Meta Search Engines
- Airline fare finders on the web
- Major Airlines Web Sites
- Air Travel Online Communities
- Hotels that Allow Long Term Parking
- International Airlines
- Airport Security
- Flight Trackers and Flight Delay Information
Air Fare Meta Search Engines
Title: dohop
Description: dohop claims to search "more than 660 airlines around the world for the best flights and connections."
Title: Kayak.com
Description: Kayak is a meta-search engine that searches hundreds of other websites in real time for travel deals.
Title: LowFares.com
Description: Lowfares allows you to search a number of the air fare search engines at one time. Be prepared for pop-up windows. LowFares also provides searching for auto rental, lodging, and vacation packages across a number of services.
Title: Yahoo FareChase
Description: Yahoo provides an easy to use fare search engine that looks at numberous sources and presents an easy to read list of options. FareChase also suggests different travel days if lower fares are found. There is no email notification of lower fares that could appear later.
Airline fare finders on the web
Title: AppleFares.com
Description: Compare the fares offered by 14 European airlines.
Title: Farecast.com
Description: Find fares from over 75 airports and get predictions on if you should purchase tickets now or wait.
Title: FareCompare.com
Description:
A "Getaway Maps" interface helps make finding sample fare prices easy. You can also search for fare prices in the past to see how current fares compare.
Title: Best Fares Discount Travel Magazine - Online
Description: Last minute fare bargains.
Title: Cheap Tickets
Description:
Ticket consolidator.
Title: Digital City Travel
Description: Just click on the city closest to you and then click on the "Travel Bargains" link for a list of current "best" fares. You can also rent a car and make hotel reservations here.
Title: Expedia
Description:
Title: FareChase
Description: Type in your destination and where you are starting from and FareChase searches numerous sites for airfares, hotels and rental cars.
Title: Hotwire
Description: This site sells discounted airline tickets. Designed for vacationers, this service stresses the cost of the ticket, not the time of the travel. The user needs to be flexible.
Title: LowestFare
Description: Ticket consolidator.
Title: OpenJet.com
Description:
Compare the fares offered by seven European airlines and book tickets. Also provides information on car rental and lodging.
Title: Orbitz
Description: Formed by five major airlines (American, Continental, Delta, Northwest and United) to provide an online clearinghouse for tickets, ORBITZ is quickly becoming a full service travel site.
Title: Priceline.com
Description: Priceline also returns vehicles usually available at airport rental agencies. If you bid too low on Priceline, you have to wait a set length of time before you can bid on that car again. Use the time Hotwire gives you to make up your mind to make a slightly lower bid on a similar vehicle at Priceline. Just be sure you are bidding on the same or similar package.
Title: Qixo
Description: Compare airfares from more than 10 major travel sites, including Travelocity, Expedia, and Cheaptickets. You can have QIXO alert you when the fare drops to your buying price.
Title: Sidestep
Description: A plug-in for Microsoft Internet Explorer. (At this time a Netscape version does not exist.) After you fill in your flight requirements, Sidestep searches numerous web sites and reports back the best prices for airfares, car rentals, and lodging.
Title: Smarter Living
Description:
Last-minute fare bargains.
Title: TravelNow.com Global Reservations
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Title: Travelocity
Description:
Another general travel site with flights, hotels, car rentals, cruises, etc.
Title: 1travel.com
Description: OneTravel offers travelers flights, hotels, cruises, travel packages and vehicle rentals.
Title: WhichBudget.com
Description:
Identify low cost airlines in Europe and also those flying to and from the United States.
Title: Air Travel Price Index
Description: The Bureau of Transportation Statistics, part of the United States Department of Transportation, provides this measure of the change over time in the prices paid by air travelers.
Title: Yapta
Description: Some airlines offer credits if a ticket price falls below what you paid. Yapta helps you track this. You must download Yapta to your machine.
Major Airlines Web Sites
Title: Airline Links
Description: Directory of airline web sites from Travel-Watch.com.
Title: Independent Traveler Directory
Description: Directory of airline web sites and 800 numbers both domestic and foreign from Independent Traveler .
Title: Independent Traveler Directory of Discount Airlines
Description: Directory of discount airlines both foreign and domestic from Independent Traveler .
Title: Airline Abbreviations
Description: Look up the abbreviation of an airline by abbreviation or by the name of the airline.
Title: AirTran
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Title: Alaska Airlines
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Title: American Airlines
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Title: America West Airlines
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Title: Continental Airlines
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Title: Delta Air Lines
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Title: Frontier Airlines
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Title: jetBlue
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Title: Mesa Air Group
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Title: Midwest Express
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Title: Northwest Airlines
Description:
Title: Southwest Airlines
Description: Specials are at the "click 'n save" button.
Title: United Airlines
Description: Has a "special deals" button.
Title: US Airways
Description: For specials click on "Promotions" .
Air Travel Online Communities
Title: FlyerTalk
Description:
An online community for people interested in getting the most of their frequent-flier benefits.
Title: Skytrax
Description: Skytrax offers ratings for airlines, airports, airline seats, and Airline lounges.
Hotels that Allow Long Term Parking
Title: Parking Access
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Title: ParkSleepFly
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Title: Stay123
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International Airlines
Title: Air Canada
Description: Find specials at the "websavers" button especially on Wednesday mornings.
Title: Air France
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Title: Alitalia
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Title: BMI Baby
Description: British Midlands Airlines offers cheap flights to England and discounted Dublin flights and also flights to the continent. Links to car rentals and hotel bookings also available.
Title: British Airways
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Title: British Midlands
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Title: Cathay Pacific
Description: A Hong Kong based airlines that flies to destinations throughout the world.
Title: EasyJet
Description: EasyJet is a discount European airline.
Title: Go
Description: Go is a budget European airline with six hubs in Great Britain.
Title: KLM
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Title: Lufthansa
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Title: Ryanair
Description:
Ryanair is the largest of the budget European airlines.
Title: Virgin Atlantic
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Airport Security
Title: Transportation Security Administration
Description:
The Transportation Security Administration, formed in the wake of the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks, has a number of hints for travelers (did you know you should carry on all of the film you will be taking on your trip because the machines used to examine checked baggage will ruin it!!) and a list of prohibited and permitted items you can carry onto a plane.
Flight Trackers and Flight Delay Information
Title: Air Travel Consumer Reports (DOT)
Description:
The Department of Transportation's Aviation Consumer Protection Division provides monthly Air Travel Consumer Reports. These reports contain information of flight delays, misplaced bagage, and consumer complaints filed against airlines and airports.
Title: Flight Aware
Description:
A flight tracking service that includes both public and private flight air traffic. Also provides location maps of flights in the air. (Planes must have a transponder)
Title: Flight Explorer
Description:
A flight tracking service. For some flights you do not need to know the flight number.
Title: Flight Stats
Description:
This site provides flight status reports, monthly performance reports on the arrivals of various airlines and other services.
Title: Flight View
Description: FlightView is a flight tracking service.
Title: FlyteComm
Description: A flight tracking service.
Title: IFly
Description: In addition to flight tracking, IFly also provides airport information, the ability to reserve parking at larger airports and flight booking through Expedia and Hotwire.
Title: the Seat Guru
Description: Search by airline and then model of airplane to find out information about where the "best" seats are on a particular plane.
Title: Tarmac Times
Description: Tarmac Times records the times that commercial airline flights spend more than three house on the tarmac between departure from the terminal and "wheels-up." Information is available for individual flights, airport, and carrier.
Title: Air Traffic Control System Control Center
Description: Real-time Airport Status, conditions, including flight delays at major airports around the country.