Farecast

One of the things that I hate about purchasing plane tickets is that I always feel like I’m getting ripped off. I recently had to book a couple of tickets less than two weeks before the departure date, and the entire time that I was booking the tickets, I kept thinking about how much money I probably would have saved if I was able to book in advance. The next time you’re on a plane, just try not to get frustrated by thinking about the fact that there are more than likely passengers sitting right around you that paid hundreds of dollars less than you did to get on the same exact flight. Regardless of what you may think about this airfare system, it is how it is, and informed passengers are the ones who are going to be able to scope out the best deals. If you need some help with figuring out when to buy your tickets (which we all do), then look into Farecast.

This service searches for airfares in the United States, and if you have some time in which to book your tickets, then you’ll do really good here. To get started, just specify all of the details about a flight that you’re interested in and see what Farecast has to say about it. They analyze all available data and proceed to tell you whether you should buy now or wait for prices to drop. Their interactive graphs are extremely beneficial in helping you to visualize airfares over a period of time or across the entire nation. For those of you with syndication fever, you can even track an airfare by setting up an RSS feed for it. I have to say, I really wish the site supported international destinations right now, but besides that, I can confidently say that I’ll be using Farecast each time that I need to book a flight.

[tags]Farecast, Flights, Airfares, Plane Tickets, Passengers[/tags]