Bidding on Airfare Works Well with Flexible TravelersIf you're settled on your travel dates but you have some degree of flexibility in travel times, airfare-now.com is now recommending a second look at Priceline.com's "bidding" system.
Let's look at a hypothetical round trip airfare from NYC to JFK for March 20th with a decent round trip on American Airlines for $239. The Priceline website allows you to enter how much you would like to pay for airfare on that date. If you're wanting to pay a single dollar for the airfare, you probably won't get it. But if you enter a little more reasonable price (for example $100), the airline might accept the bid.
If the airline accepts the $100 bid, you are obligated to purchase the airfare which is a darned good deal when the rack rate is running $239! The downside of the system is that you can't choose the time of your flight or the number of legs. This means you might be leaving at 6 in the morning or 10 in the evening (times are revealed after the purchase is finalized) and you don't receive miles on your flights - a small inconvenience for a super airfare!
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— airfare-now.com
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That's good to know. Great info. Thank you
You can also choose a Private Jet which will be more luxury and quick too comparing with commercial flights. No rush, no queue, they are always on your time schedule.
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