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Is Priceline Too Good to be True -- or -- Planning a Flight to Phoenix

Discussion in 'Anything goes' started by Michael Echan, Jun 29, 2008.

  1. Ben_Hecht

    Ben_Hecht Active Member

    So you're departing early-evening out of Phoenix, Monday night?
     
  2. pseudo

    pseudo Well-Known Member

    Nope, the layover was going to be from 6:30-9:10 p.m.

    Found a different flight through CLE that dropped the price difference to $20, though, so I think my decision just got easier.
     
  3. Ben_Hecht

    Ben_Hecht Active Member

    Think so, too. Hopkins at a $20 premium seems the way to go.
     
  4. fanboy

    fanboy Member

    check out www.farecast.com.

    They've got a big computer model that helps to let you know whether the price you're paying is a good one, and what the chances of the prices changing in the next few weeks are.
     
  5. Ace

    Ace Well-Known Member

    I tried seeing about a flight to Vegas for the coming weekend on priceline, leaving Friday and coming back Sunday.

    The flight left at 8:20 p.m. Friday and the return trip left at 11 p.m. Saturday and got back at about 6 a.m. Sunday.

    Hey, thanks for giving me the absolute shortest time in Vegas and still technically touch all three days, boys!
     
  6. Armchair_QB

    Armchair_QB Well-Known Member

    I think that if you buy the ticket thru a third party like Priceline you're pretty much fucked when it comes to flight changes.
     
  7. zebracoy

    zebracoy Guest

    That's incredible. I can't stop laughing.
     
  8. Ace

    Ace Well-Known Member

    I didn't book it, obviously.
     
  9. trifectarich

    trifectarich Well-Known Member

    Others have already stressed this: NEVER use Priceline if you want to fly at certain times. My experience is that the trade-off for a bargain-basement fare is a flight that leaves at 6 a.m. or arrives at midnight.
     
  10. Armchair_QB

    Armchair_QB Well-Known Member

    And you're in a middle seat.
     
  11. Ben_Hecht

    Ben_Hecht Active Member



    The demand for morning flights from the East to Vegas is enormous, for this reason.

    Believe me, if you're shopping for bottom-rung prices, the flights that land at
    10 PM our there are the ones you're going to get.
     
  12. spnited

    spnited Active Member

    Called Contintental this morning, told them the change from 2:50 to 4:30 was no good, I wanted to be on the 12:45 out of Newark that lands at 3:10.
    Done. No charge.
     
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