Thursday, March 26, 2009

Yapta.com Neat Solution for Travel


Airfare prices are as predictable as a ...teenager. One day they are up...next day they are down. Yapta.com is a great, FREE, service to help you track airfares. This is how it works... You want to fly from New York to Paris in July. You log in to Yapta, put in your city of origin, your destination and the dates you want to travel . The data base searches airlines (some, not all) to see what flights are available. You "Mark" the flights you want Yapta to track for you...they email you when the fare drops! Last year my family traveled to Europe. I tracked many flights for several months...waited until a HUGE DIP in price, bought four tickets and saved $1500 ! If you are flexable on dates or locations you have spend a bit of time looking up all of the various options to track...but the time was worth it in my case. I have used this service MANY times and have saved thousands. You can even continue to track after you have purchased. Several airlines
(Jet Blue, for one)will give you a credit if your fare goes down after purchase. With a son who flies several times a year for college...it is a Neat Solution I am glad I found.

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