On Sunday, November 17, 2002, at 04:04 PM, Bill Hough wrote: > -- Walk-up fares on most low-fare airlines are usually well below the > compassionate fares offered by the giant carriers. Depending on where > you > will be traveling, try Southwest, JetBlue, AirTran, American Trans Air, > Frontier or one of the smaller low-fare lines. You might have to drive > to > a more distant airport, but the cost reduction might well be worth the > extra time and cost. My additions to the list... America West and Spirit. It's also amazing what you can do when you manage to add a Saturday night stay, even with a major carrier and a less than 7 day advance purchase. This may be offset though by additional hotel/car days, though, so don't forget to look at the big picture. And another good-to-know... these same airlines with good last-minute fares also tend to have good one way fares. -- David Mueller / HNL dmueller7@lycos.com http://www.quanterium.com