Yeah, But if you are bidding/pricing airfares on ITA, usually the cheapest fare will be an advance purchase. Hotwire and Priceline AFAIK will let you purchase/bid a day or so ahead. I have never used Hotwire or Priceline for Airfare, but I use Priceline for Hotels and rental cars. I got a Priceline bid of $14.00 a day this past holiday weekend in MIA, I requested the cheapest box/economy, and they gave me one of those Pontiac mini-Suvs, whatever they call them, from Hertz. I was very happy! Bryant Petitt Cumming, GA --- Alireza Alivandivafa <democrat2n@xxxxxxx> wrote: > The best thing I have used lately is ITA. You can't > book directly from it, but you will know if there is > a decent fare out there. Also, individual airline > websites are often cheaper than the bulk sites. > > > -----Original Message----- > From: blaine@xxxxxxxx > To: AIRLINE@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > Sent: Thu, 4 Jan 2007 5:29 PM > Subject: Priceline vs. Hotwire > > > An acquaintance asked for my assistance today - He > wanted to be at a > wedding tomorrow afternoon in Houston. > > So we went to the web - Fort Wayne to Houston. > Leaving tomorrow morning > and returning Sunday. > > None of the basic websites had any deals ($700+, > round trip). > > We hit Priceline. After a few failed bids, we > decided to end that > adventure. Our last rejected bid was $275 fare + > misc. charges = $330 > or so. > > On a whim, I tried Hotwire. $259, including tax. > Round trip. > > He didn't take the fare, as there's a probability > that: > > 1. The itinerary may have caused him to arrive after > the wedding time. > 2. If #1 was true, he may have not have been able to > fly stand-by to > arrive earlier on Friday. > > Do note that Sunday's return flight is a moot point > - it could have > departed IAH at any time. > > My question is why the difference in fare? Why did > Priceline rejected a > fare that Hotwire had? Does each company really > have different seat > inventory? > > I know from using both places - in my case - that > the chance of > receiving a morning itinerary is about even with the > chance of receiving > an afternoon or evening itinerary. > > Comments? > > Blaine Thompson > Fort Wayne, Indiana > ________________________________________________________________________ > Check out the new AOL. Most comprehensive set of > free safety and security tools, free access to > millions of high-quality videos from across the web, > free AOL Mail and more. > ____________________________________________________________________________________ Need Mail bonding? Go to the Yahoo! Mail Q&A for great tips from Yahoo! Answers users. http://answers.yahoo.com/dir/?link=list&sid=396546091