Where to Find Unadvertised Airfare Deals
Aer Lingus has just lowered fares on several routes between the U.S. and Ireland -- including Dublin, where lies St. Patrick's Cathedral.
Photo: Olivier Cirendini, Lonely Planet Images/Conde Nast Traveler
George Hobica of airfarewatchdog.com just posted the coming week's airfare deals over on the Frommer's blog. If you've been thinking about the Emerald Isle, listen up: Aer Lingus is having a sale on fares in August and September from several U.S. cities to Ireland -- like Los Angeles to Dublin for just $735, including taxes.
Airfarewatchdog.com employs human beings, not computer programs, to scan the Web and pick out the best available deals, so chances are higher that you'll actually find seats at the fares shown. The downside is that the site has no specific search function, just a listing of sales from your chosen point of departure, so it's more useful to someone who's flexible about both dates and destination. A search that I just did for deals out of San Francisco, for example, generated a fare of $98 to Cleveland on United and $818 to Bangkok on Cathay Pacific (the third-favorite airline among Conde Nast Traveler readers, according to our 2006 Readers' Choice Awards), among others.
The site's blog also announces more general deals, like Jet Blue's recent promotion of a $50 voucher for tickets purchased before June 1 using a frequent flier number. My only complaint is that links to paid sponsors show up in the middle of every screen; you have to scroll down through these ads to get to the actual content.
If you like what Airfarewatchdog does and want to spread the word, don't just tell your friends -- write their ad for them. The site is giving $1,000 to the person who pens the most successful slogan for a mid-June campaign, and 5,000 American Airlines frequent flier points to 4 runners-up.
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