Will someone explain to me what the point of the travel websites are when the prices look like this:?
Posted in Other - Destinations on 06/02/2009 04:50 pm by admin
anonymous asked:
I went to several different websites, searching the exact same dates, using Continental Airlines in all my searches as they were the cheapest of all the airlines, in most cases the exact same flight from West Palm Beach Florida to Newark NJ …and it seems to me that these travel websites are not saving money at all.
I went to several different websites, searching the exact same dates, using Continental Airlines in all my searches as they were the cheapest of all the airlines, in most cases the exact same flight from West Palm Beach Florida to Newark NJ …and it seems to me that these travel websites are not saving money at all.
continetal.com-$128.00+$19.30=$147.30
expedia.com-$114.41 + $31.29=$150.70
orbitz.com -$127.99+ $24.30=152.29
cheaptickets-$127.99+$23.29=$151.28
travelation-$104.41 + $63.29=$170.68
cheapoair $104.41 + $62.28=$170.69
priceline – $148.05 + $30.90 =$178.00
airfare – $134.06 + $38.24=$172.30
In theory we are paying these services to negotiatelower plane ticket prices with the airline companies. Then, the charge the consumer more in fees for the discount…which saves them absolutly nothing. The purpose of business is to create value to the consumer…where’s the value?
Darryl