Airfare Price Alerts

January 10, 2006 6:08 AM

Is there a Web site that monitors airline prices and alerts you: 1. When a fare drops to my requested price. 2. When there is an overall drop in an airfare to a particular destination. This would be similar to Google's news Alerts. I am looking to fly from Chicago to Orlando that later part of May. I am looking for an airfare around $150.00. Presently the lowest fare I can find is $182.00.
posted by Mckoan1 to travel & transportation (12 comments total)

Travelocity does this.
posted by duck at 6:16 AM on January 10, 2006

Don't forget that Southwest isn't listed on those sites. Their price is $178, and I don't know that any of the other carriers is going to beat them by much.
posted by smackfu at 6:20 AM on January 10, 2006

Southwestern has a downloadable Ding that tells you when there's crazy cheap deals.
posted by Happy Dave at 6:47 AM on January 10, 2006

i wish this were available worldwide, not only in the US :-/
posted by slater at 6:55 AM on January 10, 2006

Travelocity does this for any two destinations world wide, as far as I know. It doesn't include Southwest, and probably some other discount airlines, but it does include a lot of different things. I use it routinely.
posted by jacquilynne at 7:20 AM on January 10, 2006

TripStalker

TripStalker is a new, easy-to-use application that grabs the best online travel deals while you do other things, saving you precious time and money!
posted by jikel_morten at 7:36 AM on January 10, 2006

This has been asked before...twice. And the person behind Tripstalker replied.

I've been using Tripstalker ever since but don't find it real helpful. Travelocity works just as good.
posted by sublivious at 8:23 AM on January 10, 2006

At least one difference: Tripstalker requires a software download; travelocity and orbitz do not.

[Also, for what it's worth, the second link provided by sublivious is to a Q&A about finding the lowest fare, not about email alerts; the tripstalker person's posting to that thread might be considered off-point.]
posted by WestCoaster at 9:36 AM on January 10, 2006

Yeah, I forgot that tripstalker requires a download. Sorry about that.
posted by jikel_morten at 11:50 AM on January 10, 2006

Airtran has some really cheap fares, espiecially if you want to fly oneway. Right now a one way between Orlando and Chicago is $79
posted by afu at 2:38 PM on January 10, 2006

I haven't had a chance to use it yet, but I have friends who swear by
posted by msali at 2:45 PM on January 10, 2006

whoops, that was airfarewatchdog.com
posted by msali at 2:48 PM on January 10, 2006