FareCompare

A sophisticated airfare comparison site which differentiates itself on the amount of data it searches and the speed at which it is able to process and present the results. It has the most airlines and search options of all the travel comparison sites I've seen and even pops up multiple windows to other meta-search engines so that you can compare the results. Another neat feature is the ability to sign up for real-time email alerts on price drops for preselected routes. They are also known to mine the vast amounts of data to which they have access and perform advanced analytics to understand how and when prices fluctuate. The site publishes these findings in a series of very helpful travel advice articles, explaining to consumers not only the best days to travel, but also the best days to *purchase* tickets. It's definitely worth visiting this site even if just to gain greater insight into how the airline industry works.

BEWARE THIS SITE IS A SCAM Bought plane tickets from Oakland to Austin on 3/30/23 for $316. Received a confirmation email. Made other arrangements based on my confirmed plane tickets. Fare compare called on 4/1/23 and told me the tickets I bought were not available at the price I paid and asked me to pay $895 instead. When I declined they canceled my tickets. The sparky supervisor asked me if I had ever flown on an airplane before and informed me a "smart traveler " would understand how their site does business. UNBELIEVABLE! As of 10:45pm PDT on 4/1/23 the same tickets I tried to buy are still available on their site for the same price I tried to pay... hmmmmm (middle finger emoji)