Get Lower Airfares with New Technology

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travel kuru — Mon, 14 Jan 2008 14:49:40 GMT

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Theorem — Wed, 09 Jan 2008 16:30:18 GMT

Thank you Dr. Mercola for this article re-print and offering tips tricks and info as you find, via your website. Always an adventure (intellectual and fact gathering) when opening up your newsletters.

Thank you also for the person who mentioned ITA software login. very useful site. This is one of the major reasons I read the comments here, and only here, as so many loving people offer insights and links for further knowledge acquisition.

One thing about greenhouse gases and the Airline industry. I assume you are talking about CO2, correct? the same substance that Plants, trees, and algae crave? This 'bad gas' is less than 2% of any cubic of atmosphere you care to measure. 95% of all air is water vapor. Dont Beleive me? then call someone who now lives in a place which has a temperature of -40 degrees. Ask them about ICE FOG.

I suggest the documentary here: www.moviesfoundonline.com/great_global_warming_swindle.php

Al Gore and John Edwards (and many others) have personally made 9 figures USD by hedging carbon credits. If the current stream of propaganda is allowed to run course, u'all be paying a carbon tax for just breathing. Think about that, while the top 10% pay less tax than the lower 50% - on a one to one basis; and continue to drive huge SUVs, your utility burns coal and nat-gas, Air travel continues to escalate, and Walmart generates ever increasing orders for crap made in China. Oh, and PV panels? How are they working out for ya?

Increases in carbon dioxide (your nasty horrible greenhouse gas) follow temperature increases. This is not rhetoric, this is fact. The recent earth mean temperature increase is due to increased sun spot activity.

Follow the money folks, and next time you read or hear how bad earth warming is, ask yourself, "who benefits from having me believe this, when human-generated CO2 only accounts for 1% of the atmosphere?"

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www.chi-mester — Wed, 09 Jan 2008 00:09:12 GMT

Yes, yes, but We need free tickets now to go to visit our family in Europe.

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sharshur — Tue, 08 Jan 2008 04:24:12 GMT

People don't like to be criticized. Amazing how all these good posts about the damage of air travel get shot down! Feeling a bit guilty perhaps?

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Leonard Hostetler — Sat, 05 Jan 2008 17:42:07 GMT

One thing that we could all do to reduce our carbon footprint is if we have to drive. Use an extended oil drain and a fuel conditioner that reduces friction and enhances fuel combustion enuf that your vehicle consumes or dirties 65% + less oil and consumes 10 to 25% less fuel. Reduces emissions by 50 to 80%. I have been using these products for 25 years and have seen and done a lot of tests and know it works. I know of a fleet of semi's that have 400,000 to 500,000 miles on their current oil change and it still tests to be good and clean and is reducing metal wear more than regular oil.

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tinatoo — Sat, 05 Jan 2008 15:23:07 GMT

Unfortunately, airline transportation is a HUGE source of greenhouse gases, and cheaper and cheaper airline tickets are largely to blame for the ease and regularity with which esp. North Americans, but increasingly Europeans and Asians, are choosing to fly. The good of installing environmental light bulbs is laughable when compared with the damage done by one flight.

NPR recently did a very powerful report on a very ecologically-minded North Carolina family who did all kinds of amazing things to reduce their carbon footprint, only to find that one family flight per year (between North Carolina and California or Germany) DOUBLED the total sources of all their other carbon emissions combined!!! The mother was feeling guilty about buying non-local strawberries from California, but the environmental specialist basically told her it was a drop in the ocean when compared with her airplane emissions. INCREDIBLE and really worth a listen:

www.npr.org/.../story.php

The sad fact is that the consumer lifestyle is we know it is simply not sustainable, and we are going to have to start learning how to live without a lot of the easy things we'come to take for granted (cheap airline tickets among them) in the last fifty years...

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donnyusf — Sat, 05 Jan 2008 15:18:12 GMT

I think those sites are great, especially the farecast. The predictions is pretty neat!!!

All the sites mentioned above use one search engine technology. I have found the holy grail to all travel websites as I have compared them all. The only difference to this website is you can not purchase the ticket on their website as it would create competition with Kayak, Hotwire, SideStep and many other clients. You have to go back to the airline carrier website to purchase the ticket. This means no extra surcharges as you see in some websites.

The other great factor is their simplicity layout and searching abilities. You can do week long or month long search of flights. Thats my favorite as it lays out the lowest flight fare possible.

Check it out and tell me what you think.

www.itasoftware.com

Click search airfares, click log in as guest, check off month long search

Keep up the good work Dr Mercola....love the articles you present!!!!

Donny from Tampa

PS I don't work for this company nor have any affiliations....just one late night searching the web.

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shorty07 — Sat, 05 Jan 2008 15:05:08 GMT

I don't vacation all that much but for every vacation I have done lots of searching online for the best price and everytime I end up calling Hobbit Travel again cuz they get me the cheapest flights and deals. They are based out of the twin cities and they are great!

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lady leaper — Sat, 05 Jan 2008 14:00:51 GMT

I love to travel and am always looking for the best airfares. I've found many of my best deals at www.airfarewatchdog.com. For instance, I flew from my local airport in Alabama to Anchorage, AK July or '06 on Continental for only $200 rt. I flew from Atlanta to Mexico City for for Dia de los Muertos (early November) in '06 for again only $200 rt. Last Ocober I flew from LA to Cambodia to see the Angko Wat temple complex for only $330 rt on China Air. Oh, and I also bought rt tickets from Atlanta to San Jose, Costa Rica for only $211 on American for Jan 18th just around the corner. Other good travel websites include www.travelzoo.com especially on Wednesdays when their top 20 list comes out. I've also used hotwire.com mostly for cars and sometimes hotel rooms. Another one I look at from time to time is www.budgettravelonline.com Yes, I know these are incredible deals. I'm always on the prowel and ready to pounce on opportunities as they become available. I hope some of you who are flexible travelers are able to find these websites helpful.

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fortunategirl — Sat, 05 Jan 2008 13:51:43 GMT

Dr. Mercola does a wonderful job educating people about reducing plastic use to save the planet but falls short on Carbon Footprint realities when he endorses cheap air travel. If we were to pay a "real" price for the toxins released for a flight, only the rich would fly. Mankind could reduce damage to our planet by just slowing down. Most vehicles operate at maximum efficiency somewhere between 43 and 60 miles per hour,. "Burning a gallon of gasoline emits 19 pounds of carbon dioxide (CO2). If you include the emissions associated with the extraction, refining, and transporting of fuel between the well head and the gasoline pump, the number climbs to roughly 24 pounds total (i.e. 19+5)."

(Jim Kliesch,ACEEE). When traveling a distance check into train or boat travel. It may take a bit longer to get somewhere but I think I remember heaing once that, getting there is half the fun.

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MarthaB — Wed, 19 Dec 2007 15:26:13 GMT

Every year we rack up enough frequent flier miles using our credit card to fly three of us to Hawaii for a minimal amount. The key is to look for offers of free bonus miles, sometimes as much as 20,000 miles. This year, we spent about $100 for all three of us to fly from Chicago to Kauai in March on United. (Also, you'd want to pay off your credit card in full each month.)

When not using FF miles, Kayak has usually worked well for us.

re: How to Find the Lowest Airfare Possible

mmc88121 — Tue, 18 Dec 2007 23:50:02 GMT

Hot wire guarantees the lowest fare, but not always the times you would like.

Mary

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samurai — Tue, 18 Dec 2007 14:08:53 GMT

Awesome. Thanks so much for the info.

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Russ Bianchi — Tue, 18 Dec 2007 13:43:31 GMT

I consistently find KAYAK to get me the LOWEST fares, and I travel a great deal.

Uncle Russ