My sister is having an anniversary dinner in Chicago this weekend and I have been hoping to find a reasonable last-minute fare from White Plains, NY (HPN). I signed up for fare alerts on kayak and I've also been checking kayak daily, but the lowest fare appears on kayak at $988.
A bit frustrated, this morning I decided to check the websites of the 2 carriers with non-stop flights -- United and AA. Lo and behold, I snagged 2 non-stop L-class tickets on United for $199 each.
What's up with that??? I'm happy with the outcome, but my world will be much more complicated if I can no longer count on kayak.
I'll admit that I know nil about the inner workings of websites "behind the scenes", but is it possible that United just dropped the fare for that routing very recently (earlier today, for example) and Kayak just hasn't caught up to it yet?
What's up with that??? I'm happy with the outcome, but my world will be much more complicated if I can no longer count on kayak.
Airlines reprice fares constantly. It's possible they had very few seats, it's possible Kayak had not loaded the fare yet, there's a ton of reasons.
I think your mistake is in counting on any one place for deals, as such a place does not exist. You have learned that you need to constantly check for deals, as nobody will have them all. If they did, all the other agencies would be out of business.
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Originally Posted by overhear
My sister is having an anniversary dinner in Chicago this weekend and I have been hoping to find a reasonable last-minute fare from White Plains, NY (HPN). I signed up for fare alerts on kayak and I've also been checking kayak daily, but the lowest fare appears on kayak at $988.
A bit frustrated, this morning I decided to check the websites of the 2 carriers with non-stop flights -- United and AA. Lo and behold, I snagged 2 non-stop L-class tickets on United for $199 each.
What Fare did you book, exactly?
UA does not currently publish any L-Class Fares on that route, all of the discounted Fares have 21/14/7-day Advance Purchase requirements, and the lowest Fare available for purchase on UA.com is currently $988 (MR0FN):
HPN Westchester City NY US [KHPN]
CHI Chicago Metro IL US = ORD MDW RFD
R/T 27 Apr 2012 | Economy
Carrier From To Fare Cur AdvanceP Min Max Fare Basis | Travel Period
--------- ------ ---- -------- ---- -------- --- --- --------------------------
UA HPN CHI 388 USD 21 Days VE213FN
UA HPN CHI 388 USD 21 Days VE213FN
UA HPN CHI 435 USD 14 Days VE143FN
UA HPN CHI 435 USD 14 Days VE143FN
UA HPN CHI 483 USD 7 Days QE73FN
UA HPN CHI 483 USD 7 Days QE73FN
UA HPN CHI 577 USD 7 Days HE73FN
UA HPN CHI 577 USD 7 Days HE73FN
UA HPN CHI 672 USD 7 Days 1 EE71FN
UA HPN CHI 672 USD 7 Days 1 EE71FN
UA HPN CHI 914 USD *** MR0FN
UA HPN CHI 914 USD *** MR0FN
UA HPN CHI 1103 USD *** BA0FY
UA HPN CHI 1103 USD *** BA0FY
UA HPN CHI 1482 USD *** HUAUP1
UA HPN CHI 1482 USD *** HUAUP2
UA HPN CHI 1482 USD *** HUAUP3
UA HPN CHI 1482 USD *** HUAUP1
UA HPN CHI 1482 USD *** HUAUP2
UA HPN CHI 1482 USD *** HUAUP3
UA HPN CHI 1765 USD *** YUA
UA HPN CHI 1765 USD *** YUA
UA HPN CHI 2081 USD *** Y
UA HPN CHI 2081 USD *** Y
UA HPN CHI 2238 USD *** FUA
UA HPN CHI 2238 USD *** YUAUP1
UA HPN CHI 2238 USD *** YUAUP2
UA HPN CHI 2238 USD *** YUAUP3
UA HPN CHI 2238 USD *** FUA
UA HPN CHI 2238 USD *** YUAUP1
UA HPN CHI 2238 USD *** YUAUP2
UA HPN CHI 2238 USD *** YUAUP3
UA HPN CHI 2882 USD *** F
UA HPN CHI 2882 USD *** F
I just checked the United site, as I was curious, and if you book April 27-30 on this city pair, you can get a $221 all-in RT fare right now, and Kayak does not find this.
UA does not currently publish any L-Class Fares on that route .... the lowest Fare available for purchase on UA.com is currently $988 (MR0FN):
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I just checked the United site, as I was curious, and if you book April 27-30 on this city pair, you can get a $221 all-in RT fare right now, and Kayak does not find this.
Which is why earlier I said there's not one place where you will find every fare. For a Friday Monday flight this weekend:
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I just checked the United site, as I was curious, and if you book April 27-30 on this city pair, you can get a $221 all-in RT fare right now, and Kayak does not find this.
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Originally Posted by cordelli
Ah, that's an Unpublished () Fare (Fare Basis LINTRNET), so other sources would not have it.
It also has a Sun night stay requirement (hence it did not show-up on a 27-29 Apr search previously).
UA does not currently publish any L-Class Fares on that route, all of the discounted Fares have 21/14/7-day Advance Purchase requirements, and the lowest Fare available for purchase on UA.com is currently $988 (MR0FN):</quote>
Here are the flights and fare:
Fri, 27APR12 - UA34401 - L - WHITE PLAINS, NY - (HPN) 7:52 PM
Mon, 30APR12 - UA62362 - L - CHICAGO, IL - (ORD - O'HARE) 11:19 AM
Airfare: 185.12 USD
U.S. Federal Transportation Tax:13.88
U.S. Flight Segment Tax: 7.60
September 11th Security Fee: 5.00
U.S. Passenger Facility Charge: 9.00
Per Person Total: 220.60 USD
eTicket Total: 441.20 USD
UA does not currently publish any L-Class Fares on that route, all of the discounted Fares have 21/14/7-day Advance Purchase requirements, and the lowest Fare available for purchase on UA.com is currently $988 (MR0FN):</quote>
Here are the flights and fare:
Fri, 27APR12 - UA34401 - L - WHITE PLAINS, NY - (HPN) 7:52 PM
Mon, 30APR12 - UA62362 - L - CHICAGO, IL - (ORD - O'HARE) 11:19 AM
Airfare: 185.12 USD
U.S. Federal Transportation Tax:13.88
U.S. Flight Segment Tax: 7.60
September 11th Security Fee: 5.00
U.S. Passenger Facility Charge: 9.00
Per Person Total: 220.60 USD
eTicket Total: 441.20 USD
I'm curious: What exactly is an "unpublished fare"?
In this case, it's a United E-fare weekend special, It's referred to as unpublished because they don't publish it so sites like Kayak, Orbitz, and Expedia can find it.
You need to search every available channel for low fares, as you found out one place may be saying it's $1,000 per person, another $200
y world will be much more complicated if I can no longer count on kayak.
) Fare (Fare Basis LINTRNET), so other sources would not have it.
