Originally Posted by
wyldcat
About the only time I find that it is cheaper to book on Orbitz or Travelocity etc is if I am willing to do a multi-airline ticket such as AA from DFW-NRT then KoreanAir NRT-ICN. This a lot of time will be several hundred dollars cheaper than an all AA or AA/OW trip.
The one problem with these is if you have a problem or need to make a change, it can be very expensive and time consuming to fix.
FWIW a recent MR booking (AUS-ORD-SEA-PDX-ORD-AUS) was nearly $200 cheaper on Orbitz than via AA.com. This does contain a leg on AS (SEA-PDX), but that doesn't quite explain the differential IMHO.