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Old Aug 19, 2003 | 7:02 pm
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<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Originally posted by jmartin:
What I'm wondering (I've never used Orbitz) is whether that site gives you a better price than booking from an airline's own site.</font>
From a US flier, the Orbitz prices are almost always the same price for the ticket, and then you have the additional Orbitz fee (which you don't have on usairways.com). Every once in a while Orbitz/Travelocity/Expedia will show a fare you can't find on usairways.com, so then it's worth it to pay their booking fee.

usairways.com does give the 3000/1000 bonuses and has for some time (they keep extending the expiration like WN's double-online bonus).
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