Welcome Starbaby84

Try the following site as a starting point
www.travelocity.com

Type in your point of departure and your destination and it will show you the cheapest published fares available, when and what advance notice and other rules go with those fares. They also have an interesting feature called dream map which may be of use. Fare watcher, where you can set up an itinerary that the computer will check for you on an ongoing basis may also be helpful, another site that offers this useful feature is http://www.lastminutetravel.com/

Best fares is always worth trying and check out the airline's web sites for their dot com deals or e saver fares (usually they will send you an e-mail as the offers become available).

I believe the $50 off deal on priceline is over. However, armed with information from the above sites and after visiting the following excellent site
http://pub4.ezboard.com/bpricelineandexpediabidding

run by one of FT's members (I think it is Sheryl) you can start bidding on Priceline if you wish (remember that once you have bid, if an airline accepts, you will not be able to change or return that ticket so be absolutely sure before you bid).

This will get you started but there are many on this board far more knowledgeable than me (do a search on old threads using some of the key words in your post and you will learn a lot).

Another couple of sites to try is http://www.lowestfare.com/cgi-bin/gx...fare.home.Home
http://www.tiss.com/
http://www.cheaptickets.com/

Good luck getting that great fare



[This message has been edited by Mvic (edited 08-22-2000).]