Wow! Am I glad to have followed this thread. I've been using Bestfare's newsdesk as a source of reference for about 18 months. It has proved useful in alerting me to specials that have just cropped up. I can usually decipher which airline they use in their "Members Only" (which BTW has become predominant) leads by the gateways they use. I was considering joining, but after reading these posts, I'll park my bucks elsewhere.