I am trying expedia's fare calendar for the first time. Is this new or is this something I haven't seen before.
NW's cheapest mid-week fares right now from PDX to DFW are H fares. I selected the H fare from the calendar and selected my dates from the availability list that is pretty much a copy of travelocities.
Then after selecting my fare I get a list of alternative fares on the same dates that are lower. And each of these are mileage runs.
Here's a couple sample routings:
PDX->MSP->CMH->MEM->DFW for 3,062 miles each way
PDX->SEA->DTW->CMH->MSP->DFW for 4,396 one way
Plus the fares are about $130 cheaper round trip. Still expensive for a personal trip at $420, but this is a way cool feature on expedia.
I apologize if everyone has been using this and I've just missed it until now.
p.s.
As of this evening travelocity has NO NW fares in its system that I can find. Just a glitch?
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doglover