Originally Posted by
nbevan
In general I find I can get better fares and itineraries on aa.com than elsewhere: making use of Search by Schedule with 50 flights shown for fine tuning.
Yup. I, too, have found that Search By Schedule seems to consistently give me the best results. I'm learning to like the Search By Price and Schedule, but when I else fails I find myself reverting to good ol' Search By Schedule.
It makes no sense that the Search By Price feature deosn't work as well as the other two, but I haven't found it to be as useful. It frequently overlooks either a better schedule or a lower fare. It's weird, because it seems that it ought to work just like the "Plans Flexible?" link (that appears when using the Search By Schedule feature), but at least in my experience, it doesn't.