New Orbitz site??
Aug 1, 2003, 11:12 am
#2
Join Date: Oct 2000
Location: Dallas, TX USA
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<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Originally posted by Hgrant:
Has Orbitz completely re-done their site or is it just me?? It's so much easier to navigate now. Has anyone been there recently??</font>
Has Orbitz completely re-done their site or is it just me?? It's so much easier to navigate now. Has anyone been there recently??</font>
Aug 1, 2003, 12:23 pm
#3
Join Date: Nov 2002
Posts: 79
Orbitz only works well because it uses ITASoftware in its search engine. I think there fee is too high. You can search on Orbitz to get a quick comparison of flights, and then I book directly with the airline, to avoid fees and get bonus miles. Someday, Orbitz may need to start charging for searches, if you haven't bought a ticket from them.
Aug 1, 2003, 1:49 pm
#4
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Aug 1, 2003, 2:02 pm
#5
Join Date: Jul 2001
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Orbitz has worked pretty well for me in getting somewhat less expensive fares than those in the majors' own sites. One exception so far, this week I used them to scan LGA-TPA & still found less expensive directs on aa.com.
Aug 2, 2003, 4:36 am
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<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Originally posted by ss315:
Orbitz only works well because it uses ITASoftware in its search engine. I think there fee is too high. You can search on Orbitz to get a quick comparison of flights, and then I book directly with the airline, to avoid fees and get bonus miles. Someday, Orbitz may need to start charging for searches, if you haven't bought a ticket from them.</font>
Orbitz only works well because it uses ITASoftware in its search engine. I think there fee is too high. You can search on Orbitz to get a quick comparison of flights, and then I book directly with the airline, to avoid fees and get bonus miles. Someday, Orbitz may need to start charging for searches, if you haven't bought a ticket from them.</font>
Aug 2, 2003, 11:43 pm
#7
Join Date: Jul 2003
Posts: 71
<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Originally posted by ss315:
Orbitz only works well because it uses ITASoftware in its search engine. I think there fee is too high. You can search on Orbitz to get a quick comparison of flights, and then I book directly with the airline, to avoid fees and get bonus miles. Someday, Orbitz may need to start charging for searches, if you haven't bought a ticket from them.</font>
Orbitz only works well because it uses ITASoftware in its search engine. I think there fee is too high. You can search on Orbitz to get a quick comparison of flights, and then I book directly with the airline, to avoid fees and get bonus miles. Someday, Orbitz may need to start charging for searches, if you haven't bought a ticket from them.</font>
Aug 3, 2003, 9:25 am
#8
Join Date: Aug 2001
Location: Boston, MA, USA
Posts: 1,470
I seem to recall at one point Orbitz did require people to register with them in order to do searches. I suspect either too many folks complained or they saw such a dramatic change in usage that they dropped this requirement.
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