Search by price option gone
May 24, 2006, 12:01 pm
#1
Original Poster
Join Date: Nov 2005
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Search by price option gone
The new website does not appear to have the "search by price" option that I used all the time on the old USAir website. 
May 24, 2006, 12:06 pm
#2
Join Date: Dec 2005
Location: CVG
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Reason #14 I can't stand the new site.
About the best you can do is have it set up a grid for you telling you alternative prices for a few days before and after your selected dates. This is great when your travel days are pretty solid but not helpful at all for trying to find a cheap time to go visit a friend somewhere.
About the best you can do is have it set up a grid for you telling you alternative prices for a few days before and after your selected dates. This is great when your travel days are pretty solid but not helpful at all for trying to find a cheap time to go visit a friend somewhere.
May 24, 2006, 12:34 pm
#3
Join Date: Jul 2004
Location: (near) Cambridge, MA
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Posts: 1,777
Originally Posted by katbarbour
The new website does not appear to have the "search by price" option that I used all the time on the old USAir website.
I'd be happy if the options that were included worked...
May 24, 2006, 12:51 pm
#4
Join Date: Jun 2001
Location: Tampa, FL , USA~ US-CP & Lifetime Club, DL-PM, CO-PE, UA-PE, AA-PLT, HH-G
Posts: 44
The programers for the "new" site must have been "temps from a flea market" job
Originally Posted by Alphaguy
Except for pretty jpg's, I don't think too much else was functioning....
I'd be happy if the options that were included worked...
I'd be happy if the options that were included worked...
May 24, 2006, 1:49 pm
#5
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Join Date: Mar 2000
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I liked the feature too, but you should be able to duplicate the results on travelocity.
May 24, 2006, 2:02 pm
#6
Join Date: Jan 2006
Location: CHS
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Originally Posted by photojojo
Reason #14 I can't stand the new site.
About the best you can do is have it set up a grid for you telling you alternative prices for a few days before and after your selected dates. This is great when your travel days are pretty solid but not helpful at all for trying to find a cheap time to go visit a friend somewhere.
About the best you can do is have it set up a grid for you telling you alternative prices for a few days before and after your selected dates. This is great when your travel days are pretty solid but not helpful at all for trying to find a cheap time to go visit a friend somewhere.
May 24, 2006, 2:08 pm
#7
Join Date: Dec 1999
Location: Matthews, NC
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Actually, you can (as of 4:07 p.m. EDT) pull up the fares between any two US (not sure if it works for HP only destinations) by using this link: http://fs.usairways.com/abs/fareQuote.do . So, it may still work for a while (until they pull that).
May 24, 2006, 2:34 pm
#8
Join Date: Jan 2001
Posts: 159
Originally Posted by CLTFlyer
Actually, you can (as of 4:07 p.m. EDT) pull up the fares between any two US (not sure if it works for HP only destinations) by using this link: http://fs.usairways.com/abs/fareQuote.do . So, it may still work for a while (until they pull that).
Has anyone found another site to isolate US fares similar to the old US site?
May 24, 2006, 2:40 pm
#9
Join Date: Jul 2004
Location: Honolulu, Hawaii
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Yes and another poster posted it above. http://www.travelocity.com It works just fine (interface is a little different but the same concept.)
Originally Posted by firstclass
Thanks for the tip, but am I missing something? It looks like this only tells you the lowest possible fare but not all the potential dates it can be used.
Has anyone found another site to isolate US fares similar to the old US site?
Has anyone found another site to isolate US fares similar to the old US site?
May 24, 2006, 11:42 pm
#10
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Originally Posted by US AIRWAYS FAN
Yes and another poster posted it above. http://www.travelocity.com It works just fine (interface is a little different but the same concept.)
May 25, 2006, 12:23 am
#11
Join Date: Jan 2001
Posts: 159
Thanks--sorry if I was unclear; they are helpful but both Travelocity pages require dates to initiate the search. I liked the old US site "search by price" option which didn't require dates- only the city pair which then showed you the available dates. It was very good for planning travel when my plans were most flexible.
Does any other site have that capability?
Does any other site have that capability?
May 25, 2006, 9:31 am
#12
Join Date: Dec 2005
Location: CVG
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I agree with Firstclass, I think we're being misunderstood. On the old site you typed in your cities and hit search by price (no need to enter any dates) and it gave you a huge range of prices for the route up to about 300 days out.
This was worthless for last minute business travel but when you were trying to find someplace fun/cheap to vacation with a flexible schedule, it was priceless. I saved about $900 on a trip to St. Thomas this way.
This was worthless for last minute business travel but when you were trying to find someplace fun/cheap to vacation with a flexible schedule, it was priceless. I saved about $900 on a trip to St. Thomas this way.
May 25, 2006, 9:50 am
#13
Join Date: Oct 2002
Location: MA
Posts: 253
Originally Posted by firstclass
Thanks--sorry if I was unclear; they are helpful but both Travelocity pages require dates to initiate the search. I liked the old US site "search by price" option which didn't require dates- only the city pair which then showed you the available dates. It was very good for planning travel when my plans were most flexible.
Does any other site have that capability?
Does any other site have that capability?
http://www.travelocity.com/
May 25, 2006, 10:05 am
#14
Join Date: Dec 2005
Location: CVG
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AH, check that out. It's not perfect but it is pretty similar. For a young pup I tend to get stuck in my old ways sometimes. 
May 25, 2006, 1:14 pm
#15
Join Date: Jan 2001
Posts: 159
Originally Posted by mbmbbost
Have you tried it? If you click on "flexible dates" on Travelocity, all you need to add is a broad date range (or leave the default) which is quite similar to the old US site. The specific dates disappear. Travelocity had this kind of feature before US had it...I always figured US copied it.
http://www.travelocity.com/
http://www.travelocity.com/
Thanks for the tip-
BTW I heard from the CP res. agent that we are probably stuck with HP relic website.
