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WDWDad
06-10-2001, 11:25 AM
I read in one of last weeks USA Today's that the five major airlines were forming a new online service to sell tickets. I forgot to write down the name of the website. Does anyone else have the information? Supposedly the airlines were promising to offer all their lowest fares normally reserved for their own websites on this one site.

Any help would be greatly appreciated !
wheatenwalker
06-10-2001, 11:30 AM
Was it Orbitz?
TravelSheryl
06-10-2001, 12:48 PM
Yes, it's Orbitz. See http://64.225.125.24/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=43829&highlight=Orbitz

Not all of the airlines whose fares appear on Orbitz have agreed to provide Orbitz with their Web-only fares. I know Airtran's web-only fares are not listed on Orbitz. I believe it's only the founding airlines that have agreed to that.
WDWDad
06-10-2001, 07:14 PM
Yes ! Thank you. Hopefully this site will yield some decent bargains. I believe the big 5 that founded this were Delta ,Continental ,United ,NothWest, and ?.
wheatenwalker
06-10-2001, 07:20 PM
US Air?
TravelSheryl
06-10-2001, 08:01 PM
The fifth airline is American.
tink2dw
06-11-2001, 02:42 AM
I used Obitz from my airport to orlando the best I got was frontierair-$304.[can't get the total unless you register] then I went to their website and got $290.08[this one included all fees & taxes]

Another site with big promises!!:(
disnurse
06-11-2001, 10:05 AM
I tried orbitz after reading posts here and found nothing worth the price. Still think expedia or direct form the airlines is the best bet.