purchasing flight on internet

[VivaBaños 2]

Hello VJ.

I'm looking for a ticket to fly to be with my husband for our upcoming interview.

At some point I have come across this site http://www.atiflights.com/ and I'm wondering if anyone here has used them before. I found a ticket with a substantial (more than $100) savings compared to orbitz, expedia, sidestep, etc. However, I don't know anything about ATI Flight.

Please respond with any comments or advice.

Thank you

[StoneLove4Ever 0]

Hello VJ.

I'm looking for a ticket to fly to be with my husband for our upcoming interview.

At some point I have come across this site http://www.atiflights.com/ and I'm wondering if anyone here has used them before. I found a ticket with a substantial (more than $100) savings compared to orbitz, expedia, sidestep, etc. However, I don't know anything about ATI Flight.

Please respond with any comments or advice.

Thank you

I bought tickets from ATI to go to Jamaica and the price was way cheaper compared to others...i bought them when I went down to JA in August and had no problems....

[VivaBaños 2]

Hi Jgay80. thanks for the reply. I kept searching and searching last night all of the websites I could find and ended up finding one $20 cheaper then ATI. But it's good to know that you had no problems with ATI because I am confident I will be searching them again in the future--the prices were great for my search terms!

Maybe you've posted this elsewhere, but your case was complete on June 18th so why such a long delay in the scheduling of an interview?! Is the backlog that long? wow. Hope you have good news this coming month! Happy early anniversary!

Edited September 19, 2008 by VivaBaños

[*JG* 2]

She's CR1 and yes, the Jamaican embassy has about a 6 month backlog for CR1 interviews.

I've used ATI as well to Jamaica. No problems.

[gensdad515 2]

I've used www.kayak.com which gives multiple airlines. So far I've gotten the best prices from them. J.

[VivaBaños 2]

Thanks for all of the replies; they are all very helpful.

I spent 3 hours yesterday searching around on every single website I know of and could find listed on VJ for tickets trying all kinds of combinations of cities and dates. I ended up finding the cheapest ticket ($20 cheaper than ATI and that ticket was a steal) and ($100-$200) cheaper than the typical sites at, surprisingly enough, expedia. I had searched Expedia earlier, but this cheap-o flight didn't come up until the very end of my searching...so I grabbed it!

thanks for all of the help!

[Chamy and Gatita 3]

Thanks for all of the replies; they are all very helpful.

I spent 3 hours yesterday searching around on every single website I know of and could find listed on VJ for tickets trying all kinds of combinations of cities and dates. I ended up finding the cheapest ticket ($20 cheaper than ATI and that ticket was a steal) and ($100-$200) cheaper than the typical sites at, surprisingly enough, expedia. I had searched Expedia earlier, but this cheap-o flight didn't come up until the very end of my searching...so I grabbed it!

thanks for all of the help!

just wanted to add, I have flown American twice which was fine, but last time i took COPA and it was GREAT! a lot cheaper than American, great service, and a shiny new airport in Panama City to fly through.

i also just found out about a deal that LAN is offering- you can go all over south america for pretty cheap. instead of tickets you buy coupons, so its a little muddled in terms of the cost. i priced out a sample trip that hits about 20 cities and crisscrosses the entire continent for about $4000. the only hitch is you must be a citizen/resident of anywhere BUT south america to be eligible. so we are going to wait until he gets here and then buy tickets for a monthlong trip!

have fun on your trip!!!!!

all the best,

kathie

[Donna-marie 0]

Having flown to the US quite a lot from the UK i have found that prices for flights do change from day to day and it is worth trying all the sites you use for a week or so before you book to find out the bargain prices, i have also been able to get cheap flights from the airlines website too, i have booked USairways and Continental airlines from their own websites and found better deals than ebookers, expedia etc......

Then i watched the flights everyday until i saw the best price, dropped $300 overnight!!!!

[Ellsinlove 2]

Hi all! I'm new here but figured now is a good time to jump in. One site I like to go to that allows me to search many travel sites is Sherman's Travel - they have a quick search feature at:

http://quicksearch.shermanstravel.com/

You plug in your info and you get a list of all the travel sites like Orbitz, Travelocity, etc. You can click on as many as you want or just the ones you prefer and that way in one swoop you can see who is offering the most competitive prices.

[*JG* 2]

Hi all! I'm new here but figured now is a good time to jump in. One site I like to go to that allows me to search many travel sites is Sherman's Travel - they have a quick search feature at:

http://quicksearch.shermanstravel.com/

You plug in your info and you get a list of all the travel sites like Orbitz, Travelocity, etc. You can click on as many as you want or just the ones you prefer and that way in one swoop you can see who is offering the most competitive prices.

Hey, I get Shermans too. I love their weekly deals updates.