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Where is the best place to find discount airfare? It seems that all of the "discount" sites are a rip off...

I have searched the Internet high and low. Airfare from Chicago to Tampa should not be hard to find at a discounted rate. I'm wondering if anyone has any advice on how to cheat the system. One sight I have found is bestfares.com and that seems to be the cheapest so far. Any help would be much appreciated.

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1. My favorite site is Kayak.com. It's not a travel site per se, but it compiles the fares from all the other travel sites (Orbitz, Travelocity, Cheaptickets, etc.) as well as the airlines' sites themselves. Check it out.
2. Clean up (delete) your cookies before you continue. Then try Expedia. I've had good luck with them. Happy travels!
3. Try the other sites and then try www.ytbtravel.com/gordonsa and you can see the difference I use them all the time now for my business flights. I think there just cheaper. I fly alot and I notice that alot of other sights have a tendancy to add a whole lot of fees to the "cheap ticket price" so I started to shop around and there the best they have a feature that allows me to get my ticket deliver to me prior to my flight. good luck in your search I know it a headache finding a deal.
4. I know exactly what you mean. I have found it to be cheapest when you buy tickets directly from the airline website. So instead of going to priceline, or expedia or wherever try going to ata.com or whatever airline you might want to fly with.
5. There are no discount websites. They are only search engine to give the best prices available at the time you are searching. Orbitz, expedia, travelocity for exemple are travel agencies. kayak, sidesteps, for exemple are search engine and they will direct you to the site where you can buy theses tickets. They are getting paid by the advertisers. The best discount prices are sometimes at the airlines we sites directly. (no booking fees)
6. Many of those sites aren't a "rip-off" in the sense that they're legitimate - i.e., they won't take your credt card and give you a fake reservation, but they ARE a "rip-off" in the sense that they usually don't have cheaper fares than buying directly through the airline, and they're actually more expensive because they tack on a "booking fee" of at least $5. So it's better to go through the airlines websites. Besides, I know that some airlines guarantee that you'll find the cheapest fares through their own websites. (I know American Airlines does). The "low-fare" airlines also only advertise on their own websites so you have to check them separately also. Although in my experience it's actually more expensive to fly those airlines. Just keep shopping around and be as flexible as possible with your travel times and dates, etc.
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8. Try flying into St. Petersburg instead on USA 3000 or Spirit.... I use the discounted sites as a guide and then go straight to the individual airline's website.
9. For me, its cheapoair.com I have always find the fares cheap in compare to others ... you can try them....I have used them many times and I am really happy with them.. all the best... pal
10. sometimes the wirlines them selves have promotions on their sites try that