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Farecast Board Member Becomes TerraPass CEO

By: Hugh Crean, President & CEO
Farecast congratulates board member Erik Blachford in his new role as CEO of TerraPass. Since joining the board in late 2006 and investing earlier this year, Erik’s been an important contributor to the direction and innovation created here at Farecast. He will continue to serve on our board as he [...]

Vote for Farecast - CNET Webware 100

By: Kristine Marshall, Marketing Development 
We are thrilled that Farecast has been nominated as a finalist for CNET’s Webware 100 Awards, recognizing innovative new “Web 2.0″ services. It’s now up to users to decide who qualifies for the top 100. Farecast is one of 250 Finalists selected by CNET editors from over 2,000 qualifying Web 2.0 [...]

Farecast Helps You Find The Exact Flight You Want

By: Marco Lopez, Farecast Frequent Flier
We have a lot to celebrate these days at Farecast - we’re proud to announce our emergence from Beta, and we’re also excited to introduce the first-ever Flight Quality Filter.
Now you can find the exact flight you want with innovative new search functionality including our Flight Quality Filter, which allows [...]

Farecast Airport Guides: Houston

By: Marco Lopez, Farecast Frequent Flier
Long layovers are never fun. But every airport has its hidden pleasures, if you know where to look. Make the most of the time you’re grounded, with our guides to the ten busiest airports in the U.S.
We continue our countdown of the busiest airports in the U.S. with #7 Houston.
7. [...]

The Farecast Science Behind Price Drops

John Rauser, Farecast Fareologist
At Farecast, we spend of lot of time studying price drops.  We define a price drop as occurring when the lowest price for a trip falls by more than $15 in a day.  It may surprise you to know that a typical itinerary sees more than five price drops in the [...]

Audit Reveals Farecast Predictive Accuracy at 74.5%

By: Hugh Crean, President & CEO
At Farecast, we are passionate about helping consumers be more empowered and informed travelers. Every day, our unique team of data miners, statisticians and computer scientists analyze and track millions of the best fares that are actually available in the market. To date, we’ve analyzed more than 175 billion airfare [...]

Farecast Fare View

By: Mike Fridgen, VP Marketing & Product
Welcome to this week’s Farecast Fare View, an inside view into the news making headlines this week and the latest record low airfare deals.
In the News This Week
TIA/AAA Summer Travel Study Travel Weekly reports on a survey released this week by the Travel Industry Association (TIA) and AAA, citing [...]

New on Farecast: Get low fares — easier than ever.

By: Marco Lopez, Farecast Frequent Flier
Great news — now Farecast Fare Alerts are even better. The new and improved Farecast Alert with Predictions helps you know when to buy and when to wait. We’re constantly tracking billions of fares, studying the ups and downs of airfares, so we know how volatile prices can be.  In [...]

Farecast Fare View

By: Mike Fridgen, VP Marketing & Product
Welcome to this week’s Farecast Fare View, an inside view into the news making headlines this week and the latest record low airfare deals.    
In the News This Week
Southwest CEO cites declining travel demand– The Associated Press reports that Southwest Airlines Co. said Wednesday there is “growing evidence” that a [...]

Family Airfare Tradeoffs: Disneyland or Disneyworld?

By: Anne Taylor Hartzell, Farecast Family Traveler
Our family is planning a Disney trip this summer and as part of our planning process, we evaluated the budget and tradeoffs of going to Disneyworld v. Disneyland. From Seattle, the logical choice has always been to head south to LA for a quick plane ride and cost-effective airfare. [...]