About FareCompare

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FareCompare.com is an independent airfare shopping site with the all the tools necessary to help consumers find the best deals available quickly and easily – and find them first. That’s because FareCompare is not the typical airfare “meta search” comparison shopping site.

Every day FareCompare processes feeds from more than 500 airlines – totaling more than 270,000 destinations worldwide – making FareCompare a comprehensive one-stop airfare shopping experience. Plus, FareCompare’s proprietary software and robust processing power delivers a speedy and easy shopping experience.

And FareCompare offers these unique features:

FareCompare FareCatcher – FareCompare alerts its subscribers to airfare sales and price drops before most sites even post the changes on their websites. This means FareCompare consumers have an advance shopper advantage -as much as a six hour advance notice when airfare changes on their favorite trips.

FareCompare Partners – FareCompare’s direct relationship with industry leaders, the Airline Tariff Publishing Company (ATPCO) and ITA, have given its users a shopping advantage since 2006

More Airlines – Shoppers looking for the best deals on flights can quickly and easily shop more than 500 airlines at FareCompare – including Southwest Airlines

Best Time to Buy Airfare and more – FareCompare offers informative video tips and advice along with sophisticated tools to help travelers get the best deals, every time they fly

Rick Seaney, FareCompare CEO, is the media’s go-to source for airline industry trends. Rick’s expert analysis appears daily at Rick Seaney’s FareCompare Labs blog (www.farecomparelabs.com) and in his weekly column for ABCNews.com.

“These are just some of the ways FareCompare.com seeks to accomplish one of our most important goals – educating the air traveling public,” says Rick, “so our consumers will make the best airfare purchasing decisions, every time they choose to fly.” FareCompare is a winner of Travel Weekly’s Magellan Award, and was honored by Travel + Leisure as one of its “Top 25 Air Travel Websites” of 2008.

On FareCompare, you’ll find cheap domestic and international flights, cheap tickets, airline tickets, discount airfare, discount first class airfare, the easiest air travel planning tools, and expert travel advice. Since airlines change airfare prices constantly, sign up for FareCompare’s travel email alerts and let FareCompare’s travel search engine monitor airline ticket prices (all major airlines including low cost airlines like Southwest Airlines) so you’ll be first in line to pickup the best deal on your quest for the cheapest plane ticket. FareCompare can help you find a cheap hotel room too!