Travel Deal of the Day (December 27, 2007)

If you are traveling to any destination outside of the US, be sure to carefully examine the extra charges and fees when you are obtaining fare quotes – itineraries for travel from a US destination to a non-US destination have a variety of extra charges and fees, so to ensure that all fare quotes are examined using similar parameters, you must correctly match up the extra fees that apply on most fares.

When you compare different fare quotes, especially from different websites, you must examine all the added charges that apply. Look for fuel surcharges, airport taxes and ticketing fees (for the agent/website ticketing the itinerary), just to name a few. Make sure you “click” all the way to the final screen on any website to ensure that the fare quote you are receiving actually includes all the relevant fees. In these days of added fees and surcharges, you must find the “final” fare quote before attempting to compare fares of different itineraries.