Foreign Perspectives

There are probably hundreds of websites out there offering to find you the cheapest flight from A to B but on the whole they give you the cheapest retail flight.

Now, you might think that you have to pay retail price for your ticket in that you’re not a travel agent but that’s not necessarily the case. CFares works on a similar basis to CostCo ie you become a member and thereby can avail of prices close to wholesale.

Ah, but then there’s the cost of membership to add to the ticket price, isn’t there? It depends: they offer Gold membership free which lets you book flights and see the price that you could get by upgrading to full (Platinum) membership.  In that Platinum membership costs $50/year and on some flights I checked the savings were around $30 so you’d only need to take a couple of short-haul flights each year to recoup the cost of the full membership.

Are the prices any good though? That depends on where you’re flying as naturally they’ll have better deals in some areas than others. In America, they’re about $50 cheaper than booking direct, in Europe they’re about $50 more expensive (both comparisons using the Platinum membership price).

So, for a cheap flight in America, they’re worth it although you will need to upgrade to Platinum membership to get the very best deals.

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