# Best way to find Airline ticket prices?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-way-to-find-airline-ticket-prices/398491>\
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [April 2, 2007, 11:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-way-to-find-airline-ticket-prices/398491 "2007-04-02T23:20:13Z")\
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**Author:** ![enigm4tic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7ba0ec/32.png) [@enigm4tic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/enigm4tic)\
**Post date:** [April 2, 2007, 11:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-way-to-find-airline-ticket-prices/398491/1 "2007-04-02T23:20:13Z")

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In particular, Is there a search engine that lets you in one search check surrounding (or multiple user defined) airports and slightly flexible dates, eg. one day out in each direction?

I find that through expedia or travelocity, the only 2 I’ve looked at so far, I can _sort of_ do one of these things at a time, which means I can sort of build up a database if I sit around and do a methodical, though time-consuming search.

What sites besides travelocity or expedia should I check?

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**Author:** ![ASAKMOTSD](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/919ad9/32.png) [@ASAKMOTSD](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ASAKMOTSD)\
**Post date:** [April 2, 2007, 11:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-way-to-find-airline-ticket-prices/398491/2 "2007-04-02T23:23:20Z")

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You might try [orbitz.com](http://orbitz.com) as well. I am not 100% sure if you can combine the location and date flexibility into one query, but its at least another decent source.

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**Author:** ![fisha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/da6949/32.png) [@fisha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fisha)\
**Post date:** [April 2, 2007, 11:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-way-to-find-airline-ticket-prices/398491/3 "2007-04-02T23:26:53Z")

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**Author:** ![threemae](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/5f9b8f/32.png) [@threemae](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/threemae)\
**Post date:** [April 3, 2007, 12:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-way-to-find-airline-ticket-prices/398491/4 "2007-04-03T00:46:34Z")

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Well worth the slight learning curve in terms of flexibility and power. I’ve never, ever been able to beat it.