http://venturebeat.com/2006/09/24/farecast-expands-airfare-predictions-just-know-when-to-use-them/ News About Tech, Money and Innovation Wed, 25 Nov 2009 16:28:31 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 http://venturebeat.com/2006/09/24/farecast-expands-airfare-predictions-just-know-when-to-use-them/comment-page-1/#comment-6652 VentureBeat » Farecast introduces way to lock into a low fare Mon, 13 Nov 2006 15:06:55 +0000 http://venturebeat.com/2006/09/24/farecast-expands-airfare-predictions-just-know-when-to-use-them/#comment-6652 [...] This company is quickly becoming the Zillow of the airline ticket industry — shaking things up in a large industry by doing things very differently. Fridgen says the site also wants to introduce a “Schmuck Guard” down the line, which would let you guard your price when Farecast predicts prices are going up. This way, you buy your ticket, and if they go down, Farecast would pay you the difference. Here’s our previous coverage of the company. [...] [...] This company is quickly becoming the Zillow of the airline ticket industry — shaking things up in a large industry by doing things very differently. Fridgen says the site also wants to introduce a “Schmuck Guard” down the line, which would let you guard your price when Farecast predicts prices are going up. This way, you buy your ticket, and if they go down, Farecast would pay you the difference. Here’s our previous coverage of the company. [...]

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