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Cheaptickets.com: This is a leading travel online travel service for booking flights, hotels, and cars, finding destination information, maps, and travel articles. http://www.cheaptickets.com/trs/cheaptickets/home/index_01.xsl
Expedia by Microsoft: Microsoft's flashy entrant into the Web travel business. The site provides schedules and fares for air, car rental and hotels with online ticketing with credit card. http://www.expedia.com/daily/home/default.asp?CCheck=1&rfrr=-1065
Family Travel Forum: An online newsletter with savvy and depth. You can check discounts at destination ranging from Orlando to Prague. Read advice on everything through avoiding illness abroad to resort reviews. Wealth of free travel information available. http://www.familytravelforum.com
Frommers: This huge resource provides budget travel listings, city information on 200 cities around the world, and up-to-date travel information. http://www.frommers.com/
Hotels.com: Book a hotel room by destination, choose from hot deals and last minute deals. This site is a specialized provider of discount accommodations worldwide. You may save up to 70% off regular hotel rates in some of the world's most popular and expensive cities. http://www.hotels.com/
InfoHub Specialty Travel Guide: This site bills itself as the business travel site with reservation programs, alerts, frequent flier news, city information, and articles on business travel. http://www.infohub.com/
International Travel Network: Web-based flight, hotel, and car rental booking system. You make reservations, using Apollo, which are then ticketed by any one of a long list of participating travel agencies. The site has destination information from Rough GuidesÔ . http://airinfo.aero/
Internet Air Fares: This service tracks the lowest fares among major U.S. cities, with daily updates of significantly lower fares. Worldspan-based Reservation system and ticketing is available. Requires registration. http://www.air-fare.com
Orbitz: This site has plenty to choose from; you may book a flight, check out car rentals, hotels, cruises, as well as flight deals and other travel discounts. http://www.orbitz.com/
Priceline.com: This is the largest auction system for selling airline tickets and hotel rooms. You bid for a specified destination and time of day and if the airline accepts it you purchase with a credit card. There are no refunds. Those who have studied the service claim that prices are rarely below the lowest published prices available. http://www.priceline.com
Tourism Office Directory Worldwide: A directory for most countries and U.S. states. http://www.towd.com/
Travelocity: This huge site is the interface to AMR's Sabre system. It allows you to book airline reservations, find vacation bargains, obtain excellent travel information on hundreds of locations, and includes a news feature. You need to provide a credit card number to make reservations, but they won't charge you until you tell them to. Tickets can be issued by mail or through any Sabre travel agent. http://www.travelocity.com/
Alaska Airlines/Horizon Air: Services U.S.
Western coast, Canada, Russia, and Mexico.http://www.alaskaair.com/
Aloha Airlines: Short trip carrier serving the U.S.
state of Hawaii. http://www.alohaairlines.com/
American Airlines: Large U.S. carrier covering nearly all
50 states. http://www.aa.com
America West: Covers Baltimore, Colorado Springs, Columbus,
Denver, Ft. Lauderdale, Houston, Indianapolis, Kansas City, Las Vegas, Los Angeles,
Milwaukee, New York City, Omaha, Orlando, Phoenix, Portland, Salt Lake City,
and Seattle: http://www.americawest.com/default.asp
Comair: Regional carrier offering service from Cincinatti
Airport. http://www.comair.com/home/
Continental: Major worldwide carrier with flights to
all continents. http://www.continental.com/
Delta: Major worldwide carrier with flight throughout the
U.S. and other continents. http://www.delta.com/home/index.jsp
Northwest: Major worldwide carrier with flights to most continents.
http://www.nwa.com
Midwest Express: U.S. carrier with flights concentrated in
Midwest, California, and some East Coast cities. http://www.midwestairlines.com/MAWeb/(kq5sgwff0qtegoa0nwfmdt3a)/default.aspx
SkyWest: United Express and Delta Express regional feeder
airlines. Strong in Salt Lake City, Los Angeles and West Coast. http://www.skywest.com/
Southwest: Large U.S. carrier with strongest coverage in West
and Midwest U.S. http://www.southwest.com/
United: Major worldwide carrier covering all continents.
http://www.united.com/
US Airways: Major U.S. and European carrier with hub
in Pittsburg and many flights throughout East Coast. http://www.usairways.com
Aeromexico: Head quartered in Mexico, this carrier covers North
America, South America and portions of Europe. http://www.aeromexico.com/eu_ing.cl?region=us&lang=en
Air Canada: Major Canadian carrier covering all of Canada, much
of North America, and major cities in Europe and Asia. http://www.aircanada.ca
Air France: Headquartered in France, this carrier covers major
cities throughout the world. http://bv.airfrance.fr/cgi-bin/FR/frameset.jsp
Air India: Headquartered in India, this carrier covers large
cities and capitals throughout the world. http://www.airindia.com/
Air New Zealand: Headquartered in New Zealand,
this carrier covers large cities and capitals throughout the world with strong
coverage in South Eastern Asia and the Pacific. http://www.airnewzealand.com/gateway.jsp
Alitalia: Headquartered in New Zealand, this carrier
covers large cities and capitals throughout the world with strong coverage in
Europe. http://www.alitaliausa.com/
Austrian Airlines: This is a small carrier headquartered in Austria.
http://www.aua.com/at/deu
British Airways: A major worldwide carrier. http://www.britishairways.com/travel/globalgateway.jsp/global/public/en_
British Midland: Service throughout the U.K. and Europe.
http://www.flybmi.com/bmi/en-gb/index.aspx
Canadian Airlines: Major worldwide carrier with destinations
to major cities throughout North and South America, Europe and Asia. http://www.aircanada.ca/
Cathay Pacific: Major worldwide carrier covering most of Asia and
many cities in the U.S., South America, and Europe. http://www.cathay-usa.com./sitedefault.asp
China Airlines: Headquartered Taipai,
China, this medium-sized carrier covers a few major cities throughout the U.S.
and Europe and many destinations in Asia. http://usa.china-airlines.com/en/index.htm
El Al: Medium-sized national carrier of Israel. http://www.elal.com/
Finnair: Medium-sized carrier headquartered in
Helsinki, Finland. http://www.finnair.fi
Icelandair: A small airline covering several U.S. East
Coast cities with cities throughout Europe. http://www.icelandair.com
KLM: A major worldwide carrier with destinations
throughout the world. The airline has an integrated route with Northwest
Airlines. http://www.klm.com/travel_en/splash.jsp
Japan Airlines: A major worldwide carrier headquartered
in Japan. http://www.jal.co.jp/e/index.html
Korean Air: The national carrier of South Korea
with destinations throughout the world. http://www.koreanair.com/
LTU: A small German carrier with flights to Florida and
Los Angeles. http://www.ltu-airways.com/index.asp
Lufthansa: A major worldwide carrier headquartered
in Germany with service throughout the world. http://portal.lufthansa.com/online/portal/LH_COM?l=en&ctest=1
Malaysia Air: A small national carrier for Malaysia with
coverage in South Eastern Asia and major cities throughout the world.
http://www.emalaysiatravel.com/
Mexicana: A major Mexican carrier with service to North
and South America. http://www.mexicana.com/main/
Qantas: A major carrier headquartered in
Australia with destinations to major cities throughout the world.http://www.qantas.com.au/regions/dyn/home/qualifier-region-au
SAS: A major worldwide carrier headquartered
in Denmark with service throughout Europe and major cities around the world.
http://www.scandinavian.net/
SN Brussels Airlines: A medium-sized carrier headquartered in Brussels, Belgium
with coverage in Africa. http://www.flysn.com/com/home/
Singapore: A major worldwide carrier headquartered
in Singapore with major service throughout the Pacific and South East Asia.
http://www.singaporeair.com/saa/app/saa
Turkish Airlines: A small carrier serving Turkey
with destinations in Europe and Asia. http://www.turkishairlines.com/en/index.php
VARIG: The national carrier of Brazil
with destinations throughout the world. http://portal.varig.com.br/varig/index_html
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