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Travelers can now get free airfare predictions from over 55 cities accross the US via Farecast.com.
“Hundreds of thousands of people have now visited Farecast.com and feedback has been positive,” said Hugh Crean, president and CEO of Farecast, Inc. “We’re thrilled to make airfare predictions available to major cities across the country ahead of schedule, helping even more travel shoppers know when to buy airline tickets.”

New Markets—Now Serving Over 55 U.S. Cities

Farecast airfare predictions are now available from more than 55 cities across the country, including, but not limited to; Atlanta, Austin, Boston, Charlotte, Chicago, Cincinnati, Cleveland, Columbus, Dallas, Denver, Detroit, Houston, Indianapolis, Kansas City, Las Vegas, Los Angeles, Memphis, Miami, Milwaukee, Minneapolis, Nashville, New Orleans, New York, Newark, Norfolk, Oakland, Orlando, Philadelphia, Phoenix, Pittsburgh, Portland, Sacramento, Salt Lake City, San Antonio, San Diego, San Francisco, San Jose, Seattle, St. Louis, Tampa and Washington D.C.

Know When to Buy—Airfare Predictions for Your Specific Trip

Unlike any other travel website, Farecast.com saves online travel shoppers money with an airfare prediction for their specific trip. The company’s patented airfare prediction shows whether the lowest fares for their trip are rising or dropping. Farecast.com also provides expected price movements, confidence levels, historical prices and buying tips when customers search for flights. To learn more about the proprietary airfare prediction, see the Our Technology page of Farecast.com.

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Know Where to Buy—Airfare Search

Farecast.com’s airfare search engine helps online travel shoppers find the lowest airfares and buy direct with the airline sites. By booking directly, shoppers save money and get more value—low fare guarantees, no booking fees and free bonus miles. Farecast.com utilizes ITA Software’s best-of-breed airfare pricing and shopping technology to power the airfare search engine.

Know When and Where to Travel—Flexible Search Tools

In addition to airfare predictions and airfare search, and by leveraging their unique airfare pricing and availability database, Farecast offers flexible searching tools. These tools help shoppers answer important trip planning questions like: when and where should I travel? Selecting an origination airport and “all cities” from Flexible Search shows shoppers all the lowest fares to several destinations, helping shoppers know where to travel. Selecting an origination airport and a specific destination from Flexible Search shows shoppers the lowest fares based on a 30-day departure date window, helping shoppers know when to travel.

Farecast.com is Airline Friendly

Farecast is committed to supporting airlines and strives to help airlines lower distribution costs and build customer value. When provided with better information from Farecast, customers are much more comfortable buying earlier and directly with airlines. The Farecast model has been well-received by the industry and the company has content agreements with several of the top airlines.
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