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Cheap fare search engine<\/b>
Looking for a cheap flight?  I mentioned in this article that Kayak.com was my favorite flight search engine. Well, for domestic travel that was correct; unless you wanted Southwest Airlines, who does not publish their fares on Kayak. To solve that problem and also to cover world-wide destinations, I’m now adding another recommended site – Wegolo.com<\/a>.  They specialize in web-based special fares and will only work with airlines who will price their flights one-way as well as round-trip. <\/p>\n

Best days to fly<\/b>
Trying to get the most from your long weekend? Want the best prices for your airfare? After looking at a lot of price tables, it seems that your best long, four-day weekend deals can be had if you fly Saturday morning and return Tuesday night. Leaving Friday after work causes you to purchase a hotel night immediately upon arriving. Leaving Saturday morning saves money on both hotels and airfare.<\/p>\n

For the other three, see my full article at Examiner.com<\/span>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Cheap fare search engineLooking for a cheap flight?  I mentioned in this article that Kayak.com was my favorite flight search engine. Well, for domestic travel that was correct; unless you wanted Southwest Airlines, who does not publish their fares on Kayak. To solve that problem and also to cover world-wide destinations, I’m now adding another […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","cos_headline_score":0,"cos_seo_score":0,"cos_headline_text":"5 Quick and dirty travel tips - How to get a better seat or bed, and save money too.","cos_headline_has_been_analyzed":false,"cos_last_analyzed_headline":[],"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"rop_custom_images_group":[],"rop_custom_messages_group":[],"rop_publish_now":"initial","rop_publish_now_accounts":[],"rop_publish_now_history":[],"rop_publish_now_status":"pending","advgb_blocks_editor_width":"","advgb_blocks_columns_visual_guide":"","_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[608,3],"tags":[140,182,3644],"class_list":["post-133","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-latest-news-blog","category-travel","tag-airfares","tag-hotels","tag-travel"],"featured_image_urls_v2":{"full":"","thumbnail":"","medium":"","medium_large":"","large":"","rpg_gallery_admin_thumb":"","rpg_gallery_thumb":"","1536x1536":"","2048x2048":"","gb-block-post-grid-landscape":"","gb-block-post-grid-square":"","et-pb-post-main-image":"","et-pb-post-main-image-fullwidth":"","et-pb-portfolio-image":"","et-pb-portfolio-module-image":"","et-pb-portfolio-image-single":"","et-pb-gallery-module-image-portrait":"","et-pb-post-main-image-fullwidth-large":"","et-pb-image--responsive--desktop":"","et-pb-image--responsive--tablet":"","et-pb-image--responsive--phone":""},"post_excerpt_stackable_v2":"

Cheap fare search engineLooking for a cheap flight?  I mentioned in this article that Kayak.com was my favorite flight search engine. Well, for domestic travel that was correct; unless you wanted Southwest Airlines, who does not publish their fares on Kayak. To solve that problem and also to cover world-wide destinations, I’m now adding another recommended site – Wegolo.com.  They specialize in web-based special fares and will only work with airlines who will price their flights one-way as well as round-trip. Best days to flyTrying to get the most from your long weekend? Want the best prices for your airfare?…<\/p>\n","category_list_v2":"Blog<\/a>, Travel<\/a>","author_info_v2":{"name":"Doug","url":"https:\/\/dougbardwell.com\/db\/author\/admindoug\/"},"comments_num_v2":"0 comments","author_meta":{"display_name":"Doug","author_link":"https:\/\/dougbardwell.com\/db\/author\/admindoug\/"},"featured_img":null,"featured_image_src":null,"featured_image_src_square":null,"author_info":{"display_name":"Doug","author_link":"https:\/\/dougbardwell.com\/db\/author\/admindoug\/"},"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","coauthors":[],"tax_additional":{"categories":{"linked":["Blog<\/a>","Travel<\/a>"],"unlinked":["Blog<\/span>","Travel<\/span>"]},"tags":{"linked":["Airfares<\/a>","Hotels<\/a>","Travel<\/a>"],"unlinked":["Airfares<\/span>","Hotels<\/span>","Travel<\/span>"]}},"comment_count":0,"relative_dates":{"created":"Posted 16 years ago","modified":"Updated 2 years ago"},"absolute_dates":{"created":"Posted on April 21, 2010","modified":"Updated on February 1, 2024"},"absolute_dates_time":{"created":"Posted on April 21, 2010 4:48 pm","modified":"Updated on February 1, 2024 10:04 pm"},"featured_img_caption":"","series_order":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p21Ejy-29","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":107992,"url":"https:\/\/dougbardwell.com\/db\/free-checked-luggage-no-longer-on-southwest-airlines\/","url_meta":{"origin":133,"position":0},"title":"Free checked luggage no longer on Southwest Airlines","author":"Doug","date":"March 11, 2025","format":false,"excerpt":"Travel before May 28th if you like to check your bags for FREE on Southwest Airlines. 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