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The fact that there are few handy travel apps available for the iPhone, iPod Touch and iPad users hasn’t stopped FareCompare.com from releasing its own product. And they have an added twist – alerting users in real-time (using push notifications) when fares drop significantly on a chosen route. That “significant price drop” is actually $15 below the current lowest fare for U.S. tickets or at least 5% below international tickets.
Before you go all crazy and click on the AppStore link below, let me tell you the downsides:
- First, the application only looks at Orbitz for fares. Although Orbitz has quite solid offering, there are other sites that allow you to travel for less and including them would obviously provide more choice to the consumer.
- Second, you can’t specify individual airports which is a must for major metro areas with more than a single airport.
- And third, Southwest Airlines is not supported!
Finally, I would like to see an option to define the price drop when I want to be alerted. 15 bucks on a $400 dollar trip doesn’t mean a lot and I wouldn’t like to be annoyed with push notifications just to learn that my flight is now available for $385…
FareCompare.com (FREE) [iTunes link]
[Via: USAtoday]
About The Author
Dusan Belic
Dusan has been using smartphones since their introduction and is now following the latest trends in the industry. The "convergence" is what he's most excited about, and writing about it is the next logical thing to do. He thinks that using a smartphone is what everyone who cares about their time should do. In addition to his interests in mobile phones, Dusan also loves to experiment with the latest web and mobile 2.0 services. The idea of accessing and managing your information from any device no matter where you are simply amazes him. Whether it's an online to-do list, note taking service or a video sharing social network, he's there to try it out. He admits though, he's still searching for the ultimate web-based organizational tool, which "sings" perfectly with the mobile PIM application. Dusan used to run SymbianWatch.com which later became part of IntoMobile. He lives in Serbia, South-East Europe, from where he edits the site on a daily basis.
