Getting The Lowest Air Fare

Have you ever checked an air fare online, then gone to a different site to compare it to the air fare there, then returned to the original site; only to discover that the fare had gone up just since you left the site just a few minutes earlier? This seems to happen all the time. Well, No, that isn’t just your imagination. That’s cookies.

Cookies track your web searches. Cookies let an airline or travel web site know when you make a return visit to their site, which is an indication that you may have past the search stage and are now ready to buy a ticket, and they jack up the price. To get the lower price that you saw on your first visit to the site, use a different browser when you are ready to buy your ticket. The cookies are fooled into thinking this is your first visit to the site. For example, if you used Firefox on your first search, try Google Chrome, Internet Explorer, or Safari to get your ticket at the lower price.

Cookies on a web site are not a treat, like a package from Mrs. Fields. Cookies on a web site are never good for you. They are strictly for the benefit of people trying to sell you things at the highest possible price.