Expedia.com

    By Rick Aristotle Munarriz, The Motley Fool

    | 3:15PM 12/27/2011
    The world's leading search engine has begun pushing its own flight search feature ahead of other organic results. Punch in "MIA to LGA" in a Google box, and the first thing you'll see after a shaded box of sponsored search results is Big G's own comparison engine. Only later do you see third-party providers, which are naturally unhappy about that.

    By Jane L. Levere

    | 9:00AM 2/01/2011
    New technology is leading to changes in business relationships between airlines and online ticketing sites. It'll take a while for the new landscape to settle down, but the near-term result could be potential windfalls for some carriers -- and confusion for air travelers.

    By Josh Smith

    | 3:00PM 5/28/2009
    Following up on a promotion that waived flight booking fees until May 31, Expedia.com announced that it would no longer charge customers a fee to book a flight through the popular travel agent. Expedia is counting on this move to increase the number of travelers who book their flights with them...

    By Jason Cochran

    | 5:00PM 9/24/2008
    The airlines might have found a tax loophole, and you're it. The travel consultancy firm T2 recently published a worrisome blog post that is gaining traction. The airlines' extra fees, it says, aren't just costing consumers more. They're also enabling the airlines to dodge tax to our...

    By Jason Cochran

    | 3:00PM 9/10/2008
    You may not have thought there was anywhere else for the airlines to cut back. But, no. To cut costs, they have actually figured out a way to alter time and space.Turns out that flight paths as we know them are less-than-efficient, and there are a few methods to wring more economy from the way...