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.
| 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.
| 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...
| 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...
| 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...