Monday, November 24, 2008

Check out Yapta.com

Budget Travel reports that you can now receive an e-mail alert when an award seat becomes available on a route you're interested in flying. Search for an airfare on Yapta.com and click "including award tickets" to begin tracking the flight. Yapta (Your Personal Travel Assistant) will automatically send e-mail alerts if either the price drops or a seat available for frequent-flier point redemption becomes available. The service is free and works for on Alaska Airlines, Continental, Delta, United, and U.S. Airways.

Yapt.com also will help you find your ideal flight options by entering your travel dates, times and personal preferences. Yapta will offer up a list of recommended flights that closely match your travel criteria. If you've already purchased a ticket through an airline and the price drops, Yapta will give you explicit instructions on how claim your travel credit. Or for a fee of $15, Yapta will call the airline and get it for you.

You must join to use Yapta, but the membership is free.

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