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The Airline Savings Toolkit

Online Travelers' Definitive Guide to Low-Cost Airlines

1travel.com recognizes that low-cost airlines are a great money-saving option for last-minute flyers, business travelers or leisure travelers. To compete with major well-known airlines, the low-cost airlines offer significant price savings and most don't require Saturday night stays or advance purchases. These airlines often operate from smaller, local airports, also helping travelers avoid traffic jams and expensive parking fees.

With the launch of the Airline Savings Toolkit, 1travel.com has assembled information about low-cost airline alternatives and alternate-city airports into one practical, money-saving resource and created an easy-to-use online application to answer the needs of travelers. Found exclusively on the homepage of www.1travel.com , the Toolkit includes more than 112 cities with a current airline list of Access Air, Air Tran, ATA, Eastwind, Frontier, National, ProAir, Southwest, Spirit, Sun Country, Tower, Vanguard and Virgin Atlantic.

Features include

• Airline News - Current information on airfare sales, route options, airline news, regulation changes and recent events that can affect airline ticket prices.
• Ask the Expert - Consumers can speak via email to renowned airline expert Terry Trippler. Trippler will individually address all airline questions and issues and will also post responses online.
• Alternative Airports - Search by Airport. Find more than 400 major U.S. airports with lists of more than 2,700 possible alternative airports. Directions to each airport, distances, type of highway driving, speed limits and whether or not the alternate-city airport is serviced by a low-fare airline are included.
• Drive & Fly Guide - Search by City. An easy comparison-shopping search for departure and arrival cities serviced by low-cost carriers. Demonstrates how travelers can drive a few miles to save hundreds of dollars on airline tickets by using alternate departure and arrival city airports. Mileage charts and driving directions are also included.
• Low-Fare Airlines - Search by Airline. Pertinent information about low-cost carriers, including route maps, rules of carriage, ticket restrictions and direct links for ticket purchase are included.
• Pricing Strategies - Definitions and explanations of key pricing terms, plus examples of how to buy airline tickets like an expert are listed together with rules and fares for specific types of travel such as student travel, senior travel and military travel.
• Flight Check - A real-time check on flight arrival times.

"At 1travel.com, we use what we build," commented marketing director Sally Lewis. "For a recent conference in Chicago, the going rate for a last-minute flight on a major carrier without a Saturday night stay was more than $700. I used the Airline Savings Toolkit and booked a flight on ATA from Philadelphia to Chicago Midway airport for $159 roundtrip. With ATA, I saved my company almost $600 and made it home to enjoy the weekend with my family."

"We want our travelers to know all of their options for saving money," stated Michael Thomas, CEO of 1travel.com. "We like it when we can help people fly smart".

Named PC Computing's "#1 Bargain Travel Site," (June 1999) and one of the "100 Hottest Companies on the Net" by Business 2.0 (May 1999), 1travel.com is the leading website for comprehensive discount travel. At www.1travel.com , consumers can directly purchase value-priced tickets from more than 400 airlines with the site's exclusive Farebeater technology; locate deals at more than 43,000 hotels worldwide with HotelWiz; rent a car from more than 50 companies; and save up to 70% on thousands of vacation packages." 1travel.com further offers a network of more than 500 travel specialists worldwide, grouped into more than 100 special-interest categories. No passwords are required. The site is fast and simple to use.

Edited by Dave Shultz

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