The New York Times Magazine, Sunday, August 22, 1999
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Brief Fare Deals Doing an Encore<br />
in Venice, and the traveler wants to stay over, arranging the air trip separately<br />
can be an advantage. Travel agents can quote prices with and without the air<br />
fare. A 12-night Royal Caribbean Mediterranean cruise in Mr. Chiron's roster<br />
was $2,649 with air fare; $1,599 without.<br />
Web Strategies<br />
hen competition drives down air fares, do Internet shoppers learn it<br />
quickly, or do they have to fill in the boxes for departure date and return<br />
date to get a picture? Suzi LeVine, a product manager for Microsoft<br />
Expedia, said clients did not have to fill in all the blanks.<br />
Her company's home page at www.expedia.com posted a "big sale" notice on<br />
Aug. 3, with samples also on the front page. <strong>The</strong> page gave all the caveats,<br />
which at that point included an Aug. 13 closing date for the sale. A fare tracker,<br />
a service users can sign up for, will look for the best fare, she said.<br />
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