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Qantas to Lift airfares Due to Fuel: Qantas says it will increase its airfares for domestic and international flights and suspend its share buyback program due to ongoing increases in the cost of jet fuel.But the national carrier says that while the rise in fuel prices is a concern it remains confident of meeting its guidance...; Tags: Airfare, Fare, Qantas Airways Ltd., Branding, Taxes, Investment, Marketing, Financial Planning, Finance, AAP; News items 2008-04-28
How to Score Great Deals on airfare: Travel guide Airport Explorer has an excellent site devoted to airfare deals. First, it steers you to airfare aggregators like Farecast, Kayak, and Yahoo Farechase, noting that they're "usually the best bets for cheap flights." Next you get links to discount search engines such as CheapTickets, Priceline, and Orbitz. Finally,...; Tags: Rick Broida, airfare; Blog posts 2007-06-28
Yapta saves you money on airfareâ€”after you buy: Lots of sites promise to save you money on airfare, but only Yapta helps you get a refund or credit voucher if the price of your flight drops after you buy your tickets. Just enter your trip's confirmation code and Yapta will alert you if and when you're eligible for...; Tags: Rick Broida, Yapta, airfare; Blog posts 2007-05-29

Putting T-and-E on Autopilot: Up to 20 percent of a company's total indirect costs stem from travel expenses, which are usually reimbursed via an intensely manual paper-shuffling process. Expense Management Automation (EMA), which entails Web-based technologies that cut people out of the process, can lower both the costs of processing and the amount spent...; Tags: Channel management, CFO Publishing Corp., Web; White papers 2003-03-17
To Buy Or Not To Buy: Mining airfare Data To Minimize Ticket Purchase Price: As product prices become increasingly available on the World Wide Web, consumers attempt to understand how corporations vary these prices over time. Is it possible to develop data mining techniques that will enable consumers to predict price changes under these conditions? This paper reports on a pilot study in the...; Tags: Business intelligence, Marketing research, ACM, data mining, WWW; White papers 2003-08-24