blogs.business2.com — "YAPTA" continues tracking prices on a flight after you purchase it, so you can qualify for a refund even on a restricted ticket if it drops." There is a little-known rule in the airline industry called the "guaranteed airfare rule." If you buy a ticket directly from an airline and the price later drops, you are eligible for a refund.
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sweintraubApr 24, 2007
There are a few services out there a bit like this that exist. Even Kayak and Farechase havve this functionality. But if its strictly targeted at your flight and price, it may be interesting...Little bit like stock market...
wvdavisApr 24, 2007
Hello broker, give me 1000 shares of YAPTA.Profit
galacticdoomApr 24, 2007
Digged to death...
Closed AccountApr 24, 2007
Hmm... wish I could get into the beta. I've got a flight I need to track.
pr0lificApr 24, 2007
Sign up to know when they open up to the public here: <a class="user" href="http://www.yapta.com/announcements.php">http://www.yapta.com/announcements.php</a>
trojanguyApr 24, 2007
That's awesome! Hopefully it doesn't lead to airlines all ditching the policy that lets you get a refund if the price drops below what you paid.
dusingazApr 24, 2007
I had never heard of <a class="user" href="http://www.farecast.com/">http://www.farecast.com/</a> which the article talks about, it tries to predict drops based one historical data and lets you know when to buy. This might be more useful than trying to get your money back later.
baphometsangelApr 24, 2007
Now this I truly like!!! :)Good job YAPTA!
lmptkApr 24, 2007
That's Awesome!!! Now if they would only solve the Blu-Ray VS. HD DVD thingy.
cbergeronApr 25, 2007
Do they give a refund, or do the give you the difference of what you paid for the ticket?
bentl1Apr 25, 2007
Yawn .... this info is common knowledge to travel agents. What the article doesn't tell you: when the price drops, they (the airlines) will reissue the tix for the new, lower price AND charge a one hundred dollar change fee for that change. This is the reason I always use a travel agent. I have never, not even once, got a better deal on the web. My agent has saved me so many times when a problem occurred, I can't even count. When Delta shafted me on a flight to Miami by refusing me boarding even though I had my credit card info showing it was paid for and even had the tix #'s, I'd never had gotten on the flight except for my agent. (I was more than a little embarrassed for not using her, but she helped me anyway) She explained the carriers prefer web-issued tickets as they are easier to deny boarding when they over-book a flight by claiming "web problems", than passengers that are ticketed by a travel agent because the agent can prove issuance. She's found me tickets for international flights that couldn't be booked through the web (they claimed sold out for next day travel) and in a couple of cases she was 2 to 3 thousand dollars cheaper than any site I've ever seen. No wonder the airlines want them out of business.
mtanenbaum4709Apr 28, 2009
Does anyone successfully use vtext.com to recive YAPTA notifications of air fare email alerts to their Treo 700P's? I am unable to confirm to YAPTA the email/vtext address to my phone because of vtext's 150 character limit to text IN messaging. So how to make it work? Any tech answers. I assume if I can't confirm the vtext.com address in response to YAPTA's message to me, I won't get air fare notifications to act on.