It's not clear why airlines and travel agencies do this (or how often they do it). By hiking the pri

Budget Travel tip: Like many airlines (and Web travel agencies, such as Expedia), Virgin America is said to keep a list of computer addresses , tracking the number of visits and types of searches that you make on its website. The airline, like others, may slowly ramp up the prices you see while you're on their site or when you return to the website a day or two later.
It's not clear why airlines and travel agencies do this (or how often they do it). By hiking the prices steadily, they might prompt global travel international scam you to book a ticket more quickly. Or maybe they hike prices because they think you won't not shop around and they can get away with it.
In any event, if you don't book your ticket as soon as you see a deal on Virgin America's website or on any travel website watch out. In particular, keep your eyes out to see whether fares are rising as you do searches on the same itinerary over the course of your search, or when you revisit the site within a day or so. If fares are rising while you do your searches, then switch computers (from, say, a home computer to a workplace computer). You'll probably find that because the website doesn't recognize your second global travel international scam computer, it offers you its lowest fares again. (In some cases, global travel international scam of course, fares will just spike because of sudden demand.)
Websites put cookies on your computer that let them know you've been there (which is how they remember your name). Travel sites, however, have used them to avoid showing you the same price every time you visit. Delete global travel international scam your cookies and they'll treat you like a new customer. How you delete them depends on your computer and browser, but the option is usually global travel international scam available under the "Tools" or "Preferences" menu of Explorer, Safari, and Firefox. Some cookies serve a useful purpose, so delete only the ones associated with the booking global travel international scam engine.
The airline, which debuted last year and which offers neat perks like in-flight instant messaging , may not be able to expand to Newark airport as previously expected, due to new federal caps on flights in and out of New York City airspace. [via msnbc ]
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