Airfare prediction website Farecast.com is to provide free airfare predictions from over 55 US cities nationwide.

Published: 21 Aug 2006

Airfare prediction website Farecast.com is to provide free airfare predictions from over 55 US cities nationwide.

These cities include New York, San Francisco, Los Angeles, Washington D.C., Chicago and Atlanta.

Farecast.com will help airfare shoppers across the country save money by answering the question: should you buy now or buy later?

“Hundreds of thousands of people have now visited Farecast.com and feedback has been positive,” said Hugh Crean, president and chief executive officer, Farecast, Inc. “We’re thrilled to make airfare predictions available to major cities across the country ahead of schedule, helping even more travel shoppers know when to buy airline tickets.”

The company says unlike any other travel website, Farecast.com saves online travel shoppers money with an airfare prediction for their specific trip. The company’s patented airfare prediction shows whether the lowest fares for their trip are rising or dropping. Farecast.com also provides expected price movements, confidence levels, historical prices and buying tips when customers search for flights. In addition to airfare predictions and airfare search, and by leveraging their unique airfare pricing and availability database, Farecast offers flexible searching tools. These tools help shoppers answer important trip planning questions like: when and where should I travel?, according to the company.