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cFares Site Highlights |
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Two membership options:
Free Gold Membership. Buy the cheapest international & domestic airfares publicly available online.
$50 Platinum Membership.  Allows for deeper discounts and wholesale airfare, not offered publicly, because you may bid on flights (cAgent). This is the best way to get airfare cheaper than what is offered to the public. It usually pays for itself after one purchase!
You can compare Platinum and Gold pricing no matter what your membership status is, or even if you don't decide to join.
Compare prices for free. Search cFares: Cheapest Domestic and International Airfare to your favorite destinations! 
cAgent allows you to bid your own price on flights you want. You get to know exactly what airline you are bidding on, so there are no surprises. You must be Platinum status to buy, but not to bid. If you win a bid, they email you and you have 24 hours to decide whether you want to purchase it. No fees, no problems.
Hotel search engine available, with a lowest price guarantee.
Small business travel program.
Economy class, Business Class, and First Class searches available.
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The Small Print* |
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cFares is not a airfare booking site, so any flight change/cancellation fees will be charged by the company that you end up booking your flight with, which varies. cFares only allows you to FIND the flight (through comparison), and then you actually purchase it from the source.
You may cancel a cFares Platinum Membership if you do not make a purchase within 30 days.
Hotel bookings may be cancelled if a lower price is found and reported on a "Price Guarantee Form" within 24 hours of booking. No fee is charged.
As always: Most airlines charge a fee of approximately $100+ per passenger for changes and cancellations, plus any applicable increase in the fare. This $100+ fee goes to the airline, and not this travel site. This fee would apply no matter where you book your flight.
* Based solely on research done by TravelSiteCritic.com, these figures may be inaccurate and are subject to change. Double check before you buy. |
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cFares Coupon |
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cFares has no current promo codes or "coupons", but rather they offer steep discounts and "below-market" wholesale airfares to members. Compare Prices  and see!
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The Good |
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We must admit that we were skeptical of their claim to deliver wholesale prices and the "Lowest Airfares Online" . Is that really possible? Well, yes it apparently is! We put them to the test, and found that they offer cheaper domestic airfare than the airlines own search engines (often with the exact same flight #, time & date). We often found cheap domestic airfares with better itineraries and significant discounts, and we're talking $300 per ticket here! True, you need to sign up as a FREE Gold Member or pay $50 for a yearly Platinum Membership to get these prices, but it is definately worth it! Several of the deals we found were even available to free Gold Members, and you don't even need a cFares coupon to get these discounts.
We highly suggest you use cAgent to bid on airfares that you want. Unlike other similiar sites (ie. Priceline), you do not go into it blindly. You can choose the exact airline, flight number, and even your seats (when available)!
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The Bad |
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Customer support appears to be by email only. Not much else. We really like this site!
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