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TRAVEL SITE REVIEW 
cFares
Last Review Date: June 14, 2008
SITE HIGHLIGHTS
Two cFares.com membership options:
Free Membership Buy the cheapest international & domestic airfares publicly available online.
$50 Platinum Membership  Allows for deeper discounts and wholesale airfare, not offered publicly. 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 free pricing no matter what your membership status is, or even if you don't decide to join.
Hotel search engine with a lowest price guarantee.
Small business travel program.
Economy class, Business Class, and First Class searches available.
OUR RATING
USER RATING
THE GOOD
We must admit that we were skeptical of cFares claim to deliver wholesale prices. Is that really possible? Well, yes it apparently is. We put cFares to the test, and found that they often offer cheaper domestic airfare than the airlines own search engines (with the exact same flight #, time & date). We found cheap domestic airfares with better itineraries and significant discounts, and we're talking upwards of $300 per ticket here!
True, you need to pay $50 for a yearly cFares Platinum Membership to get these prices, but it is definately worth it! The cFares Platinum Membership fee general pays for itself after your first purchase. Besides, you get to see the prices before you buy, so you will know exactly how much money you can save if you join cFares Platinum membership. Several of the flight deals we found were even available to free users on cFares, and you don't even need a "cFares coupon code" to get these discounts.
THE BAD
cFares customer support appears to be by email only, and it's reputation is not that great. We know of reports that cFares is slow to pay "rebates" to their customers. It has also been reported that rebates are never received by some members. We urge you to contact cFares.com directly if this happens to you.
BE PERSISTANT. Send your email twice if you need to. First, send your email to both of these addresses:
ur researchers drummed up this email address, which seems to garner attention. This is the email for the current Director of Customer Support:
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THE SMALL PRINT
cFares.com is NOT an 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.
CFARES USER REVIEWS
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