ShortGuides.com Tutorial Version 1.1

Richard Truxall

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Booking a Low Fare ShortGuides.com Flight with Travelocity ShortGuides.com Tutorial Version 1.1 travelocity.com Travelocity is an excellent travel tool. It can be particularly useful tool for booking flights, or even determining the cost of flights. It can also be very useful for finding low fares for flights, if your travel dates can be flexible. Finding low fares with flexible travel dates is the topic of this tutorial, though you can also just use it to find the cost of fares, without actually purchasing tickets. From the Travelocity main page, you will find a section entitled Fast Fare Finder. Below that, you must enter the following information: Leaving from: this is your departure city Going to: this is your destination city Number of Adults traveling The key to finding low prices is to have the any date choice selected for Show me low fares for: Click on the Go! Button to see available dates for your flight. You may see the following screen after clicking on the Go! Button. Travelocity requires that you create a FREE account with them in order to put tickets on hold or to purchase tickets. You can, however, still use the site to find fare information without registering. Click on the Be Our Guest button to move on to the next step without registering. (If you want to sign up for an account before moving on, click on the Become a Member button, although that is not covered in this ShortGuide). You will then ...

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Booking a Low Fare

Flight with Travelocity

ShortGuides.com Tutorial Version 1.1

travelocity.com

Travelocity is an excellent travel tool.

It can be particularly useful tool for booking flights, or even determining

the cost of flights.

It can also be very useful for finding low fares for flights, if your travel dates can be flexible.

Finding low fares with flexible travel dates is the topic of this tutorial, though you can also just use it to find the

cost of fares, without actually purchasing tickets.

From the Travelocity main page, you will

find a section entitled

Fast Fare Finder

.

Below that, you must enter the following

information:

Leaving from:

this is your departure city

Going to:

this is your destination city

Number of Adults

traveling

The key to finding low prices is to have the

any date choice selected for

Show me low

fares for:

Click on the

Go!

Button to see available

dates for your flight.

You may see the following screen after

clicking on the

Go!

Button.

Travelocity

requires that you create a FREE account

with them in order to put tickets on hold or

to purchase tickets.

You can, however, still

use the site to find fare information without

registering.

Click on the

Be Our Guest

button to move on to the next step without

registering.

(If you want to sign up for an account

before moving on, click on the

Become a

Member

button, although that is not

covered in this ShortGuide).

You will then see a list of possible airlines

that generally offer flights from your chosen

departure city to your chosen destination

city.

It will work like this:

You choose your airline, and you will

see a list of possible dates that you can

fly on.

It’s possible that the airline you

choose from here will not be able to

accommodate your travel plans, in

which case, you will need to come

back to this screen to choose a

different airline.

It can be a very time

consuming process, but that’s the trade

off for finding low fares.

Click on the blue

Select

button to choose

your desired airline.

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After clicking on the

Select

button, you will

be shown a calendar of dates that you can

choose your Departure date.

The dates in

Yellow

are available dates for

your departure.

Click on the date you

would like to fly out on.

In the example on

the right, I selected September 8

th

.

It’s possible that the date you choose for

departure will not actually be available.

If

this happens, you will be presented with a

screen such as that on the right.

In this

example, the dates in September which are

blocked in red are not available.

It could

take quite a few tries until you find a date

that is available.

After selecting your departure date, you will

have to follow the exact same process to

select a

Return

date.

In the example to

the right, I chose September 16

th

as the

return date.

You will then be presented with a list of

possible flights that match your selected

dates.

It is possible, likely even, that you

will have to select a flight that has a

layover.

Again, that is the tradeoff for

getting a low fare for your flight.

To choose a particular departure flight,

click on the blue

Select

button.

You will then follow the same process to

select a Return flight.

To choose your

desired Return flight, click on the blue

Select

button.

You will then see a screen that will allow

you to review your selected itinerary.

If you

want to purchase your flight right now, you

will see a blue

Buy

Now

button.

Or, you

can Hold the reservation for 24 hours

before purchasing.

To put your

reservation on hold, click on the

Buy Later

button.

In this example, I clicked on the

Buy Now

button to purchase the tickets.

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In order to purchase tickets or put tickets

on hold, you will have to become a

member of Travelocity.

To become a

member, click on the

Become a Member

button.

If you are already a Travelocity

member, skip the next screen.

After clicking on the

Become a Member

button, you will see a screen that prompts

you to enter in your personal information,

including mailing and shipping addresses.

Be sure you enter correct information here,

otherwise you may not be able to purchase

tickets, or your purchased tickets may not

get mailed to the proper address (yours).

After you enter your information, scroll

down the page until you see the light blue

I

Agree

button.

After clicking on the

I Agree

button, you will be able to continue your

purchase, as a member of Travelocity.

You will now see your itinerary, along with

the actual cost of the tickets, along with

applicable taxes and fees.

Keep in mind:

the tickets purchased

through Travelocity in this manner on non-

refundable.

You MUST check the box that indicates

that you understand that the tickets are

non-refundable.

Scroll down and click on

the

I Agree

button and you will continue on

with the purchase of your tickets.

You will now need to enter the information

about the Passenger(s).

Once entered,

the names on the airline tickets cannot be

changed.

You can also select meal

preferences from this point, as well as any

other special services that you may require

for your flight.

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Tavelocity also offers you the option to

choose your seats on your flights.

In my

experience so far, this feature has not

worked easily, so I would recommend

scrolling down and clicking on the

Bypass

Seat Maps

button.

Scroll Down…

After bypassing the Seat Maps, you will be

able to enter your credit card information

and click on the

Continue

button and your

tickets will be purchased.

Your tickets will

then be delivered to you in the mail.

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About the Author, Richard Truxall

Richard has presented Internet and Computer seminars throughout Michigan since 1992.

His goal is always to

help his seminar participants get the most benefit from their computers and the Internet by explaining

technology in realistic and understandable terms.

In 1995, Richard was fortunate to help with the initial

development of the internationally acclaimed Internet Public Library (ipl.org), which continues to be an

extremely useful tool.

In addition to starting his own training and consulting company (Richard Truxall

Seminars & Consulting), he also works as the Collection Librarian for the Michigan section of the Michigan

Electronic Library (mel.org).

Richard is available for technology seminars, workshops and consulting.

For

more information about Richard, visit his web site at truxall.com.

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