“Unusual” (mistake) airfares are providing big bargains to vigilant surfers

In the article Got 50 Bucks? Fly to Fiji, Wall Street Journal reporter Steve Strecklow reports that big travel savings are available to those who stay on top of the commentary running on several key travel sites.

There’s a loose network of obsessives who keep apprised of prices not just on mainstream travel sites like Travelocity, but also on a growing number of other sites that specialize in detecting “unusual” prices across the Web. Many are mistakes, from a round-trip Los Angeles-to-Fiji excursion for $51 to a Holiday Inn resort room in Thailand for three cents a night.

Some remarkable deals are profiled in the article. Strecklow says you can stay on top these of unusually low fares and pricing glitches by surfing flyertalk, FareAlert.net, Airfarewatchdog.com, and freetraveling.com.