Farecast, the airfare price prediction site, has expanded its coverage and price prediction tools to a new beta service for hotels. For the launch the new hotel price predictions work in the top 30 ...

Farecast, the airfare price prediction site for savvy travelers looking for the best deal, has finally moved beyond U.S. borders to offer predictions for those traveling to Europe, Mexico, the ...

Farecast launched this summer with a witty name and a clever premise: Using data mining and a huge library of historical prices, it would be able to predict a rise and fall in airfares. By telling you ...

Seattle based airfare prediction service Farecast is testing what the company calls its first retail product beyond basic price forecasts; the company is now offering to lock in ticket prices against ...

The Farecast travel search engine, acquired by Microsoft in April, edged out Orbitz to become the sole air-search option on MSN.com in the U.S. The move marks the first time that a major portal has ...

The old Farecast service. Courtesy of the Wayback Machine. One of the most popular features of the old Farecast travel search engine has taken its last voyage. MIcrosoft, which paid $115 million for ...

Farecast, the Seattle-based travel price prediction service, becomes part of Microsoft’s Bing Travel Wednesday when the company launches its new Bing.com search engine incorporating content previously ...

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One of our favorite sites, the airfare prediction site Farecast, is spreading its wings today and launching a beta pricing service for hotels as well. The service works for the top 30 U.S. travel ...

Microsoft is the mystery buyer of Farecast. Responding to a Seattle P-I inquiry Thursday, Microsoft issued a statement welcoming the Seattle online travel search startup to the "Microsoft family." ...

Airfares are as unpredictable as the weather and can change even more quickly. So I was dubious of claims by online travel tool Farecast.com that it could not only find cheap airline tickets but also ...

Farecast, the start-up that predicts whether airfares are about to go up or down (earlier coverage here), has expanded predictions for 20 more airport destinations, bringing the total to 75 airports.