As Holiday Airfare Prices Fluctuate, Travel On-Line Gets Easier With TicketPlanet.com

Market Wire, 20050229

TicketPlanet.com, the only airfare consolidator with booking capability on the Internet, offers unbeatable airfare prices in all classes of service year-round. TicketPlanet.com searches and books seats at the lowest national and international airfares in minutes.

"TicketPlanet.com is the only web-site where you can book the lesser expensive consolidator airfares on-line," notes TicketPlanet.com Chairman and Founder, Nick Kontis. "Consumers need to know that they can book their holiday travel on-line now for the heavily traveled holiday period, and that they'll save a bundle."

TicketPlanet.com specializes in round-trip and multi-stop international itineraries including around the world tickets and gives consumers and travel professionals instant access to its huge pool of published and non-published consolidator airfares on more than 100 major airlines. Domestic routes can also be booked using the site and fares may be booked up to a year in advance.

Having a banner year in just its third year of operation, TicketPlanet.com remains the leading travel site for airfare and travel information.

"You can get travel reports from real time travelers who have just visited a certain country or region of the world. Travel authors such as Joe Cummings from Lonely Planet and real Ticketplanet.com travelers are submitting stories to help travelers keep current on their next destination," said Nick Kontis.

Some examples of current TicketPlanet.com deals include: Around The World New York - Paris - Deli - Bangkok / Land / Malaysia - Beijing or Hong Kong - New York for $1,195.

Boston - Bali - Bangkok - Nepal - Europe - Boston for $1,497.

Houston - London - Johannesburg - Malaysia / Land / Singapore or Bangkok - Bali or Hong Kong - Houston for $1,699.

Baltimore - Reykjavic - Stockholm - Bangkok - Hong Kong - Baltimore for $1,499.

Washington - London - Johannesburg - Kuala Lumpur - Beijing - Washington for $1,595.

San Francisco - Paris / Athens or Istanbul - Delhi - Kathmandu - Bangkok - Hong Kong - San Francisco for $1,653.

Business Class Most business class round-trips within the United States are $1,798 r/t, including: New York - San Francisco Seattle - Boston Atlanta - New York Chicago - Los Angeles in Business Class Most business class from the US to Europe are $2,500 r/t, including: San Francisco - Paris Los Angeles - London Chicago - Athens New York - Milan Washington - Frankfurt

Visitors to the site click on their departure and arrival cities and receive instant airfare quotes and real-time availability checks. The new TicketPlanet.com reservation system is the only engine on the Internet that interfaces with the major reservation systems (Apollo, Amadeus and Sabre) so if one system is unavailable, the TicketPlanet.com simply continues to search uninterrupted using the others.

"Our new reservation system is the only engine that polls and delivers both consolidator and published fares for air travel -- in seconds" said Nick Kontis, Chairman and Founder of TicketPlanet.com. "Our fares are substantially cheaper than the discount published fares airlines sell through other air booking websites."

The company website, www.TicketPlanet.com, also provides authoritative resource material and tools through links to special partner websites such as the Lonely Planet travelogues, the Sabre "Virtually There" system which provides real-time access to one's travel itinerary and details, plus the U.S. State Department website which posts official advisories on local political and health conditions, and Yahoo's worldwide listing of embassies and consulates. Users also have access to an international currency converter, a universal clock, and an online source for obtaining customized maps and driving directions.

Visitors may also want to link to DiverPlanet.com, the hot dive, adventure division of TicketPlanet.com, offering the latest, great dive vacation and adventure vacation deals around the world.

Atrip can also be researched and booked by calling TicketPlanet's San Francisco-based reservation and service center (1-800-799-8888) which is staffed by 30 multi-lingual travel consultants and specialists who themselves are seasoned world travelers. is the travel planner of choice for such organizations as The Peace Corps, Greenpeace, Doctors Without Borders, and The Sierra Club as well as for travel agents around the world. Travel expert Arthur Frommer and the "Lonely Planet" and "Moon" guides have also recommended the site.

Ticketplanet.com was created in 1997 by a team of travel experts who recognized that travelers increasingly want to create their own itineraries. This "self-directed" segment of the travel industry is now one of the fastest-growing areas of the market.

TicketPlanet.com 59 Grant Avenue, Level 3 San Francisco, CA 94108