Kayak fare alert can track historical fares

While last minute planners are paying a premium for Spring Break getaways, savvy travelers are already planning summer vacation with Kayak to get the least expensive times to go. flights, Hotel rates.

Kayak.com has enhanced its Fare Alerts to make the tracking process easier for both the flexible traveler and travelers with a specific itinerary in mind. Users of Kayak.com and SideStep.com can now track fares for a specific date or monitor the best prices for a timeframe such as Historical weekly averages of the lowest published coach-class airfares or a given month. Travelers interested in a region of the world but have flexibility on the specific city can track the best prices for a region such as the Caribbean or Europe.

"Revamped Fare Alerts are yet another way Kayak.com breaks the industry model and empowers travelers with better information," said Drew Patterson, Kayak.com VP of Marketing. "Kayak.com is the only site that allows the traveler to track average fares to all destinations around the globe, for any date in the future, with flexible or specific dates, for an unlimited trip length, accompanied by price changes. No other travel site offers this many options available for airlines ticket price tracking, without any limitations." Users can create Fare Alerts by clicking on the "Get fare alerts for this trip" link on the top right-hand corner of the flight results page.

The Fare Alert text box further personalizes the search by asking about maximum price considered, currency, number of travelers and frequency of email notification. Only Kayak.com Fare Alerts enable users to select number of travelers which provides two benefits: quoted fares displayed in flight results are available for the entire family and deals such as cheaper companion fares can be found.

Kayak.com will alert Kayakers according to their preferences for daily or weekly email notification. The enhanced design of the Fare Alerts email provides several fare history trend tools the user can use to make an informed decision about where to go and when to purchase. New features of the Fare Alert email include: -- Dollar amount that a fare has increased or decreased since the alert was created -- Best Fare Trend Graph which displays airfare history for the requested route based on searches by Kayakers over the past 90 days -- Snapshot of prices in Kayak.com's matrix view which enables users to quickly compare prices by carrier and number of stops -- Ability to search for updated prices and availability, edit the alert or delete the alert All registered Fare Alerts will arrive in one email so savvy travelers tracking dozens of trips will receive no more than one email per day or week as requested.