what is an aggregator?
Aggregators are websites that search on consolidators for the best possible airfares, based on the details provided by the user performing the search. Aggregators don’t sell tickets, consolidators do. The usefulness of aggregators lies in the fact that they search simultaneously on several consolidators and also on the airlines websites.
Aggregators save an awful lot of time, but they should never replace the compulsory visit to the airline’s website for the flight you are searching for. The reason being that some promotions have fixed rules regarding dates or number of passengers. Those rules are not available to the aggregator. Also, some fares are exclusively available for tickets sold through the airline’s own website. That’s why sometimes your travel agent won’t be able to find a specific promotion through the agency’s GDS.
There are few very well-known aggregators, such as Booking Buddy, Kayak or FareCompare. We will refer to them in future posts here at D AIRFARE.
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