Tom Parsons

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  That's a lot of days," said Tom Parsons, chief executive of Bestfares.com, a discount-travel website that monitors airfares.
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  US Airways, which has not matched the new surcharges, plans a 5 percent surcharge for all flights beginning May 8, Parsons said. Other airlines will watch how the traveling public reacts to US Airways' higher fares. Parsons said airlines are looking for new revenue in a down economy, and the surcharges may mean higher fares next summer.

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  Published on: 2/23/2007    Last Visited: 3/2/2007  

  Bestfares.com, Tom Parsons, Larry Freed,
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  THAT'S A WRAP: Bestfares.com founder and CEO, Tom Parsons, finishes taping a story for CNN in the new broadcasting studio at his company's office in Arlington.View Larger
  
  Cheap-travel guru Tom Parsons had planned to unveil the overhaul of his respected and well-known bestfares.com Web site sometime this spring.
  
  So much for that idea.
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  Parsons decided to go ahead and allow beta site entry to anyone using bestfares.com's air-fare search engine.Once there, the overhaul is clearly marked "beta" and Parsons hopes users who find glitches or snags will notify bestfares.com.
  
  There are plenty of Web surfers looking.Page views at bestfares.com have jumped from 400,000 a day pre-overhaul to upward of 3 million now, said Parsons, site founder and CEO.About 90% of that activity is on the upgraded site.
  
  "There are too many savvy geeks out there," he said."We've seen a major increase in traffic."
  
  The overhaul was 18 months in the making.And while the latest version is on the Internet, other new features will be rolled out this year.Parsons is mum about the upgrade's cost.
  
  "I'm too embarrassed to say," he said."It was more than seven figures."
  
  Parsons, who owns 100% of bestfares.com, said this is the Web site's first major overhaul.

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  Published on: 4/8/2007    Last Visited: 4/8/2007  

  Tom Parsons is publisher of Bestfares.com.

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  Published on: 5/19/2009    Last Visited: 5/19/2009  

  BestFares.com president Tom Parsons said that in 2008, the big "legacy carriers" like American Airlines Inc., United Airlines Inc. and Delta Air Lines Inc. didn't launch a single airfare sale, only matching those of competitors.
  
  "This year, though, we're seeing United, American and Delta jumping up among the front runners," Parsons said.
  
  Global deals
  
  Fares to many European and Asian cities are much lower than a year ago, he said.
  
  "When it comes to international, it's going to be dirt cheap," Parsons said.
  
  He's finding the lowest summer fares to Europe right now are to cities in Germany. He's advising travelers to fly into Germany and drive, take a train or pick up a cheap flight from there to more expensive destinations like Prague, Warsaw or Vienna.

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  Published on: 5/10/2009    Last Visited: 5/10/2009  

  By Tom Parsons
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  Tom Parsons is publisher of BestFares.com: www.bestfares.com

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  Published on: 12/14/2009    Last Visited: 12/14/2009  

  Tom Parsons, CEO and Founder of Bestfares.com (and a multi-million mile flyer), when asked if he would fly Southwest Airlines right now said… "In a New York minute."

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  Published on: 12/14/2009    Last Visited: 12/14/2009  

  "Northwest Airlines has been the spoiler on airfare increases many times in the past," says Tom Parsons, CEO and Founder of Bestfares.com, an internet travel website that tracks airfare changes and travel industry trends. "It does not mean that Northwest won't match these fare hikes tomorrow but as of today Northwest offers the cheapest business and leisure airfares up to $50 less than their competitor. If Northwest elects not to match this aggressive airfare hike by Sunday March 16, 2008, this could force the other five legacy airlines to rapidly descend their new higher airfares," adds Parsons.
  
  If there is any good news for travelers, America now has many routes served by the low cost carriers. Due to the competitive nature of the airline industry in most instances, the major airlines are forced to offer lower competitive airfares on these routes. "When comparing airfares in nearby competitive markets that are serviced by low cost carriers and comparing nearby alternative airports to non competitive markets some airfares can be better than half price," states Parsons. For example, Dallas to Key West, Florida is selling for $636 roundtrip.
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  "Now that the price of crude oil has gone as high as $111 per barrel this week, we do expect the airlines to pass this higher fuel cost on to the traveling public," states Parsons.
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  "For those who are planning travel for the upcoming busy summer travel season, the airlines are going to have to keep addressing the reality of higher and higher fuel prices and the general public is going to have to face the fact that they are going to have to spend more if they want to continue to travel by air, " adds Parsons. Parsons also strongly suggests that if you are planning to travel between the busy summer period June through Labor Day you better start searching now and not later.

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  Published on: 12/14/2009    Last Visited: 12/14/2009  

  Tom Parsons has been writing weekly columns for The Dallas Morning News for the past 14 years. To read more stories from Tom Parsons CEO of Bestfares.com please visit his archives here.

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  Published on: 1/22/2010    Last Visited: 1/22/2010  

  Calling the sales "aggressive," Tom Parsons, CEO of Bestfares.com, says other major network carriers -American Airlines, United, Delta, Continental, Northwest and Midwest - mostly matched the fares, and the move "may put pressure on JetBlue and Virgin America."
  
  "Good news is that the two largest low-cost carriers are bringing out their best of the best," he says.
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  Parsons says he expects more sales throughout the year and advises flexible consumers to buy only when they're offered. "The lesson in 2010 is, stay within fare sales," he says.

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  Published on: 11/7/2009    Last Visited: 11/7/2009  

  "Since the airlines have downsized so much over the last two years, the load factors are going to remain pretty high," said Tom Parsons, chief executive of BestFares.com, an Arlington, Texas,-based travel company.

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