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I searched out as many trave sites as I could find to bring you the mother of all airfare website comparisons. So sit back, grab a beer (of the root variety if you're under 21) and have a look-see.

For this search, I wanted to do, what I see, as a high volume trip (lots o' people). For this reason, I chose to research the cheapest flight from New York to London over Christmas (12/21/2008 to 12/28/2008, right-e-o chap, Happy Christmas! Sound the part? Probably not, never been there). For this search, if I ran into a website that was an airline site searcher (igougo, booking buddy, etc.) I did not perform a search, as this would have been redundant. My goal was to search for all airports in New York to all airports in London. If the website did not offer this feature, I chose JFK for New York, and Heathrow for London. This search was performed on 9/17/2008. The numbers are not perfect, so please be sure to double check any fares of interest. Fares do vary, so if you happen to be in New York, like what you see, and feel like having a Boddington's over Christmas (not imported! gosh!), get your fingers typin' or your mouse skidaddlin (moving?) on over to the website you'd like to pur-chase le tickets from. I was really surprised not to see some of the more well known sites fare better (ha, get the pun, fare=fair, ha, I make funny). Goes to show you, again, doing a bit of research can save you a bit of cash. Whether that cash is $5, or $50, a wise man once said, "Five dollars is five dollars." I'm not sure exactly what he meant by it, but amen. I plan to update this page frequently with new trips, so please check back regularily. Without further ado, here are the winners:

NEW YORK TO LONDON: 12/2-12/28/2008

1
bookairlinetickets.com
734.83
2
hotwire.com
734.9
3
flycheapabroad.com
736.24
4
airfares.com
736.47
5
lowestfare.com
739
6
priceline.com
739
7
discountfares.com
739.92
8
ticketstoeurope.com
739.92
9
stattravel.com
740.9
10
cFares.com
741
11
expedia.com
741
12
cheaptickets.com
742
13
flights.com
742
14
bestfares.com
742.4
15
cheapair.com
744.78
16
orbitz.com
745
17
travelocity.com
745.9
18
economytravel.com
748.92
19
globester.com
749.9
20
kemwel.com
753.79
21
allcheapfares.com
753.91
22
studentuniverse.com
754.4
23
airticket.com
761.31
24
airfarestore.com
762.92
25
airtravel.net
762.92
26
airvalues.com
762.92
27
fareline.com
762.92
28
flightsfirst.com
762.92
29
travelhub.com
766.91
30
ticketspinner.com
772.85
31
airlineconsolidator.com
775
32
cheapinternationalflights.net
777
33
onetravel.com
778.92
34
tripxperts.com
781.92
35
worldcheaper.com
794.92
36
costjet.com
795.92
37
vayama.com
795.92
38
discountair.com
810
39
cheapoair.com
816.92
40
foraticket.com
822.92
41
bargaintravel.com
867.9
42
flightdiscount.com
1015.11
justfares.com
$299, fees not included
flyhappy.com
$450, fees not included
wholesale-fares.com
324, fees not included
palacetravel.com
African Travel Site
primefares.com
Agent Contact Only
affordabletravel.org
Airfare club?
thriftyairfare.com
Coupon Site
airkt.com
Down?
1stair.net
First-class' site
airfarefalcon.com
Multi-website search site
airfarewatchdog.com
Multi-website search site
bookingbuddy.com
Multi-website search site
cheapflights.com
Multi-website search site
shermans travel
Multi-website search site
smartertravel.com
Multi-website search site
travelzoo.com
Multi-website search site
tripmama.com
Multi-website search site
888mytravel.com
NA
jetblue.com
No European travel
icheapfares.com
Parked site
the-cheapestflights.org
Parked site
airgorilla.com
Strictly European
asaptickets.com
They contact you… boo!
makemytrip.com
US/India travel only
travelrobot.com
Website Crashes upon search