No one agency always offers the best deals on holiday flights. Today, a Harvard student from Miami who wants to visit her family during Christmas could find a ticket for $350 at Carlson Wagonlit, but both STA and Council Travel offer a similar flight for only $300.
Her roommate, booking a flight to Los Angeles for the same days, would find the best deal at Council Travel, for $288 round-trip. Carlson Wagonlit, American Express and STA Travel offered prices of $340, 329, and $309, respectively.
Business school student Narcisa Sehovic, buying a ticket to her hometown of Ljubljana, Slovenia from STA Travel, said that after comparing
the prices of online travel services, the Square agency still offered the best deals. She said she saved $370 by shopping at STA Travel.