Discount travel sites not always the best buy

[William Souden]

I have been shopping around for air fares between LA and the NY area.
I want to take a red eye which adds a day to my stay. Finally found a
trip on travelocity via Jet Blue. I was set to purchase when I saw they
would not assign me a seat so I went to jetblue.com and got the same
flights with aisle seats both way for $40 less.

By the way, if your destination is midtown Manhattan Newark is better
choice (Jet Blue does not go there). It is closer than JFK and trains to
Penn Station stop at the airport. Traveling solo a cab from Newark will
not be frugal because you have to pay for a round trip . By the way,
Newark has a great cab system. You tell a dispatcher the town you are
going to and get a two part form listing the fare,one for you and one
for driver which clearly states that tolls are added to the fare.