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 FareCatcher,
by Spitting-Image Software, utilizes web based travel services like Orbitz to periodically go online and obtain the lowest
fare prices for specific trips that you define.
With traditional fare notification services, you receive email periodically (and
unpredictably) about lowest fares for your favorite destinations. Unfortunately,
there's no guarantee that the fare described will be applicable to the times that you plan
to travel. What good is notification about a super low fare next week when you need
to travel two months from now? With FareCatcher you can state specifically when and
where you want to travel. Then retrieve the fares and travel options just for those
days. Also, with FareCatcher you can retrieve these fares automatically and daily so
that you never miss a great (but short lived) fare.
Here are some completely unsolicited comments about FareCatcher:
"Your software is easy to use and very practical. What an improvement over other
fare-search tools!" - Mark G., Flagstaff, AZ
Check out these screen shots of FareCatcher.
Features
FareCatcher 1.1:
- runs as an icon in your system tray (where the current time appears on your task bar),
- define an unlimited number of trips that you'd like to take -- including a range of
dates during which you'd be willing to travel,
- automatically goes online to retrieve the latest fare information for the range of
travel dates and destinations that you define,
- allows you to limit the display of travel options to certain departure and arrival times
as well as the number of legs,
- alerts you with a pop-up window when the lowest fare associated with one of your trips
has a fare that falls below a threshold price that you've set in advance,
- presents you with a graphical display of the price history for each of your trips,
- allows you to define price thresholds for each of your trips based on an
absolute dollar amount or a drop of some % from the average value (or simply
be notified when ever the lowest fare price increases or decreases)
Targeted Charity
If you like this software and choose to make it part of your regular travel routine,
you are expected to make a donation to:
Autism Society of America
7910 Woodmont Ave, Suite 300
Bethesda, MD 20814-3015
Tel: (800)-3AUTISM x 150
Fax: (301)-657-0869
The mission of the Autism Society of America
is to promote lifelong access and opportunities for persons within the autism spectrum and
their families, to be fully included, participating members of their communities through
advocacy, public awareness, education, and research related to autism.
Suggested Donation
The suggested donation is $35. More if you can afford it, less if you can't, but you
should make some amount of donation.
System Requirements
| Internet Access |
FareCatcher requires access to the internet - either with a
dedicated connection or a dial-up networking connection. You will be happier with
FareCatcher if you have unlimited (i.e., flat fee) access to the internet. A single
online session can take an hour or more, depending on the number of flight options you
define. If you are paying for service by the hour, you may want to investigate
changing your level of service.
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| Operating System |
MS Windows XP - Service Pack 2,
Windows 2000, Windows Vista (mixed success on Vista) |
| Disk Space |
50 MB |
| Administrator |
You must have administrative privileges for the
PC where you install FareCatcher. |
Download a copy of FareCatcher!
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