The partnership will enable consumers to search for flights to airports within a 100 mile radius of the original searched airport. Fareportal is based in Silicon Alley and is a technology provider to travel companies.

This technology will assist in providing lower competitive fares on CheapoAir.com. The user may select the option to search for additional airports within a given radius or may choose to ignore this advanced search option. Fares are usually 5-30 percent lower when the user selects this advanced search feature while conducting a search for cheap airfares.

Harsh Sood, CTO of Fareportal said, This technology will now enable users to find lower fares in one simple search without having to specify the closest airport to their original search. The system will automatically identify the closest airports within a 100 mile radius and display all available airfare options.

Proud to be loud

So what would prompt a person to fly to Chicago for a long weekend only to stand around at a music festival whose headliners were on the level of the unpronounceable !!!, the Steve Albini/Bob Weston noise machine Shellac, and Arizona Giant Sand mates Calexico? This wasn't, after all, Lollapalooza. But to my mild surprise, it was a sold-out event in a fenced-in, two-stage area that held close to 7000. So I wasn't the only one taking advantage of the cheap airfares two weekends ago, when the indie label Touch and Go teamed up with the Chicago club the Hideout to celebrate the former's 25th anniversary and the latter's 10th with a block party featuring a diverse cross-section of the indie underground, along with a couple of notable reunions (Scratch Acid, Big Black, the Monorchid, and probably a couple of other bands I wasn't aware had broken up).

CheapoAir Upgrades Airline Fare Search Technology

NEW YORK, Sept. 15 /PRNewswire/ -- Today, CheapoAir.com announced in partnership with Fareportal, a complex Flight Fare Search Technology enabling consumers to search for flights to airports within a 100 mile radius of the original searched airport. This technology will assist in providing lower competitive fares on CheapoAir.com. The user may select the option to search for additional airports within a given radius or may choose to ignore this advanced search option. Fares are usually 5-30% lower when the user selects this advanced search feature while conducting a search for cheap airfares.

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While launching this new technology, Harsh Sood, CTO of Fareportal said "This Technology will now enable users to find lower fares in one simple search without having to specify the closest airport to their original search.