A while back, I mentioned that I’d heard about a new fare-search site, Mobissimo.com. The part of the concept that intrigued me was that it suggests alternative destinations, if shopping price is your motivator. Regular readers will know that I’ve been putting together a multi-leg trip from Tampa (which I’ve decided stands for There Aren’t Many Practical Airlineroutes) to Warsaw. So I was psyched that, when I entered my info on Mobissimo, it not only suggested alternate dates with lower fares, but said that there were fares to Budapest that were $700 lower than the lowest available fare to Warsaw. That’s a great idea, but they don’t carry through. When I actually clicked on that to check it out, the $808 fare to Budapest trumpeted on the home page was nowhere in the list of Budapest fares. In general on both lists (to Warsaw and to Budapest) there were fares that, when clicked on, weren’t available. Real-time fares are the gold standard these days. They’re widely available on the premier travel-booking sites, and I don’t think a startup can survive if it can’t reach that level. – Mary Hunt, editor, eFlyer