Farecast opens for 55 cities

Farecast, a Seattle based startup, launched a 55 city beta today of their product. The basic idea is that you can find the best fares available at the current time for your selected trip. The RSS feed, one of the best features of Farecast, allows you to keep up to the minute watch over your trip plans to determine when is the right time to buy.

Example RSS feed (my most popular route):

I look forward to watching the expansion of Farecast as I have a wishlist of suggestions for them besides the beta list they already have:

• International access - This could result in bigger savings for travelers
• First/Business availability - I typically try to fly in First/Business and many business travelers do as well

I think the site looks and functions very well. There are many ads but they have kept them outside the content area.

It will be interesting to watch how Expedia/Orbitz and the others react to Farecast.