That fare, available on a limited number of seats, requires a Saturday night stay and has cancellation penalties.

Better to look up scheduled flights first, then find the available fares.

Through much of the century, that access has come from the varied fare available on radio and records.

So, I ask the computer to show me the lowest available fare.

But many advance-purchase fares, available to anyone, are already lower than that.

These fares, available as of Jan. 28, are limited; some conditions apply.

At the time, the computers had shown $530 to be the least expensive fare available on such short notice for a nonstop flight.

They may or may not be better than fares available to passengers who call the airlines themselves.

And a number of the leading airlines have created Orbitz.com, which says it has access to special fares not available to many others.

The plays were probably melodramas and some indication of the fare available at the time.