The following travel agencies are good possibilities for bargain fares from Germany:

The following travel agencies are also good possibilities for bargain fares from Continental Europe.

While the $198 captured the headlines, other bargain fares are available.

The airlines have also been offering bargain fares on trans-Atlantic routes.

Analysts predict there will be more domestic and international bargain fares, because air traffic is sluggish.

But I sometimes use e-tickets, booking bargain fares through one of the online travel sites.

For that reason, a small but growing number of the 32,500 travel agencies are already charging fees of $10 to $25 on bargain fares.

"So no matter what the fare levels, there'll always be bargain fares to fill the remaining one-third."

Once you'd automatically go to a travel agent rather than direct to an airline for a bargain fare, but that's no longer the case.

The industry has been struggling to fill a glut of new ships by offering bargain fares.