If there’s one thing InventHelp’s Invention Girl loves, it’s cheap airline tickets. For the past few weeks, I’ve been shopping for airfare for an old friend’s wedding. And every time I shop, I go through the same predicament. Do I buy now or wait to see if fares drop?

Due to this internal strife, a commercial for Bing.com, Microsoft’s recently-launched search engine, piqued my interest last week. The commercial featured Bing Travel’s 7-day Price Predictor, an invention that helps frugal travelers figure out if it’s best to buy or wait.

The site combines elements from the Microsoft-owned travel site, Farecast – which now redirects to Bing Travel – and sprinkles in some editorial news from MSN Travel (MSN Travel now also redirects to Bing Travel). Using Farecast technology, the site analyzes more than 175 billion airfare observations and predicts whether the price of a flight is going up or down. It includes a confidence percentage regarding a cost increase or decrease over the next seven days.

For extra funs and giggles, Bing allows travelers to search multiple travel sites like Hotwire and Expedia simultaneously, a feature I enjoy with search engine Kayak.com. And since prices tend to fall quickly and not for long, you can sign up for Fare Alerts so that you can jump on the price when it plummets. Globetrotters who need hotel accommodations can take advantage of the Hotel Rate Indicator, which uses science rather than marketing to help travelers determine if a flight/hotel combo is really a good deal.

Today, Bing tells me to wait – they’re 80% confident that prices will remain steady or drop. I’ll check back to see if their crystal ball speaks the truth, but so far I’m loving this price indicator. If they’re right and it saves me a few bucks, InventHelp’s Invention Girl will be “Bada Bing” all the way!

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