American launches DealFinder desktop tool  Like Southwest's
Ding! and Expedia's Fare Alert before it, American Airlines now
has its own free downloadable desktop tool, DealFinder.
Essentially an add-on to American's site that allows you to
personalize your experience, DealFinder is a useful application
for AAdvantage members and those who fly American extensively.
DealFinder is much like Fare Alert, in that you tell the tool
what you want (e.g. a $300 flight from New York to Los Angeles)
and a pop-up will alert you when a fare matches the parameters
you've set. Just enter your desired route, number of travelers,
dates of travel, and desired fare, and the tool will continually
search for the deal you want. You can save itineraries, so
you're able to have multiple searches occurring simultaneously.
Unfortunately, as far as I could tell, there is no flexible-date
search; you have to enter specific departure and destination
dates. A flexible-search option would allow those without set
schedules to potentially fi