ASAP Tickets?

It sounds gimmicky ripoff the inexperienced travelers

Same question comes up here regularly. Consensus appears to be "run away from this, quickly."

Web ads for too-good-to-be-true "travel deals" (on a "news" site?) are almost always very scammy.
I wouldn't touch anything like that with an 11-foot Lithuanian.

I believe it's always better to book direct with an airline. It would be easier to deal with in case of anything goes awry.

I bet they can get you a great deal on WOW Airlines :-)

This same outfit was just mentioned a few days in another thread. Search it from the box above.

https://community.ricksteves.com/travel-forum/transportation/asaptickets

My parents have used them and got a bit under $700 roundtrip flight tickets from LAX to Madrid, which is nothing to scoff at. They had no issues and received good customer service. So, yes, there are some success stories. It looks like they're a brand under International Travel Network (online travel agents, basically). It's unlikely you'll hear about them on this forum because it's heavily biased against third-party sites of any kind, except maybe European car rental consolidators.

By the way, have you ever tried Turkish Airlines, assuming you can fly out of their gateways in Texas? Their prices seem too good to be true, but they are the real deal. I've flown them multiple times. If you end up trying either one, come back to the forum and report back.

I agree with what was already stated. Use these sites to find flights, costs, etc., but book through the airlines directly. Dealing with a third party for airfare can become a nightmare if problems arise.

Thanks for all of the information.
Douglasjmeyer, I didn't really have a bubble to burst on this one as I expected that it was too good to be true. ;-)

Of the 3rd party sellers I trust Expedia.

Carson, we always buy directly from the airlines.