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Bargain Hunters Can Go All In (Las Vegas)

The Sunday NYT (1/11/09) says that Las Vegas has been hardest of any city in the U.S.

So hotels are offering outrageous deals (e.g. high-end Trump for $99 and new renovated downtown hotel, El Cortex, for $14/night). Even Cirque Du Soleil is now discounting for the first time ever.

Billshrink, service for the times?

Billshrink, based in Redwood City, CA, recommends cell phone plans and credit cards to fit the user.

When looking for a cellphone plan, for example,  Billshrink asks user questions about their phone use and texting activity. The service then searches through plans from all the major carriers and presents the best match, based on price and signal strength.

Use Yapta to find frequent flier opportunities

Everyone know it's really hard to use airline mileage to find free flights.

Yapta.com has launched a service to alert users when an award seat becomes available on a specific flight. Similar to the company's price-tracker feature, Yapta emails the user when a better fare becomes available after booking a seat on a flight.

Time for overstock.com and liquidation.com?

Seems like high-priced products may be on sale after the slow holiday.

"We would say it's aspirational brands, high-end deluxe -- that's what really taking the hit," said Overstock.com CEO Patrick Byrne. (San Jose Mercury News, 12/25/08)

"A lot of these Fortune 500 companies are trying to save costs and raise cash. This channel we have is a source of working capital for them," adds Bill Angrick, CEO of Liquidation.com.