travel sites. for you it could make finding a cheap flight harder. here s the latest news. expedia.com has taken american airlines fares and schedules off the site. it says the new pricing system is anti-consumer and anti-choice. american airlines pulled itself off orbitz earlier in december and it continues to develop. we have the vice president and principal analystist at forester research. he joins me from san francisco. let s talk about the effect at the moment if you want to find the cheapest flight to somewhere if it involves an airline that s pulled itself off one of the sites or american now pulled off expedia, you can do it. you just have to go to more sites and compare. there are discount airlines that already don t put themselves on some of the main sites. what effect will it have on the cost of travel if any? well, the bigger issue on the cost of travel is going to be the price of fume but it will certainly make it more difficult as you pointed out, ali.