As you are well aware, airlines change prices all the time. What you may not know is that if after you’ve bought a ticket, and the price drops, you’re actually eligible in many cases to get a refund or perhaps a voucher. Since you’re probably not willing to go (re-)checking flight prices every day or even more often, it was just a matter of time before a bunch of folks just like you thought it was time to automate that dang thing. Enter YAPTA. Weird name. Great service. Just sign up for a free account, and every time you buy a plane ticket, just enter that info and YAPTA will track it for you.

Oh, but you want even more automation you say? Have no fear. There’s the YAPTA Tagger, which is essentially a browser add-on that displays a little button next to your flight when you use a major travel site (like Orbitz, Travelocity, Expedia, etc.) so you can quickly add it to your account. My (minor) slap on the wrist to YAPTA is that there is no Firefox version available. Yet. I’ll let you know when it’s out or you can sign up for their alert yourself.