Yahoo has closed its travel bargains search service, as part of the company's drive to tighten costs and to re-focus.

An alert on the FareChase web site indicated the service's final day, and encourages users to use Yahoo Travel instead.

In her first conference call back in January, new CEO Carol Bartz said "everything's open for examination" when it comes to streamlining operations and improving the bottom line.

Acquired in 2004 and launched two years later, FareChase allowed users to compare pricing on flights, hotels, cars and travel packages. Anyone visiting the site is now redirected to Yahoo Travel.

"Yahoo continues to align resources to focus on core strategic priorities and deliver superior user experiences on the Internet. Discontinuing FareChase will allow Yahoo to focus our efforts on other key features for Yahoo Travel, such as Yahoo Travel Guides and Yahoo Trip Planner," the company said in a statement.