New Travel Search Engines Beat Old

Venerable Consumer Reports pits new travel search engines Kayak, Mobissimo and SideStep against the established brands of Orbits, Expedia and Travelocity and finds the new
kids do better on finding lower prices: Travel search engines: New routes to deals.
But looking for packages, direct flights, preferred airlines or other options? In those cases, the traditional players are found better to use.