Discount airlines start new round of short sales
March 23, 2010 ·
Leading discount airlines have launched a new round of airfare sales for summer, but travelers may have to act fast and be flexible on dates to grab the best deals. Sales from JetBlue Airways, Frontier Airlines and AirTran Airways end this week. Frontier is touting fares as low as $98 roundtrip between Denver and West [...]
Paris and Prague, air/6 nights, from $1,096
March 16, 2010 ·
The Real Deal: Multicity airfare on Air France or Delta (U.S. to Paris, Paris to Prague, Prague to U.S.); three nights in Paris at the 30-room Hotel Opera Deauville; three nights in Prague at the 53-room Hotel Akcent; breakfast daily; hotel taxes and fees; airport taxes and fees; and fuel surcharges, from $1,096 per person. [...]
Southwest Airlines launches 72-hour Philadelphia sale
March 16, 2010 ·
Southwest Airlines on Tuesday launched a 72-hour fare sale for flights between Philadelphia and three cities, a step in its plan to grab customers from major Philly competitor US Airways. Fares are available for travel between Philadelphia and Raleigh/Durham, N.C. starting at $30 each way, between Philadelphia and Chicago for $60 each way and between [...]
Spring break travel: Airfares up, hotel rates down
March 3, 2010 ·
Average airfares for spring break are up from last year but hotel rates are down, according to data from Bing Travel and Travelocity. Travelocity found average airfares are up 9 percent compared to last year, with the average domestic roundtrip flight at about $351, while hotel prices are down to an average nightly rate of [...]
Hard-pressed Europeans flock to cheaper airlines
March 2, 2010 ·
Budget airlines in Europe gained 13 million more passengers last year, with cheaper prices pulling in customers amid an overall drop in air travel. The European Low Fares Airline Association, which includes Ryanair and easyJet, said an 8.7 percent increase in passenger numbers in 2009 allowed their industry expand and hire 3,000 more workers. Airports [...]
How to beat airline fees
February 23, 2010 ·
You could almost feel sorry for the airlines. Few people see the service on one carrier as being much different than another, so competition is all around fares — how cheaply can I get there? — and most of them lose money. Which means the carriers constantly skirt bankruptcy and have to find all kinds [...]
9 spring travel tips: How to save money and sanity
February 17, 2010 ·
As I write this here in the Northeast, the rodent saw his shadow, a snowfall fell the next day and we’re headed for a single-digit deep freeze this weekend — all of which are indicators that it is time to distract ourselves with dreams of spring travel. Of course, planning a trip these days can [...]
