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DEL.ICIO.USGiving Us Flyers A Fare Shake
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
This had to be an email blast from the past. How did one from circa 2005 land on top of my inbox?
The sender was AirTran, offering fares not seen since checking bags was gratis.
It arrived Tuesday.
Some one-way samples from Atlanta: $59 and $64 to various Florida coasts, $74 to New York City, $129 to Las Vegas and California.
The post-Christmas period tends to generate the year’s most tantalizing flight deals, but I don’t recall them dipping this low in recent years.
When was the last time you flew this inexpensively? Have you seen comparable prices lately?
Because airlines that fly the same routes often match the low-baller, check with other carriers to see if they have begun their descent to AirTran’s fares level.
The AirTran sale expires today (Thursday). But with the economy in the tank, count on lots of planes to fill their tanks in an effort to fill seats with eye-popping fares.
Have you traveled the friendly skies for fun in the first few months of a year? How do you like it?
My travel budget for 2008 will be busted by my Vegas visit next week.
Good thing a fresh, replenished budget awaits me in January. Flyers, this airfare blast from the past won’t turn you into a peasant in the present.
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