Las Vegas beckons at $119 on AirTran, Delta

Give at least a 21-day advance notice of travel and you’ll be in Las Vegas at a steal of a deal rate of $119 each way.

This offer, valid on both AirTran and Delta (each with frequent non-stop daily flight service), is good seven days a week, based on availability — and on trips taken through May of 2009.

What’s more is that this rate carries no blackout dates — although peak year-end holiday dates have very few available seats.

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Many of the top hotel-casinos are awaiting the return of the tourist following a sharp downturn over the summer. Rather than playing in the desert, travelers stayed closer to home with a watch on the wallet following record high gas prices.

To spur visits, the deals are coming fast and furious.

One particularly great deal - that sends you home with more than you went with - comes from Las Vegas’ Mandalay Bay and The Hotel at Mandalay Bay.

Book a stay on the resort’s ‘Endless Summer Gold’ package, or at nightly rates from $120 double occupancy, on stays through November 30 and receive the following:

• A $500 travel credit which is redeemable for airfare on a return three-night or more trip (airfare bookable through Archer Travel Group)

•v $100 off a mid-week Cabana (Monday-Thursday)

• 20% off dining at selected hotel restaurants (Border Grill, Charlie Palmer Steak, Fleur De Lys, Mix, Rick Moonen?s rm seafood and Shanghai Lilly)

• Two complimentary spa passes

• 10% off spa treatments

• Complimentary access to the Mix Lounge

• Complimentary access to Moorea Beach Club (Monday-Thursday)

• and, a $300 saving certificate to Mandalay Place

http://www.mandalaybay.com