Travel
Rock-bottom deals to the West, Europe
Here’s a round-trip of today’s best airfare deals - from rock-bottom rates to the west - and to Europe for less than $700:
- $120 one-way to Omaha, Neb.: Book one-week or more in advance. Valid seven days a week, based on sale seat availability. No blackouts. Final travel is July 27, 2014. United serves Omaha with one flight connection in either Chicago or Houston. No ticket-by date, so act fast.
- $129 one-way to Reno-Tahoe, Nev. or San Diego: A two-week or more advance purchase notice required. Valid seven days a week, based on sale seat availability. No blackouts. Final travel is July 27, 2014. American serves these destinations with one flight connection in either Chicago or Dallas-Fort Worth. No ticket-by date - act fast on ticket purchases.
- $118 one-way to New York City-LaGuardia: Book by Sept. 2. A two-week or more advance purchase notice required. Travel any available day starting on or after Sept. 10. Final travel is on or before Nov. 19. Valid on AirTran or American, nonstop. Delta matches on select daily flights.
- $398 round-trip to Jackson Hole, Wyoming: Book one-week or more in advance. Valid seven days a week, based on sale seat availability. Stay at least any two nights. No blackouts. Final travel is July 27, 2014. American serves JAC with one flight connection in Dallas-Fort Worth. This deal has no ticket-by date which indicates that it could vanish at anytime.
- $689 Oslo, Norway or Stockholm, Sweden: Depart any day of the week (based on sale seat availability) from Dec. 16 through March 31, 2014 (no holiday blackout dates). Stay at least one Saturday night or up to one month. Travel is not permitted on Jan. 4-6 returns to the states. Buy tickets through Sept. 5. This deal is offered by United/Lufthansa. One flight connection in either Newark, N.J. or Frankfurt, Germany.
Sale airfares are always subject to change. On some departures or days there may be few or no tickets available at the lowest price. Since only a limited supply of seats is available, act quickly to make your purchase.
I recommend starting the search for available seats at Kayak.com vs. calling an airline directly. You can also search for the sale at travel websites such as Expedia, Orbitz or Travelocity, etc.
Airlines can discontinue or pull a sale price without notice when the offer does not have a “ticket-by” date or when the offer is deemed “sold out.”
Clara Bosonetto is a retired travel consultant.
