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If August is all about scoring deals on backpacks and other back-to-school items, then what should you buy in September? The editors at DealNews took a look at historical data and came up with the best and worst things to buy this month.

Airlines are tossing consumers aside and grabbing the benefit of lower federal taxes on travel tickets. By Saturday night, nearly all the major U.S. airlines had raised fares to offset taxes that expired the night before.

Virgin America is launching new flight routes between Chicago and the West Coast with super cheap $99 one-way flights to Los Angeles or San Francisco. If you fly between the windy city and Vegas, San Diego or Seattle, a one way flight is $119. (The low fares are for flights in either direction.)...

Virgin America just launched a cheap flight fare sale with one-way flights as low as $64. All of these flights start or end on the West Coast. If you live in San Francisco or Los Angeles, you are especially lucky. Travel Monday through Saturday between Jan. 24 and May 11, 2011, for the lowest...

Virgin America's New Year's resolution is to offer cheap flights. That's one promise I can get behind! To take advantage of these low fares, tickets must be booked by Jan. 10 for travel through May 11, 2011. Flying Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and Saturday offer the biggest discounts,...

This just in from Travelzoo. JetBlue, American and Virgin America are celebrating New Year's Eve with super cheap flights across the country. Fares are as low as $29 each way for travel between Jan. 3 and April 30, 2011. Many of these low fares must be booked by this weekend, however. Expect the...

When Virgin American offered traveler writer Randy Diamond the chance to upgrade his ticket to "Main Cabin Select" for a mere $500 more than the coach fare, he assumed it must be for a first-class seat. But what the airline is actually offering for that upgrade may surprise you.

First, the film director was removed from a Southwest Airlines flight for being too portly. Now, a Virgin America gate attendent refused to allow Smith and his companions to board a jet, even though there were still minutes before its jetway was closed.

Twitter will start placing ads on its site starting today. This is the first time the four-year-old company is allowing ads on its microblogging site, an attempt to actually make some money off what has become a very popular activity for many. The ads will appear at the top of search results, much...

Virgin America has attracted an unexpected advertiser for its new "Fly Girls" reality TV-show: the Transport Workers Union. The eight-episode show, which will be shown on the CW network, shows eight flight attendants who live in a cushy "crash pad" in Marina del Rey, flirt with passengers, go to...