airfaresales

Southwest just launched a three-day fare sale that has cheap flights as low as $59 one way. Today also, JetBlue launched a one day sale with one-way prices as low as $29. Buy your Southwest tickets by Oct. 7, 2010 (though the best fares will sell out sooner) and travel through Dec. 14, 2010. These...

According to the "Fareologist" at Bing Travel, Microsoft's new travel search site, holiday air travel will be cheaper than last year. Airfare for Thanksgiving travel around the U.S. will average $327, down 22% from last year. Christmas and New Year's holiday airfare will average $353, down 17%....

The last posting I wrote was what bargain destination I was going to spend my hard-earned frequent-flier miles on (I'm leaning toward Iceland). But for those of you without a pile of miles (or cash), you can still score a great deal on airfares right now. A FareCompare.com survey of recent airfares...

So you buy an airfare at a ridiculous price -- or even a good one. And a week later, the airline decides it hasn't sold enough seats. Rather than fly an empty plane, which would cost it money, it slashes the prices on seats. Come the day of the flight, you turn to the person sitting next to you...