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Major United/Continental Fare Sale To/From Chicago from Many Western Cities (Incl San Francisco for $141 roundtrip)

June 22, 2011

Continental/United just loaded a ton of dirt cheap fares to/from Chicago and San Francisco, Los Angeles, Albuquerque, San Jose, Portland, Seattle, San Diego, Phoenix, Ontario and Salt Lake City. For example, Chicago to San Francisco from August through November has a base roundtrip fare of $120 and comes to a whopping $141 total roundtrip. While [...]

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Cheap Flights to Madrid and Barcelona- from $356 Total Roundtrip

June 15, 2011

Spanair is a Madrid based Star Alliance carrier that does not fly to the US. However, they do file codeshares with their US based Star Alliance partners and from time to time their codeshared flights can be very cheap. It seems like they’ve loaded some extra cheap fares that may be of interest to many [...]

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Cheap Continental June-November Flights from Newark to Las Vegas – $289 Total Roundtrip

June 14, 2011

I know Vegas is really hot in the summer, but if you are looking for a relatively cheap summer vacation and Europe (with the rising Euro) isn’t doable – you might want to consider a desert retreat to Las Vegas. Hotels can be had for dirt cheap and the party continues all year round – [...]

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More Cheap Delta Fares to Hawaii- from $220 Roundtrip Total

June 7, 2011

I’ve written about a bunch of good deal fares to Hawaii recently and it seems that Delta has loaded a ton of really competitive fares to all of the islands they serve – including Honolulu, Lihue, Maui and Kona. The easiest way to play around with dates is go to Delta.com -> Planning Tools -> [...]

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Widespread Continental/United Fare Sale to Hawaii- As Low as $345 Total Roundtrip

May 24, 2011

As I’ve written about a couple times, there have been a lot of sub-$500 fares to Hawaii recently. I’ve seen Delta “attacking” a lot of Continental/United hubs and vice versa. Today it seems that Continental/ United has loaded a huge availability of rock bottom fares to multiple Hawaiian islands – I’m seeing total roundtrip (including taxes) [...]

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Delta Double Miles and Cheap Flights to Tokyo Haneda- Under $600 Total Roundtrip From Many US Cities

May 18, 2011

Delta was one of the airlines to get routes (Los Angeles and Detroit) to the Tokyo Haneda airport, but they suspended the service soon after the tsunami hit Japan. Now that things are picking up, they are reinstating the route and to incentivize travelers, they are introducing super low fares for June and July travel [...]

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Sub $500 Fares on Continental/United from Chicago/NY/LA to Hawaii- Lanai, Molokai and Kapalua

May 10, 2011

I’ve been toying with a trip to Lanai, so I’ve been accustomed to seeing $750+ airfares from NYC. Today, Continental introduced some relatively dirt cheap fares to Lanai, Molokai and Kapalua and there’s a bunch of availability from now until spring 2012. These fares are good from Newark, Chicago and LAX and probably more – [...]

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Cheap Delta Flights to Iceland

April 29, 2011

If you are looking for a fun summer vacation and want to try something different, you might want to consider Iceland. Delta becomes the first US carrier to start serving Iceland starting JFK- Reykjavik on June 1, 2011 and I’ve noticed some pretty low introductory fares. Total round-trip JFK-KEF prices including taxes come to $488 [...]

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Newark to Boston for $39 Round-trip Total on JetBlue

April 28, 2011

JetBlue is running a pretty amazing fare sale today only- $9 each way between Newark and Boston (you can originate in either city). The roundtrip fare comes to $39.40 with all taxes and there seems to be very good availability between May 4- June 15, 2011. Sure beats taking the bus if you are a [...]

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Dirt Cheap Atlanta Fares on Continental/United – $193 to/from LAX, Portland and more!

April 7, 2011

This fare war is getting nasty! Continental and United are attacking Delta in all of its main hubs, including Atlanta which rarely gets action on super-cheap fares. I just used Travelocity.com flexible search to pull up this gem; $193 to/from Atlanta to Los Angeles. I don’t have time to play with every iteration, but if [...]

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Delta Firesale from DC: San Diego and Albuquerque $199 Total Roundtrip!

April 7, 2011

Not to be outdone by Continental/United, Delta launched some of their own attacks on United’s hub of DC. WAS – Albuquerque and San Diego are now $199 To book these go to Delta.com -> Planning Tools -> Book a flight -> WAS to either SAN or ABQ -> Click the “My dates are flexible” box [...]

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Major Fare War by Continental/United on Delta Hubs – Transcons from $193 total roundtrip!

April 7, 2011

I wrote this morning about my frustration with finding reasonably priced transcontinental flights. Well, the fare gods (or revenue management departments) must have heard my complaints – Continental/United just launched a major fare sale on NYC – San Diego, Las Vegas, Salt Lake City, Portland and more. These are bookable at Continental.com, just make sure [...]

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American Airlines NYC – Honolulu for $431 Total Roundtrip

April 6, 2011

Need a warm, Hawaiian getaway to defrost from this miserable winter? AA has some cheap fares from Newark to Honolulu that come to $431 total roundtrip. Play around with dates towards the end of April and returning in May on aa.com (look on the flexible date calendar for the $186 fares). Routing through Chicago nets 9,925 miles, [...]

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The Real Benefits of Mileage Runs

April 4, 2011

I just completed my third European weekend long mileage run (taking a trip for the sake of miles) within the last four weeks and instead of being totally exhausted, I’m actually feeling refreshed and looking forward to my last run – Stockholm again this coming weekend. When evaluating the benefits of a mileage run, most [...]

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God Morgen From Copenhagen!

April 2, 2011

Just got off a fun filled JFK-CPH flight with a bunch of Thepointsguy.com readers! It was great getting to meet so many of you in person – I get a lot of messages, but it’s a rare treat to put a face with an email address. Leigh, Lauren, Kevin and the others whose names I [...]

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$1,369 Delta Business Class fares to Amsterdam from Boston, Miami + others- Available All Summer!

March 24, 2011

I’ve written several times about the uber cheap Delta business class fares to London (around $1,450 total roundtrip). Now there is a sale fare to Amsterdam for even cheaper – from $1,369 total roundtrip from Boston, Orlando, Miami, Tampa and Jacksonville for dates until the end of August. There is tons of availability (even over [...]

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Delta Cheap Fares to London Even Cheaper, Now from $339.50 from JFK

March 23, 2011

Yesterday I wrote about $349 fares to London from JFK and I would have expected they’d be gone by now, but they aren’t. In fact, I just priced out a JFK-LHR (through Amsterdam on the way there and nonstop on the way home) from April 1-3 and it came out $10 cheaper for a grand total [...]

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Cheap Delta Flights to London: $349 TOTAL from NYC, $530 from LAX

March 22, 2011

If you want to go to London from now until April 12, check out Delta.com. They have all-in total roundtrip fares from $349 from NYC (April 1-3 for example, thanks to TPG reader Adam)) or $530 from Los Angeles. Not bad, since I’ve seen NY-LA coach fares for the same price recently. These fares are available [...]

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Stockholm Recap: Beautiful People, Top Notch Sheraton and Expensive Drinks

March 21, 2011

I did my first weekend $150 jaunt to Stockholm and had an absolutely terrific time. Although exhausting, I really enjoyed my 24 hours in the city and was able to cover a lot of ground. Saturday was a sunny, gorgeous day so I walked for miles exploring the old city and taking in the Stockholm [...]

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Preparing for a Crazy Travel Month: Stockholm Twice, Copenhagen and Boston

March 18, 2011

As many of you remember and some were able to take advantage of, Delta ran an insane fare “sale” to Europe last month and I was able to book three trips: two to Stockholm and one to Copenhagen – all for $150 total roundtrip each. Due to a hectic work schedule, I only had weekends free, [...]

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Reminder: Cheap Delta Business Class Fares to London Extended Until March 31, Fly by August 31

March 15, 2011

Well, the fun just got extended for a couple more weeks. The cheap ($1,500ish total roundtrip) Delta fare sale from Boston, Miami, Tampa, Orlando, and Jacksonville to London has been extended to March 31. Ticket by March 31, 2011 and fly between March 26 – August 31, 2011. Remember, these fares book into I class, so you get a [...]

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Miami, Boston, Orlando, and Tampa Dirt Cheap Business Class Fares to Europe

March 14, 2011

I’ve written several times about the amazing $1,400ish business class fares from Miami and Boston. Well, now it seems like even more carriers are getting in on the action. This past weekend, a lot of Flyertalkers reported seeing new fares like Miami to Amsterdam and Tampa to Paris for $1,400 roundtrip total (including taxes) on [...]

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Amazing Deal Alert: Boston to San Diego and Vice Versa for $62 TOTAL!

March 8, 2011

Update 1:48pm EST: Looks like its mostly gone, but some may be available on Orbitz.com. Can’t hurt to check! Congrats to those who got in on this unbelievable fare. Wow, wow, wow! Haven’t seen a domestic transcon fare this cheap …  well, ever. Book at Continental.com for BOS-SAN and SAN-BOS from now until June. Dates [...]

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70 Euros Off Flight & Hotel Packages On Expedia.de

February 24, 2011

This may not be as lucrative as the Expedia.ca SAVE300 deal, but it’s still pretty good (especially if you know German!). Step by step instructions: Expedia.de -> Click & Mix -> Choose your departure and destination (I chose JFK-BOS on March 25-26 for my example) and then make sure you change Erw. (18-64): to 1 Sort [...]

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