Airlines Slashing Prices Deeper Than Usual For Fall
It's been a rough summer for the airlines and the upcoming fall doesn't look much better. Leisure travel is down and business travel, usually the airlines' bread and butter, is way down. The industry is responding the way industries respond to this sort of thing:
Airlines are cutting fares deeper than usual this fall in an effort to fill seats. American and Southwest both launched fare sales this week, and United is running several sales, too. While it's common for airlines to use discounts to fill planes during the slower fall travel months, the discounts this year are deeper and more widely available than last fall, said FareCompare.com CEO Rick Seaney.
The bargains aren't as enticing as what the airlines were doing right after the recession hit, but they're still objectively deep cuts and much better than anything you could have gotten last year.
You can get more information on the American Airlines side of the story here and on the Southwest story here. Both airlines blacked out the time around Thanksgiving, but other than that, the fares are eye-poppingly low. American is offering some routes for $69 one-way and Southwest has options $10 lower that.
Almost makes us with that we had any vacation time left. Or, you know, money.
[Photo: Nino Barbieri / Wiki Commons]
Related Stories:
· Fall airfare sales cutting deeper than usual [Forbes]
· Summer Travel Coverage [Jaunted]
· Airfare Deals Coverage [Jaunted]
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