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Priceline Negotiator Goes Animated with Seth MacFarlane Cartoons

Among the videos and shorts that funnyman Seth MacFarlane has sprinkled around the intertubes, the cartoons in his Cavalcade of Cartoon Comedy are consistently among the most popular. The animated comedy web series - where classic cartoon characters pop up in hysterical albeit disturbing ways - catapulted MacFarlane's SethComedy YouTube channel into Most Watched Channel of the Week when it debuted. There's now a Cavalcade Hulu channel and the first season has even been released on DVD. That kind of popularity practically begs for digital sponsorship and advertising, and online travel agency Priceline has been more than willing to provide both.

The company has just inked a new deal with MacFarlane and - coincidentally - has chosen this month to announced a new and more generous best-rate-guarantee promotion. For a limited time, natch.

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It's Not Too Late to Get Wasted in New Orleans During Mardi Gras

As if Mardi Gras in New Orleans wasn't going to be crazy enough, the Saints' Super Bowl victory will likely make this year's party ridiculously insane. There's still time to book your flight to the Big Easy so that you can join the drunken fun.

Obviously, booking less than a week to the big event isn't going to come cheap. But if you're willing to shell out to party hard, CheapOair has some doable deals.

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Wherein We Warily Test The Priceline Negotiator's Last-Minute Deals

Seriously, Shatner?

There've been Priceline gripes a-plenty, but we've also begrudgingly admitted to using "The Negotiator" to wrangle ourselves travel savings when it suits us. In our very, very, very last-minute search for holiday travel deals, what should we stumble upon than a menu of Flights Under $150, expiring tomorrow. *Flash-Act Now!-Flash*

Is The Shatner for real, though? Prices averaging at about $150 round-trip, with some departures the day before Christmas? We had to dig a little deeper to see if Captain Kirk was fooling us with that karate stance and winning grin.

What we found, after the jump.

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Anatomy of a Recent Bidding Adventure on Priceline

I don't know about you, but I've always done well by bidding for hotel rooms on Priceline. Sure, not knowing where you might end up is unnerving, but you can limit your downside by focusing on four- and five-star properties and doing a little bit of research. The discounts more than make up for any imperfections. In the past I've gotten great rates at hotels like the Strand Ocean Drive in Miami Beach, the Renaissance M Street in Washington, D.C., and the Crowne Plaza Key West La Concha, and now when I book a trip it's almost second nature to cobble together a bidding strategy and then click over to Priceline.

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Quit Vacillating and Book Your Summer Flights Already!

If you've been waiting to pull the trigger on a flight this summer in the hope that ticket prices will soften even further, it's time to commit. Airfares are about as low as they're going to go, according to the guy from FareCompare.com, which keeps an eye on these kinds of things. In an interesting AP item, CEO Rick Seaney said that airfares have begun to creep up by $10 to $20 in recent days, and will likely continue to firm as oil prices rise and the summer travel season begins in earnest over the Independence Day holiday. The bottom line: buy your tickets now if you want a super-cheap vacation this summer. Do it.

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