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All Sorts of South America Travel News from LAN Airlines

February 1, 2012 at 4:53 PM | by | Comments (0)

Okay everyone, ready for some serious South America travel news? So LAN—which is really a group of airlines including LAN Chile, LAN Ecuador, LAN Argentina, LAN Express and LAN Colombia—made all kinds of changes, for the better, to their routes and in-flight service today, February 1.

· First off, LAN Colombia (which only really started as an airline in December 2012 after LAN took over Colombian airline AIRES) is now flying direct from Miami to Bogota. The inaugural hit the skies earlier today, complete with a visit from Juan Valdez, who served the passengers their in-flight coffees. Fares for this new route, which runs four times weekly on Airbus A320s, are $400 roundtrip, including taxes & fees, if booked by February 6. Of course, you can go straight through to booking via their Facebook page.

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Groupon's Good for Something, Like Virgin America Flights with Free WiFi

January 31, 2012 at 10:56 AM | by | Comments (0)

We have our doubts about group buying sites like Groupon, especially when we're getting emails for discounts on laser hair removal 80% of the time, but occasionally great deals do pop up, and one such sale starts today.

The deal: Pay $39, get $100 towards round-trip flights between Chicago-ORD and San Francisco-SFO or Los Angeles-LAX. Included in that $39 is also a code to redeem for a free session of Gogo in-flight WiFi, itself worth $12.95. The $100 you get can be used to purchase any class of travel...so you're that much closer to one of the big seats in First Class.

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Spirit Airlines is Way Pissed at Those New Airfare Rules (Because Now They Can't Deceive As Easily)

January 30, 2012 at 12:56 PM | by | Comments (0)

So the time has finally come for airlines to reveal the actual cost of the airfare they’re selling. We talked about the rules and regulations earlier this month, but now the reactions are starting to pour in.

Notice that Delta happily advertises on their booking page that all ticket prices include all taxes—they note “One Price. Period.” However, that’s not the case for the head honchos over at Spirit Airlines, as they’re more than a little cranky with Uncle Sam and all the new airfare pricing mandates, to the end that they're flat-out insulting consumer intelligence. Right, tell us something we don't know about Spirit, you say.

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No More $9 Airfare Ads After New Rules Take Effect This Month

January 3, 2012 at 10:24 AM | by | Comment (1)

January is a good month for consumers looking to buy some airfare, as in just a few weeks some new rules kick in about how tickets and flights are priced and promoted.

Starting on January 26, the way you buy flights is going to change just a little bit, but don’t worry as it’s an easy change and it makes things better. Airlines will now have to disclose the true final amount of your ticket, and that means revealing all fees, taxes, and other little tidbits that mess up your travel budget. So moving forward you’ll know how much the total airfare will set you back before you get to the spot where you enter your credit card information.

These rules and regulations should also effect airline advertisements and promotions, as they’re supposed to now promote only the actual full fares—inclusive of taxes, fees, and this and that. We’re thinking that could really bum out carriers like Spirit Airlines, but it’s good to know what you’re getting yourself into right up front.

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Gotta Get Away? Air New Zealand Now Lets You 'Grabaseat' for Cheap

November 29, 2011 at 8:45 AM | by | Comments (0)

Take a pinch of premium airline and a dash of low-cost carrier and the end product will be low airfares with a whole lot of confusion. This week, Air New Zealand launched a new fare on domestic services by using a little of this recipe. They're calling it grabaseat™ and, by the looks of it, ANZ is attempting innovation by offering cheap prices so long as you're willing to abide by tighter rules.

grabaseat™ is ANZ's solution to budget carriers, but isn't offered on all flights. The fare is so basic it only allows for 7kg (15 lbs.) of carry-on baggage; anything over that will be a further charge. Since most of these fares are offered on flights that don't even have overhead compartments—in the case of their Beechcraft—the 7 kilo limit might make boarding a bit easier. If flying with nothing but a camera isn't your idea of fun, then you will have to cough up about $10 US to check a bag.

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The Cost of a Domestic American Airlines Ticket in 1964

September 6, 2011 at 9:35 AM | by | Comments (0)

Got a $20 bill? If this was 1964, you'd also have a domestic flight on American Airlines for that little cash. We know this because we unearthed a vintage American Airlines pamphlet advertising the '64 World's Fair in New York City, plus airfares to it from other parts of the USA.

Only a few weeks ago we marveled at the price of an AA ticket from California to NY listed in this very same booklet. Cross-country roundtrip was only $145 back then, a figure which would roughly equal $1,052 today, adjusted for inflation. Of course the last fifty years haven't seen such a hike, so we've got a whole new perspective on airfare deals right now.

And then we flipped to the inside back cover of the booklet, and discovered the prices for a domestic AA ticket. Holy moly $15.35 from Washington DC and $13.50 from Boston. Okay sometimes—during their @JetBlueCheeps Twitter sales, JetBlue occasionally beats even these low-low prices, but dang. It's all just another reason to wish you lived in the days of Mad Men.

[Scan: Jaunted]

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The Cost of a Cross-Country American Airlines Ticket in 1964

August 17, 2011 at 3:53 PM | by | Comments (3)

Our love for artifacts of retro travel isn't exactly a secret, and we recently scored a vintage American Airlines pamphlet advertising trips to the World's Fair of 1964 in New York City.

This is the famous World's Fair that gave us the now-dilapidated fantasy structures that dot Corona Park in Flushing, Queens, and which exalted the advances of space travel. It was a fair people traveled to by airplane, and a jaunt from the west coast to the east coast for the event could be a family's big trip.

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Gilt City and Virgin America Hope You Like Your Flights Hot, Sexy and in Bulk

August 3, 2011 at 4:15 PM | by | Comments (0)

Wow. The airlines are really embracing group-buying discount sites. First it was Virgin America selling their Chicago flights like hotcakes on Groupon, then everyone from Frontier to Southwest offered deals, then Delta hooked up with LivingSocial and now we're full circle back to Virgin America.

Just announced today, Virgin America is offering discounts on their Main Cabin Select seats if you bulk-buy flights via Gilt City. The demographic pairing is perfect, obviously.

Anyway, here's the deal(s):

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'The Weiner Sale': Yep, Spirit Airlines Totally Went There.

June 7, 2011 at 1:34 PM | by | Comments (0)

How old is Spirit Airlines' marketing team? We're going to guess pre-pubescent, based on their love of throwing MILF sale and making light of the Gulf oil spill. These days, they've been laying it on pretty think though, focusing on sex scandals as material for their punny sales.

First is was Charlie Sheen (the "Living the Dream" sale), then Arnold Schwarzenegger ("Sexy Maid Acquired" sale), and now—naturally—Spirit Air is all about the Rep. Anthony Weiner scandal.

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File Under "OMG OMG": Fly to Tokyo This Summer for $588 TOTAL (or Less) on Delta

Where: Tokyo, Japan
May 18, 2011 at 1:13 PM | by | Comments (3)

Sometimes an airfare deal so sweet comes along, that it's almost impossible to resist. And—if you think about the current under-$600 deals on Delta in terms of new shoes (4-ish pairs), iPads (1), or Starbucks coffees (100), it really doesn't seem so bad.

You heard us right—Delta has just dropped prices on their routes to Tokyo, to Haneda Airport in particular, which just happens to have a sparkling new international terminal waiting for you. Try searching any US city to airport code HND, and you'll find fares like $582 from San Francisco, $588 from New York or Chicago and $564 from Los Angeles. These prices are roundtrip, total including taxes, and some are direct and some include stopovers.

Now here's the really awesome part:

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$1,000 Per Person for a Private Jet to Coachella? Heck Yes.

April 5, 2011 at 3:30 PM | by | Comments (2)

Raise your wristbanded right hand if you're heading to Coachella from April 15-17! That's scary soon, and we know some of you haven't quite figured out how you're getting to the massive party music festival in Indio, California. Some will pile into minivans without A/C, many will fly in and rent cars only to leave them unused in the desert sun the whole weekend, and a few will be smart and go all out with a private jet.

We're all about private jets when the price isn't astronomical, and $1,000 per person round-trip sounds pretty alright. JetSuite is on the affordable end of private jet airlines, started by some of the same folks behind JetBlue. Instead of blue bubbles painted on the plane, however, JetSuite sports a snazzy red racing stripe on their shiny new Embraer Phenom 100s, with interiors designed by BMW.

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Be Spontaneous and Book a Direct Flight to Tokyo for $686 Total

Where: Tokyo, Japan
February 9, 2011 at 2:16 PM | by | Comments (0)

Last fall, we were so proud of a major airfare deal we scored to Tokyo, which got us directly there and directly back in the perfect temperate fall season for a grand total of $680. Well, a deal very much like it has surfaced, and it's good if you're interested in taking a Spring trip to Japan. Just think cherry blossoms...

Fly.com and good old Travelzoo have found $686 round-trips from New York to Tokyo on American Airlines. The departure date run between March 11 and March 24, as you can from the screenshot of rates above, and if you'd rather go in April or May, the flights do go up a bit, but only to $757 roundtrip.

Now here's the catch: you've got to get on these deals ASAP in order to score the complete discount round-trip before they sell out. You know how popular Travelzoo is. We're looking at them right now, and they're still available, so go go go. Even $700-something is excellent. The flight are American Airlines direct from JFK to Narita, just for your information if you search elsewhere. Good luck and sayonara!

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