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THURSDAY'S TRAVEL TIPS HOT DEALS! The following deals do not have a ticket-by date which means that the bargains can disappear at any second. Buy these offers immediately and then figure out why you want to go there!
GO! GO NOW! One-way rates on AirTran are
$105 to
San Juan , Puerto Rico on trips completed by December 10. No advance purchase required. Add $15 for Friday-Sunday travel days. Blackouts: November 26, 29, 30. Delta matches on round-trip ticket purchases.
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Travel with USAirways for
$134.50 each way to
Durango , Colorado on trips completed by February 10. A 21-day advance purchase required. Travel any available day. Blackouts: December 1, 20-23, 26-30; January 2-5, 11, 16; February 8.
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Round-trip rates on American to
Minneapolis-St. Paul are
$140 on trips taken over the next 10 months. A 7-day advance purchase required to MSP; 21 days to DTW. No minimum stay required. No blackouts. Travel any available day.
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WOW! Travel with Continental to
Steamboat Springs for
$198 round-trip ($231 inclusive) on trips completed by March 30. A 21-day advance purchase required. Travel west Thursday-Saturday; Saturday-Monday to ATL. Stay at least any two nights.
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Round-trip rates of
$218 are offered to
Oakland on trips taken over the next 10 months. A 14-day advance purchase required. Travel any available day. No minimum stay required. No blackouts. Valid on Delta or Northwest.
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Start and end your trips to
Salt Lake City from
Birmingham , Alabama and travel round-trip for
$218 on trips completed by March 6. A 21-day advance purchase required. Travel any available day. No minimum stay required. American blackouts: November 25-December 2; December 18-January 4. No blackouts on Continental. United blackouts: December 23, 26-30; January 2-4.
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Start and end trips to
Honolulu from
Los Angeles for round-trip rates of
$224 on trips completed by December 16. A 7-day advance purchase required. Travel any available day and stay at least any three nights. Delta blackouts: November 26, 29, 30. USAirways blackouts: November 21-23; November 27-December 1. No blackouts with Continental, Northwest.
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NEW! Travel with Delta for
$232 to
Palm Springs , California. A 21-day advance purchase required. Valid Tuesday, Wednesday or add $30 per direction. No minimum stay required. No expiration of travel or blackouts.
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Pay
$238 round-trip to
Steamboat Springs -Hayden, Colorado on trips completed by March 28. A 21-day advance purchase required. Depart Sunday-Wednesday; return Tuesday-Friday. Add $20 per direction for other travel days. Stay a Saturday night. Valid on Delta (seasonal service from December 20-March 28) and United.
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United prices
San Diego at
$278 round-trip on trips taken over the next 10 months. A 21-day advance purchase required. Travel any available day. Stay a Saturday night to 30 days.
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GO NOW! Travel with Continental to
Cabo San Lucas at
$293 round-trip. No advance purchase required. Travel any available day. No expiration of travel. Stay at least any three nights. No max stay limit; no blackouts. Inclusive rate $561.15.
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GO NOW! Delta offers
Bogota at
$350 round-trip on departures through December 17 or January 9-March 31. No advance purchase required. Travel any availabel day. No travel at this rate permitted December 18-January 5. Stay 3-30 days. Fuel surcharge $136 OW.
DOMESTIC DEALSAloha, Honolulu Travel to
Honolulu at
$614 round-trip or
$654 to
Hawaii or Kauai on travel completed by March 11. A 7-day advance purchase required. Not valid on Saturdays. Stay at least any three nights. No blackouts! Purchase by
November 19 . Valid on Delta with other airlines matching.
INTERNATIONAL DEALS GET A PASSPORT NOW!Canada |
Caribbean |
Mexico/Latin |
Europe |
Down Under |
Asia/Oceania |
Africa/India/Middle East Winter in BermudaNEW! GO NOW! Delta discounts
Kingston , Jamaica to
$222 round-trip on travel completed by January 30. No advance purchase required. Travel any available day. Stay at least any two nights. Quick - no blackouts! Purchase by
November 18 .
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GO NOW! Round-trip rates of
$279 to
Belize are offered on Delta on trips taken over the next 10 months. No advance purchase required. Travel any available day. Stay at least any three nights. Fuel surcharge: $300 RT. Purchase by
November 30 . Matched by American, Continental, Northwest.
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Round-trip rates of
$399 to
Turks & Caicos on Delta are valid starting from January 15 and through March 15. Travel any available day. Stay a weekend to a month. Purchase by
November 24 .
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Delta and American offer round-trip rates of
$468 to
St. Maarten on trips starting January 8 and completed by March 5. Stay 2-30 days. Purchase by
November 20 .
NEW ROUTE! AirTran to Cancun! AirTran will offer one daily non-stop flight from ATL to
Cancun starting
February 25 . One-way rates are
$149 and valid any available day of the week through May 12 (the last permitted travel day on AirTran's booking window). An inclusive round-trip ticket with all taxes, fees and surcharges is $395.17 (compare to Delta's $665.17). Book
online . Muchos Gracias AirTran!
Save to Latin or South AmericaGO NOW! Purchase these round-trip deals through
November 30 :
- $590 Caracas or Quito
- $668 Guayaquil
Complete travel by January 31. No advance purchase required. Travel any available day. Stay a Saturday night. No travel south December 14-24; January 1-10 north. Valid on American, Delta.
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GO NOW! Travel to Rio de Janeiro with Delta at $748 round-trip on travel completed by January 31. No advance purchase required. Travel any available day. Stay a Saturday night to a month. Blackouts: November 20-30; December 18-January 13. Purchase by November 24. Fuel surcharge: $250 RT.
GET A PASSPORT NOW!
EUROPE FACTOIDS: Unless otherwise noted, economy class airfares to Europe require a Saturday night minimum stay and returns within a month of departure. Also, discount rates shown here are based on mid-week trips. Add supplements of $20, $25 or $30 each way for Friday, Saturday or Sunday travel days (additionally on Thursdays with British Airways). Rates are exclusive of taxes, fees and fuel surcharges which can add from $180-$320 to the base rates shown below.
ONGOING! Business class specials to Europe
- from $3,200 year-round
This round-trip rate for a seat up-front in Business Class is valid to most destinations in Europe such as Amsterdam, Barcelona, Berlin, Brussels, Frankfurt, Hamburg, Madrid, Munich, Stuttgart and many other European cities. A 50-day advance purchase required in most cases. Delta requires just a 21-day advance to some destinations. Stay a minimum of seven days. Travel any available day. Most domestic and international airlines participate.
Spot sales to Europe
USAirways offers a $267 round-trip rate to London and $290 to Paris on departures through December 18 or December 25-April 2. A 7-day advance purchase required. Depart Sunday-Thursday; return Monday-Thursday. Purchase by November 15.
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Purchase these round-trip rates through November 19:
- $286 Budapest
- $392 Lisbon
- $466 Athens
A 7-day advance purchase required. Depart by December 17 or December 24-March 22. Add $30 per direction for Thursday-Sunday travel days. Stay a weekend to 10 months. No airport change required on travel to/from Budapest. A change of airports, from Gatwick to Heathrow, required to the other listed destinations. A free London stopover is permitted to or from a final destination. Valid on British Airways.
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Purchase these round-trip rates through November 19:
- $295 Bucharest
- $320 Istanbul
- $333 Warsaw, Gdansk
- $675 Dubai
A 7-day advance purchase required. Depart by December 11 or December 25-April 2. Purchase by November 19. Valid on Lufthansa/United. Taxes, fees additional; fuel surcharge: $320 RT.
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Purchase these round-trip rates through November 15:
- $298 Warsaw, Krakow, Gdansk
- $320 Lyon, Marseilles, Nice
- $323 Amsterdam
- $360 Zurich
- $389 Athens
- $391 Milan
- $440 Moscow, St. Petersburg
A 7-day advance purchase required. Depart by December 13 or January 12-April 2. Valid on United/Lufthansa.
Save with special consolidator rates
Travel now through Christmas for less than retail!
- $507 Paris
- $540 London, Glasgow
- $591 Manchester
- $651 Amsterdam
- $660 Rome, Venice
- $675 Madrid
- $675 Barcelona
- $683 Frankfurt, Munich
- $690 Brussels
- $695 Stockholm
- $701 Lisbon
- $740 Zurich
- $742 Athens
- $820 Milan
- $931 Dublin, Shannon
Valid on December 16-24 departures. A 7-day advance purchase required. Stay a Sat. night to six months. Add $30 for each weekend day of travel (Fri.-Sun.) and taxes of $110-$160 and fuel surcharges of $260. Valid on USAirways, but reservations must be booked online at Consolidator Web Fares.
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GO NOW through YEAR-END!
- $380 / $604 Madrid
- $400 / $654 Paris
- $405 / $646 Amsterdam
- $408 / $539 London
- $417 / $547 Brussels
- $419 / $810 Milan
- $426 / $547 Vienna
- $429 / $515 Prague
- $431 / $534 Budapest
- $449 / $646 Warsaw
- $451 / $807 Barcelona
- $453 / $699 Munich
- $453 / $780 Dusseldorf, Frankfurt, Hamburg
- $454 / $794 Rome
- $465 / $763 Geneva, Zurich
- $468 / $515 Nice
- $486 / $562 Sofia
- $495 / $711 Athens
- $496 / $709 Bucharest
- $500 / $710 Helsinki, Stockholm
- $514 / $673 Kiev
- $519 / $619 Istanbul
- $523 / $794 Venice
- $523 / $819 Bologna
- $532 / $763 Lisbon
- $534 / $852 St. Petersburg
- $549 / $794 Moscow
Add $30 per direction for Friday-Sunday travel days. The higher rates valid on December 12-24 departures; the lower prices are valid on departures through December 11 or December 25-April 2. Stay a Saturday night to three months. Taxes are additional ($80-$110 RT). Fuel surcharges are also additional (factor $330 RT). Stopovers are permitted at $150. Valid on United/Lufthansa, but reservations must be booked online at Consolidator Web Fares.
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Remember to read the EUROPE FACTOIDS at the top of this section for what's-included/what's-not on base rates shown on this page.
Downunder and island specials
GO NOW! Round-trip rates of $1,079.24 - inclusive of all taxes, fees and surcharges - is offered on United to Sydney on departures through November 27 or May 1-June 8. No advance purchase required. No minimum or max stay limit. No blackouts. Inclusive rates from LAX are $740.24. Purchase by November 21.
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Air Tahiti Nui offers a $1,190 round-trip rate to Papeete, Tahiti on any day departures from November 1-December 10 or from January 12-May 31. A 90-day advance purchase required. Stay a max of five days. Purchase by December 31.
Save to Asia
WOW! Round-trips to Shanghai are $488 on departures through December 11; December 26-January 15 or January 25-February 28. A 7-day advance purchase required. Add $30 per direction for Friday-Sunday travel days. Stay 6-30 days. Valid on United. American matches on departures through December 9 or December 29-February 29. Purchase by November 14.
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Continental offers a $645 round-trip rate to Hong Kong on departures through February 28. A 7-day advance purchase required. Add $30 per direction for weekend travel days. Purchase by November 20.
Save to Africa
NEW! Delta offers a round-trip rate of $695 to Dubai, United Arab Emirates on trips started on or before April 2. A 7-day advance purchase required. Add $20 per direction for Friday-Sunday travel days. Stay a weekend to a month. Blackouts: December 19-23. Purchase by November 19. Fuel surcharge: $320 RT.
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Round-trip rates of $878 to Johannesburg, S. Africa are valid on South African Airways and valid on departures through March 31. A 7-day advance purchase required. Travel any available day. Stay a weekend to 90 days. Blackouts: January 1-6 to SA; December 17-26 returns. Purchase by December 5 Delta matches.
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Round-trip rates of $902 to Cape Town, South Africa are offered on Delta on any available day on October 30-November 30 departures. Stay a Saturday night to 90 days. Purchase by December 2. Fuel surcharge: $310 RT.
Bombay at a bargain
Travel round-trip with Northwest/KLM to Mumbai at $752 on December 24-January 15 departures. A 7-day advance purchase required. Travel any available day. Stay a Saturday night to 90 days. Fuel surcharge: $340 RT. Purchase by December 2. Delta matches.
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- NEED TO KNOW & FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS
- REMEMBER! International fees, taxes and surcharges (examples: fuel surcharges are $105 each way transatlantic; $110 transpacific; $123 Israel; $140 Jordan or Dubai; $125 South America and $95-$140 India/Africa) can add up to $400 to base rates, depending on destination city/routing. Also, fuel surcharges to Mexico are $54 round-trip. Also, deals listed as no expiration of travel are based on trips taken over the next 331 days, or the advance booking window offered by most airlines. Certain low-fare airlines such as AirTran and Southwest have short booking windows.
Why are my ticket prices always higher than what Clark mentions?
Airline, airport and other government fees are NOT included in prices listed on this page or those Clark mentions on the air. Here is a rough guide of the 'extras':
- Domestic: 7.5 percent tax; $3.20 per flight federal segment fee; a maximum of $18 in airport charges; $2.50 per flight segment security fee
What's the best way to buy an airline ticket?
- Clark's listeners and Web visitors have had great success in finding his 'deals' at Travelocity. At the Home page enter your city pairs and then click at the 'Flexible dates' button - don't enter dates. If the domestic fare is still published, the next page will display the airline and the price you seek, inclusive of taxes, fees. Click at 'Select' to view calendars with available dates.
The Flexible date search for international rates can be found at zuji - a Travelocity site based outside of the U.S. To access the flex-seach tool, click on "Other" in the area that reads, "Please select your location from the list below to access the best deals from your local ZUJI website." Then, select the "Flights" tab and "Flexible date" option.
- Shop for the lowest worldwide rates here (you can log in as a guest or register for future use). For a wide range of available sale dates (rates shown are inclusive of all taxes, fees), click on the Month Search button at the top right. You cannot book directly from this site, but complete an online purchase directly at an airline Web site.
- Need a three-letter city code? Click here.
- Click here for a list of phone numbers and Web sites for all U.S. airlines; here for international carriers. And, search official Web sites of tourism offices around the world here.
- When you need advice, visit the Travel Forum.
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