Um, Yes Please: “All-You-Can-Jet” Pass For $599!

Aug 12, 2009 2 Comments by Andrew Hickey

JetBlue just announced one hell of a deal for travelers that have a lot of spare time on their hands this fall. If you sign up for their “All-You-Can-Jet” pass and hand over $599 big ones, you will be entitled to fly…er I mean jet wherever the low-cost carrier goes between September 8 and October [...]

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Sales, Sales And More Sales: Airlines Looking To Lure In Fall Travelers

Jul 28, 2009 No Comments by Andrew Hickey

With the summer travel season almost over (sigh), it is time for the airlines to look towards fall travel. Now while fall has always been a soft season for the travel industry, it is going to be especially hard this year to convince people to spend money that many just do not have. Everyday we [...]

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Spend A Day In The Clouds With Virgin

Jun 05, 2009 No Comments by Andrew Hickey

The always innovative Virgin America is going to have a very interactive contest with both their WiFi enabled passengers and people 30,000 feet below on Wednesday June 24. In what is being called “The Day In The Cloud Challenge”, contestants will have to answer a series of challenging puzzles to score points. The full details [...]

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Travel Booking Websites Put An End To Airline Booking Fees

Jun 02, 2009 No Comments

It looks like with a combination of a poor economy and less people traveling, mixed with plain old competition has brought all four of the top travel booking websites to waive airline fees permanently. Yesterday Orbitz.com announced it was removing all airline ticket booking fees on domestic and international flights. Travelocity said the same thing [...]

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Holy Toledo! Jet America Promises $9 Fares

May 27, 2009 No Comments

A start-up airline, which is being run by the former founder of the defunct airline Skybus, will be making travel very affordable…if you are willing to fly into lesser known airports and cities. Toledo, Ohio based Jet America is advertising $9 non-stop, one-way tickets between six U.S. cities, starting July 13. Those six cities include: [...]

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Some Summer Sales Ending Soon

May 12, 2009 2 Comments

Here are a few items that have been floating around my desk. I felt the need to get them to you ASAP, so that you may enjoy the savings…and buy me something nice when you are on your next vacation: Delta Summer Sale: The airline is offering up some low fares in a system wide [...]

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April Is Kind To Airlines; Many See Fuller Planes

May 05, 2009 No Comments

Many airlines have released their April traffic results and it looks like people are indeed taking advantage of cheaper fares in 2009. The data that was provided indicates that the airline industry might finally be seeing an end to the lack of passengers flying the friendly skies. In April many airlines saw more seats filled [...]

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Website Helps Compare Road Trip & Air Travel Expenses

Apr 28, 2009 No Comments

It is 90 degrees outside today. The sky is blue and the air is fresh…well as fresh as New York City air can be I guess. Anyway, weather like this gives me a severe case of cabin fever and the urge to pack a bag, jump into my car and hit the pavement. Yes, the [...]

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Europe Fares Dropping=Refund For Customers

Apr 09, 2009 1 Comment

USA Today’s Dan Reed wrote  a very interesting article about the lack of interest right now in international travel due to a poor economy. In it he explains how many travelers that have purchased tickets for travel to Europe might be in store for a price adjustment. What does that mean for you the consumer? [...]

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No Fooling: Wi-Fi In The Sky Coming To Major Airlines In ’09

Apr 01, 2009 1 Comment

American Airlines announced on Tuesday that is was going ahead with plans to connect most of it’s domestic passengers with Wi-Fi capabilities.  AA joins the growing list of major airlines that are looking to provide passengers with the latest in high tech inflight services. Delta said last December in a press conference that it was [...]

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Could Offering Free Flights To Australia Help The Country’s Economy? Virgin Thinks So.

Mar 25, 2009 3 Comments

The world economy is suffering and because of that tourism is down…way down. Some countries are willing to go to extreme lengths to get their local economy booming again. How extreme you ask? Well take for example our friends down under Australia. The Aussie government is possibly going to work with Virgin Airlines to offer [...]

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