72 hour Flash Sale On Virgin America Flights

HURRY! For the next 72 hours, Virgin
America is cutting nonstop fares from Los Angeles.

Last-minute travel generally means higher fares, but this
new sale includes May dates at some of the lowest fares
they've been all year. Late summer and early fall dates are
also on sale.

Sample each-way fares with tax (based on roundtrip purchase) for travel May 1-30 include:

- San Francisco ... $69
- Chicago ... $139
- New York City ... $139
- Washington, D.C. ... $149
- Orlando ... $179

Sample each-way fares with tax (based on roundtrip purchase) for travel Aug. 22 - Oct. 17 include:

- San Francisco ... $89
- Orlando ... $189
- Boston ... $199
- New York City ... $199

The lowest prices are available for most Tuesday, Wednesday and Saturday departures. On some spring dates we found Chicago fares for slightly less.

To book, click the link below. A 10-day advance purchase is
required. Book by 11:59 p.m. CT Thursday, April 19.http://www.travelzoo.com/newsflash/90011438-1221918/

About Virgin America: Virgin America's upscale in-flight
experience -- complete with Wi-Fi, food on demand, live TV
and pay-per-view movies -- has earned it the title of Best
Domestic Airline from Conde Nast Traveler and Travel +
Leisure magazines.

Ta ta for now...save money!

Hotwire for Affordable Airfare

I am the first to admit that I am a skeptic! But when I was faced with a family emergency, and needed to fly across country within 3 departure days, I knew I should be brave and take a chance. I checked into the airlines bereavement rate and there was definitely not enough of a savings there. I took a chance on Hotwire.com.

I had visited the site previously and knew that you could pick a departure date and a return date, but you do not receive any of the flight details until after you enter your payment information and hit "send"! That's a pretty scary thought, but I am not a terribly picky traveller and I was travelling by myself. I resigned myself to the fact that I would probably have some pretty unpleasant departure and arrival times, and that I would probably be sitting in the middle. My main goal was to get there and back!

The website does give you some peace of mind in that you will never have any longer than a 3 hour layover, or more than several connections. I booked through Upromise and earned an extra 2% from their website, and used my Upromise credit card to pay and accumulate another 2% savings.

I was very pleased with my purchase! I flew a major airline, Delta, my flight departure and arrival times were very pleasant, and I did indeed have to sit in the middle! My layovers were no longer than 1 hour, and by trying to use reasoning when choosing my seats, I did end up being able to move over to an aisle seat on one of my flights.

I am still trying to see if I will get credit for these flights on my Skymiles account. That would be amazing!

Next adventure? I need to try Priceline.com to actually bid on the price of a flight to see what that experience will be like!

Ta ta for now...save money!