Friday, April 17, 2009

Domestic, Europe flights on sale

There are some great air travel bargains out there both domestically and to Europe, but you need to know where to look.

From Milwaukee to Maui to Munich—the airlines are trying to fill seats from now until the holidays—meaning there’s bargains out there to be had right now.

This week Delta/Northwest launched a sale fares to Hawaii starting at $395—a deal good through May 14.

Airlines are also offering flights to Europe right now. All the carriers have one deal or another going, offering seats at about 25 percent off what you will see other times during the year.

Close to home, AirTran launched a sale from the Twin Cities to all of its destinations. Fares run from $89 to $129 one way.

And once again Southwest is showing it's force by forcing the other guys to offer cheap flights to Chicago. Leave on April 24 or 25 come back the following Monday or Tuesday and you can do the whole trip for $96 through Southwest, Delta/Northwest, and American.