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Bestfares.com: Major Airlines Kick Off Big Discounted Summer Airfare Sale Through November 4, 2009. Air Tran Airways, Southwest Airlines And jetBlue Kick Off Major Summer Airfare Sales.
[February 25, 2009]

Bestfares.com: Major Airlines Kick Off Big Discounted Summer Airfare Sale Through November 4, 2009. Air Tran Airways, Southwest Airlines And jetBlue Kick Off Major Summer Airfare Sales.


(M2 PressWIRE Via Acquire Media NewsEdge) RDATE:24022009 Arlington, TX -- "Today, two of the America's largest low-cost airlines, Air Tran Airways and Southwest Airlines, have put the U.S.A.

on sale," - states Tom Parsons, CEO and founder of Bestfares.com, a discount travel website that monitors air travel.

Most airfare sales have a travel period between 2 months and up to 4 months in length. The last sale that Air Tran Airways or Southwest Airlines offered was only valid for travel through May 20, 2009. This is the first time this year that we have seen any airfare sale that includes the peak Summer travel season.



Parsons states that Air Tran Airways has given consumers some super-low airfares for travel through November 4, 2009.

There are three things that make this airfare sale different and unique.


(1) Air travelers can qualify for for the cheapest airfares five days a week. Travel on Friday or Sunday will be higher.

(2) The travel period for this airfares sale is almost nine months in length. I can not remember the last time that an airline has given us this many travel days for a single airfare sale.

(3) John Q. Traveler now has the opportunity to travel during the peak Summer travel period and qualify for the cheapest airfares.

Southwest Airlines also announced an airfare sale coast to coast ranging between $98 to $258 roundtrip through June 24, 2009. However, we have seen some competitors extend this airfare sale season through August 14, 2009 on select markets where they compete with Southwest Airlines.

As of Tuesday, February 24, 2009 at 1:00 p.m. Central Time, all major airlines including: American Airlines, Delta Airlines, US Airways, United Airlines, Continental Airlines, Northwest Airlines, Frontier Airlines, jetBlue and Midwest Airlines have all matched Air Tran Airways new airfare sale through November 4, 2009.

Parsons also suggest that those who have been sitting on the sidelines waiting for a low-cost airfare sale for travel during the peak Summer 2009 travel season should take a very good look at these two airfare sales that were initiated by Air Tran Airways and Southwest Airlines.

Check out Tom Parsons' top five, cheap travel getaways outside of the 48 states for the peak Summer June, July and August travel period.

(1.) Dublin, Ireland starting as low as $599 roundtrip including all taxes.

(2.) San Juan, Puerto Rico starting as low as $189 roundtrip including all taxes.

(3.) Honolulu, Hawaii starting as low as $339 roundtrip including all taxes.

(4.) Cancun, Mexico starting as low as $249 roundtrip including all taxes.

(5.) Sydney and Melbourne, Australia from $799 roundtrip including all taxes from Los Angeles and San Francisco.

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