One hallmark of the annual issuance of Alaska Permanent Fund dividends is the offer of cheap travel from providers looking to cash in on the influx of cash into nearly every Alaskan's pocket. Whether it's a break from the cold in Hawaii or getting a discount on tickets to the Lower 48, there are deals waiting for buyers who purchase during October and early November.

International Travel Consultants is using Northwest Airlines for a PFD offer called the Aloha Express.

The Aloha Express offers several choice of flights to and from the islands, from Dec. 20 through April 28 with service to Honolulu and Maui, and to Kona from Feb. 18 through April 8.

Prices from Anchorage are $1,148 for two tickets on the Aloha Express, and $1,448 from Fairbanks. To upgrade to first class in a Boeing 757, the price remains the same, but only buys you one ticket.

Cheap air tickets for holiday

Travelers from Shanghai to Beijing, Chongqing and Xia'men can still get 50 percent discounts on air tickets for the upcoming weeklong National Day holiday, thanks to a price war triggered by some domestic airlines, Shanghai Morning Post reported today.
Travelers usually have to pay the full price of air tickets on September 30 and October 1 every year. "Competition is very fierce, so cheap air tickets are still available, with airfares to Beijing cut by 50 percent on September 30 and October 1, and those to Chongqing are half price on October 2," said a spokesman with a local airline ticket outlet.
Continuously-surging fuel prices have caused domestic airliners a loss during the first half of this year, with China Southern Airlines reporting a deficit of 800 million yuan (US$100 million) from January to June, and China Eastern Airlines in the red by 1.4 billion yuan.
Domestic air-carriers have to join in the price war to attract more travel agencies, tourists and capture more of the market share, said an industry analyst.

Seasons Best Airline Package Deals

Minneapolis,Minn. (PRWEB) September 26, 2006 -- http://Airlines.Ws compilation of some this Autumns Air Travel deals shows that this vacation or business travel season need not be expensive or boring.
Inexpensive tickets to not only the usual Las Vegas or Orlando destinations are available but also great ticket prices can be found to all over Europe including London, Rome and Paris.

Scandinavia: Continental Airlines is offering cheap deals from New York/Newark to Stockholm, Copenhagen or Oslo from as low as $249 each way based on round-trip. Purchase by December 2nd with all travel to be completed by December 14, 2006.

USA: United Airlines has great fares within the USA. Try Denver to Las Vegas from only $59, San Diego to Phoenix from $49 or Chicago to Orlando from $109, each way based on round-trip travel.

How low can they go?

Stay at a five-star hotel for only RM1 a night? Save RM11,000 on a business class flight? An excited KEE HUA CHEE trawls the Net for super-bargains.

EACH time I read the advertisements of a certain home-grown airline that offers rock-bottom air tickets, I key in only to discover that they have all been sold out! So I always end up being asked to pay a much higher fare than hoped for.

My lamentations reached my Net-savvy friends in faraway London who fed me uplifting tales of ridiculously cheap fares and hotel rates due to human error. They say that FlyerTalk.com, Travelocity, Airfarewatchdog.com and FareAlert.net. are the sites to visit for the best bargains on the Net.

A business class fare of US$33 (RM120) was once quoted on FlyerTalk.com for an Alitalia flight from Toronto to Larnaca, Cyprus.