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Tampa Bay/St. Petersburg From Baltimore/Washington DC (BWI) Alden Beach Resort & Suites —-	Flight + 4 Nights Save up to 50%!
Nashville From Boston Gaylord Opryland Resort and Convention Center - —-	Flight + 4 Nights 4th Night Free
Los Angeles From Boston Sheraton Universal Hotel —	Flight + 4 Nights Free Upgrade!
San Diego From Chicago (Midway) Hyatt Regency Mission Bay Spa and Marina –	Flight + 4 Nights 4th Night Free!
Las Vegas From Dallas (Love Field) Wynn Las Vegas —	Flight + 3 Nights Save 20%!
Phoenix/Scottsdale From Denver The Westin Kierland Resort & Spa —	Flight + 4 Nights Save $75!
Ft. Lauderdale From Houston (Hobby) The Westin Diplomat Rst & Spa, Hollywood, Florida - –	Flight + 4 Nights Save up to 50%!
Phoenix/Scottsdale From Houston (Hobby) The Westin Kierland Resort & Spa –	Flight + 4 Nights Save $75!
Las Vegas From Long Island/MacArthur Wynn Las Vegas –	Flight + 3 Nights Save 20%!
New York City (LaGuardia)       Flight + 3 Nights Great Rate  From Pittsburgh The Warwick New York ————- Pointswizard.com Spin: Click here for more info on Valentine’s Day deals from Southwest Airlines Vacations

Book a flight + hotel package for 2 or more nights to Park City for the Sundance Film Festival, and save $25 per night on your reservation when you use promotion code    SUNDANCE25

Stay 4 or more nights and save $100!

Book: 12/23/10 – 1/13/11 by 6:00 p.m. CT
Travel: 1/17/11 – 2/1/11

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Customized vacation packages include:

• Roundtrip flight via Southwest Airlines^® to Salt Lake City
• Hotel accommodations (including taxes)
• Rapid Rewards^® credit on flight portion
• 24-hour traveler assistance
• First and second checked bags fly FREE (weight and size limits apply).

->Use promo code:  BLKFRI2010  at time of booking to save! Promotion code savings will be applied at time of checkout within the booking process.

->Customized vacation packages include:

• Roundtrip flight via Southwest Airlines^®
• Hotel accommodations (including taxes)
• Rapid Rewards^® credit on flight portion
• 24-hour traveler assistance
• First and second checked bags fly FREE (weight and size limits apply). Even skis and snowboards fly FREE.

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Now, just in time for the Thanksgiving holiday — traditionally the busiest time of the year — the Transportation Security Administration has imposed tough new security measures.

And that may have been the last straw for many travelers.

Judy Dugan, the research director at Consumer Watchdog, an advocacy group, argues that the anger that has welled up against the new security procedures is an expression of fliers’ overall attitude toward air travel.

“Passengers are angry and frustrated about most of the flying experience — the whole ‘shut up and sit down’ experience of flying,” Ms. Dugan said. “But unless they’re professional travelers, they can’t pin the frustration on individual airlines. It’s easy, though, to focus on the T.S.A., which is a big and omnipresent part of every flight for everyone.”

And don’t expect any change for the better anytime soon. While many travelers may complain about their travel experience, the industry for the first time in years has found a way back to profitability by holding the line on the number of flights they offer.

United States airlines scheduled 526,000 flights in September, according to the Air Consumer Travel Report, down from more than 600,000 in September 2007. And each flight is now fuller. Load factors, which measure how many seats are filled by paying customers, have risen above 80 percent on average at most airlines and will probably be 90 percent or more over the holidays. Only a few years ago, airlines were achieving load factors of 70 percent.

Just between Chicago O’Hare International Airport and La Guardia Airport in New York, American Airlines and United Airlines scheduled 1,400 fewer flights in the first nine months of this year compared with the same period three years ago, a drop of 17 percent.

Fees are also piling up. Bag fees, for instance, brought in $1.7 billion in extra revenue in the first half of the year. In many cases, passengers are paying for services that were once free. Changing a ticket on US Airways, for instance, now costs $150 to $250; sending an unaccompanied minor on a Delta Air Lines flight, $100. Pet charge on Southwest, $75; an alcoholic drink on United, as much as $9.

Southwest, the largest domestic carrier, said it would strive to accommodate every passenger, especially Wednesday and Sunday, traditionally among the busiest days, adding extra flights if needed.

“We do everything we can do to make sure you can get to your destination,” said Greg Wells, the vice president for operations at Southwest Airlines.

Continental and United, which recently merged, have several measures in place to handle the influx of holiday travelers, according to Christen David, a spokeswoman for both airlines. The carriers have brought in additional customer service agents, gate agents and bag handlers. They are also asking managers and clerical personnel to work on the front lines on the day before Thanksgiving.

“It’s all hands on deck,” she said.

Upset with the security measures, Rachelle Desrochers, a health insurance analyst who works in Providence, R.I., said she rarely flew these days, preferring to drive or take the train instead. “I may never get to the West Coast again,” she said, half-jokingly.

Other travelers appeared more stoic about the current state of the airline business.

“We want cheap airline tickets but we don’t want to accept the fact that airlines are turning into Greyhound buses,” said Christopher F. Childres, a managing partner at Edgewater Capital Partners, aprivate equity firm. “But if we pay Greyhound bus prices, we should expect Greyhound bus service.”

He said that his worst experiences were generally not with the airlines but with other passengers, “whether it is a person walking through security with all the jewelry they own, or the person that doesn’t buy two seats but lifts the armrest and takes up half your seat.”

But, he added, “If you’re paying $200 to fly 800 miles in two hours, there has to be an economic reason it’s that cheap. You can’t have a customer experience for $200.” ” (via  nytimes.com) by JAD MOUAWAD

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Airports will have executives working as greeters, gifts in Los Angeles for restless kids in long lines, and people with big yellow clipboards in Boston acting as roving information booths.

While bad weather is usually the biggest threat to holiday travel, there’s a bigger concern this year: new Transportation Security Administration procedures, including full-body scans and aggressive pat-downs that have screeners feeling inside waistbands and touching all the way up legs and on breasts.

The fear is that Thanksgiving travelers—many of them students, families and older people who fly once or twice a year—will be unfamiliar with TSA procedures and slow to get through checkpoints. Full-body scanners require removal of wallets, belts, jewelry and everything inside pockets.

“With people getting partially molested at checkpoints, all that is going to be a real shock for them,” said Greg Wells, senior vice president of operations at Southwest Airlines. “TSA will create an issue for us. It’s going to slow things down.”

Southwest will have employees with walkie-talkies at checkpoints to hold airplane departures if passengers are stuck in long lines. ” (via  online.wsj.com) by Scott McCartney

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Customized vacation packages include:

• Roundtrip flight via Southwest Airlines^® to Salt Lake City
• Hotel accommodations (including taxes)
• Rapid Rewards^® credit on flight portion
• 24-hour traveler assistance
• First and second checked bags fly FREE. Even skis and snowboards fly FREE.

Book: 10/29/10 – 12/15/10 by 6:00 p.m. CT
Travel: 11/16/10 – 4/17/11

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Now until December 31, 2010, you will receive up to 5 times the credit and save up to 30% on all Avis rentals.

The longer you rent, the more credits you earn.

This offer is valid on all car groups at any participating Avis airport location in the United States.

Be sure to provide your Rapid Rewards account number at the time of reservation or check in to receive your credits.

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Pros: A bereavement, compassion, or emergency fare is a heavily discounted fare–typically 50% off the highest unrestricted fare. These fares offer travelers lots of flexibility from being fully refundable to allowing date and schedule changes at no additional cost–but the rules vary by airline. If you’re not sure when you want to arrive or return, this might be the best choice for you.

Cons: 50% off an unrestricted fare sounds pretty good–until you do the math. In today’s competitive travel marketplace, virtually no one buys full-price fares and even half off an unrestricted fare can be hundreds more than the lowest online fare. You’ll probably be able to find a much cheaper flight through a quick Internet search and don’t forget to check Flight + Hotel prices too. Vacation packages tend to be your best value at the last minute and everybody can’t stay at Aunt Judy’s house!

Policies by Airline: Here are the bereavement fare policies for some major North American airlines( please click link below). Please note US Airways, AirTran, Southwest Airlines, JetBlue, and Virgin America do not offer bereavement, compassion, or emergency fares. ” (via windowseatblog.com ) by Alison Presley

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Plus, add a Dollar rental car to your flight + hotel vacation package of 5 or more nights, and receive an economy rental car FREE.

• Roundtrip flight via Southwest Airlines^®, Hotel accommodations (including taxes).
• Rapid Rewards^® credit on flight portion,  24-hour traveler assistance.
• First and second checked bags fly FREE .

In addition to the All Destination sale they have a great ski sale focusing on Breckenridge and Keystone, Colorado.

Book: 9/10/10 – 9/30/10 by 6:00 p.m. Central Time,   Travel: 9/17/10 – 12/31/10
Blackout dates may apply on hotel offers., Seven-day advance purchase is required.

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