Chicago Weekend Fun!

I have been inundated with emails from all the travel sites about airfare sales, cheap fares, sales on tickets and all kinds of special promotional deals on flying to and from Chicago in the past few weeks. It’s a bit much for someone like me who isn’t planning any travel before the end of the year, so I thought I would put them to use and share the deals with all of you. For example Travelocity sent this list of cheap one way tickets out of Chicago today:

Chicago to Fort Lauderdale $124+
Chicago to Fort Myers $93+
Chicago to Kansas City $83+
Chicago to Las Vegas $157+
Chicago to Miami $124+
Chicago to Newark $144+
Chicago to Orlando $103+
Chicago to Phoenix $154+
Chicago to San Juan $194+
Chicago to St. Thomas $207+

It’s not freezing cold yet, but if you can book these flights for the holidays now, you will save a lot of money over buying closer to Thanksgiving and Christmas. Flights go up in price a month before the flight and again 2 weeks before. Then the last week they take another steep jump usually to over $1,000.00. So it pays to book your airline tickets early. So then Farecast sent me this list complete with costs, airline booking dates and average costs saved.

Top Deals from Chicago:
 $138 Las Vegas (LAS) (12/04 – 12/11) 
  Save $104 off average low found today
 $219 San Francisco (SFO) (11/02 – 11/05) 
  $132 less than average low on record
 $493 Honolulu (HNL) (12/02 – 12/04) 
  Save $229 off average low found today
 
Last Minute Deals from Chicago:
 $156 Las Vegas (LAS) (10/09 – 10/17) 
  Save $86 off average last minute low found
 $172 Orlando (MCO) (10/10 – 10/17) 
  Save $43 off average last minute low found
 $249 Los Angeles (LAX) (10/09 – 10/17) 
  Save $37 off average last minute low found
Weekend Deals from Chicago:
 $219 San Francisco (SFO) (11/30 – 12/02) 
  $139 less than average weekend low on record
 $180 New York (LGA) (09/29 – 10/01) 
  Save $49 off average weekend low found
 $239 Los Angeles (LAX) (12/07 – 12/09) 
  Save $58 off average weekend low found
We are predicting that these flights will rise in price over the next 7 days. Book now to catch these unusually low prices.

How nifty is that? These sites are great for delivering great deals to your email inbox. You always hope that there is something available in the time you need it. And lastly Airfare Watchdog sent me a long email with all of these flights and prices listed too:

Airfares from Chicago O’Hare (ORD) 
US Domestic Airfares 
Albany, GA $219 RT * Travel thru Dec 11, 2007 (DL) 
Altoona, PA $161 RT * Travel thru Aug 20, 2008 (US) 
Buffalo, NY $98 RT * Travel thru Mar 7, 2008 (UA, US) 
Burbank, CA $199 RT * Travel thru Mar 7, 2008 (AA, UA, US) 
Charlotte, NC $109 RT * Travel thru Dec 11, 2007 (AA, FL, US) 
Colorado Springs, CO $149 RT * Travel thru Dec 19, 2007 (AA) 
Columbus, GA $198 RT * Travel thru Dec 11, 2007 (DL) 
Elmira, NY $199 RT * One-way for half RT fare (US) 
Flint, MI $119 RT * Travel thru Dec 19, 2007 (AA) 
Ft Lauderdale, FL $111 RT *  Nonstop flights (AA) 
Ft Myers, FL $98 RT * Nonstop flights (U5) 
Greensboro, NC $199 RT * Travel thru Dec 19, 2007 (US) 
Huntsville, AL $233 RT * Travel thru Aug 20, 2008 (NW) 
Indianapolis, IN $98 RT * Travel thru Mar 7, 2008 (UA) 
Johnstown, PA $161 RT * Travel thru Aug 20, 2008 (US) 
Las Vegas, NV $119 RT * Travel thru Mar 7, 2008 (AA, UA) 
Long Island, NY $119 RT * Travel thru Dec 18, 2007 (US) 
Macon, GA $198 RT * Travel thru Dec 11, 2007 (DL) 
Manchester, NH $119 RT * Travel thru Dec 19, 2007 (UA) 
Miami, FL $89 RT * Sat. night stay, Travel thru Dec 11, 2007 (CO) 
Miami, FL $111 RT * Nonstop Travel thru Feb 12, 2008 (AA) 
Minneapolis, MN $78 RT * Travel thru Dec 11, 2007 (AA, FL, NW, UA) 
New Haven, CT $119 RT * 1 night min. stay, Travel thru Nov 14, 2007 (US) 
New Orleans, LA $159 RT * Travel thru Mar 7, 2008 (UA) 
Oakland, CA $199 RT * Travel thru Dec 14, 2007 (TZ, UA, US) 
Phoenix, AZ $151 RT * Travel thru Mar 7, 2008 (AA, UA, US) 
Portland, ME $183 RT * Travel thru Aug 20, 2008 (NW) 
Rochester, MN $139 RT * Nonstop flights, Travel thru Dec 11, 2007 (AA) 
Sacramento, CA $199 RT * Nonstop flights, One-way for half RT fare, Travel thru Dec 18, 2007 (US) 
Salisbury, MD $159 RT * Travel thru Mar 7, 2008 (US) 
San Jose, CA $199 RT * Nonstop flights, Travel thru Dec 14, 2007 (US) 
San Juan, PR $189 RT * Nonstop flights, Travel thru Dec 13, 2007 (AA, UA) 
Sarasota, FL $138 RT * Nonstop flights, One-way for half RT fare (U5) 
Seattle, WA $230 RT * Nonstop flights, Travel thru Aug 20, 2008 (F9, US) 
Texarkana, AR $210 RT * 1 night min. stay, Travel thru Aug 20, 2008 (CO, AA) 
West Palm Beach, FL $111 RT * Nonstop flights, Travel thru Feb 12, 2008 (AA) 
Wilmington, NC $179 RT * Travel thru Nov 14, 2007 (US)

With all these sales going on I hope more people can travel to visit family and friends during the holidays and take advantage of the cheaper prices while they last. Happy Traveling!