One special is about travel within the US. The others are about going to the Caribbean and Latin America.

Intro airfares for US to Honduras on Delta Airlines. Delta will launch daily flights between Atlanta and the Honduras capital city of Tegucigalpa, starting December 18, 2008. From Delta - "Delta is offering customers a special one-way introductory fare of $329** for travel between Jan. 5 and March 31, 2009. Round-trip ticket purchase required. Tickets must be purchased by Aug. 4, 2008."

Booking Buddy found airfares within the US starting at $29 one way. Tuesdays and Wednesdays were used for finding fares. Sample one way airfares include - $29 Houston to Austin.

If you are able to travel from the New York City area, then specials on JetBlue getaways may work for you. Travel dates are early September to early October. Specials with hotel include - $329 per person to Cancun: 4 nights at the 4.5-star Hilton Cancun Golf and Spa Resort.

Don't forget to check the Air Travel Forum - lots of airfare specials/airline promotions are listed, as are plenty of opinions!

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With the collapse this past spring of both Aloha Airlines which served Hawaii for 61 years before its fuel-driven demise, and ATA which flew as a low cost airline, with several flights to Hawaii, it has become increasingly expensive to fly to this state of islands.

We've seen baggage fees go up and be introduced where they never existed before, and now, low-cost airline Go! Airlines which serves Hawaii is no different. Now in effect, go! is charging $17 for a second piece of checked luggage, and will be assessing a $10 fee for the first piece of checked luggage beginning on August 10.

What You Can / Can't Pack - includes a list of fees for checked luggage with major airlines around the world.