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Created:Wednesday, September 21, 2016
Members: Thursday, September 22, 2016 at 00:00 eastern (1159 days ago)
Public: Thursday, September 22, 2016 at 00:00 eastern
Expiration:unknown
This is an informational posting or a note regarding an existing deal
Heat level:N/A
Countries:available in USA
Details:October Airfare Sale:
With no major holidays and kids/students a few weeks into the school year, October is the least traveled month of the year. Therefore, October is usually the cheapest month to travel. Airlines often have a lot of seats available at low prices from now through November 6.

Right now, every airline should offer cheap flights when booked at least 2 weeks prior to travel, except for travel on October 8-10 (Columbus Day weekend). No need to book months in advance to get low fares in October. Most airlines do not announce sales or promotions, so you would need to look for the deals yourself.

Sites to check:
  • Google Flights. Searches most major airlines' prices on a calendar, but not Southwest.
  • Southwest fares by month. Enter your From and To cities, and choose "October" to see the cheapest days to travel.
For example, October airfare between the east and west coasts can be found for $275 to $300 round-trip. Between Texas and either Florida, the northeast, or California are $150 to $200 round-trip. Travel between cities within the northeast and Chicago for $75 to $150 round-trip. Airfare between cities on the west coast are $80 to $115 round-trip.

Beware that most airlines in the US charge for baggage, and some charge for carry-on luggage. These (hidden) baggage fees can raise the cost of travel by about $20 to $100 per person each-way. Southwest does not have baggage fees. Major airlines like American, Delta, Jet Blue, and United offer credit cards with the perk of free checked baggage on their airline, but those are only good deals if you fly those airlines a lot.

We recommend avoiding Frontier and Spirit because of their poor on-time records and hefty luggage AND carry-on fees. Even if they did have great customer service, we despise the price gauging through hidden fees. American Airlines has also treated us with horrible customer service, and we would rather pay more on other airlines than big risk travel woes.

Hotels rarely publish great rates in October to avoid tarnishing their brand, but could secretly give heavy discounts through Hotwire. Priceline too, but we had little success with them. There is a Hotels.com gift card deal giving $10 off of hotels, but can take a week to arrive.
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