This evening in the 8pm EDT Domestic U.S./Canada airfare feed, Delta Air Lines filed an airfare sale for departures between August 14, 2007 and October 16, 2007.
The newly filed airfares require a 21 day advance purchase before departure, are good any day of the week. Tickets must be purchased by August 9th.
The average decrease in price is $73 below the current lowest published Delta airfares in over 6,000 city pairs. The seat inventory for these airfares is in the Delta deep discount T class where seats are usually limited.
Traditionally most airlines file airfare sales for the softer travel time period between late August and mid November. With the highest demand in history this past summer, it was not clear cut that these traditional airfare sales would occur this year.
This airfare sale signifies what should be the first of several airlines matching for fall travel departures after children are back in school and before demand increases for Thanksgiving and the end of year holiday season travel.
Example city pairs with these now low airfares include:
Phoenix to Toronto: $290+tax
Nashville to Raleigh-Durham $118+tax
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Aloha Rick
I and my husband frequently fly to ORD and HPN, from KOA, several times a year. Is it possible to get a multi-city fare?
Our next trip will be in mid November to the end of the month. We’ll stop in Chicago for a week and then go on to HPN. Please advise. Mahalo,
Jan
Comment by Jan Rae — August 9, 2007 @ 7:36 pm
Comment by Rick Seaney — August 9, 2007 @ 8:54 pm