This evening at 8pm EDT, Northwest Airlines filed an airfare sale for thousands of smaller cities (with a few larger cities).

• Travel is starts September 6th through December 11th
• Savings range from $20 to $300 below the previous lowest airfare price for the market
• Cheapest Travel Days are Tuesday, Wednesday & Saturday (in certain markets other days are $20-40 higher)
• Travel is booked in “K” class which is Northwest Airlines most restrictive seat inventory (seats may be hard to find on certain days)
• Blackouts for the day before Thanksgiving and Saturday after
• Minimum 2 night stay
• Example in the picture is Cleveland to Cincinnati where the price is $120 lower than the closest competitor
• Airfares will be loaded on purchasing sites (including NWA.com) after midnight EDT.
• 95% of the cities with an airfare sale are not in the top 70 by traffic (smaller regional cities)

Thursday nights are the most common time for airlines to file both increases and sales. The other major airlines may or may not match since this is Northwest’s most restricted seat inventory.

Smaller cities rarely get a break, so if you are in a smaller regional please check your city pair as soon as possible tomorrow.

FareCompare.com airfare email alert subscribers were notified of this sale hours ago, 4 hours before the airfares even load for purchasing.

Being first in line on airfare sales is vital, due to the limited number seats they provide at these low prices.

Enjoy …