“Over the river and through the woods, to Grandmother’s house we go …”

Well that sounds good in concept, but if Grandma lives 2,000 miles away, chances are some of you weren’t planning on going there this holiday season – and maybe other weren’t planning on bringing the kid home from college for the all-too-brief Thanksgiving break.

Well, I say: Families Unite! And some of you will be able to, thanks to great holiday airfare sales.

But hurry – as noted elsewhere on this blog, in some cases you only have a small window of opportunity – for the big Southwest sale, for example, you only have til the end of this Thursday to book your tickets.

Want to know more about the reasons behind all these last minute airfare sales? Well, for one thing, the airlines weren’t sure they’d be able to fill their planes. Check out the entire column here for more details.