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More Travel Deals for Black Friday/Cyber Monday

Pretty much every hotel and hotel brand is offering a Black Friday/Cyber Monday deal and we, of course, can’t list them all. Airlines, cruise lines, Amtrak (we bet…), luggage companies, and travel doo-dad purveyors are in on the fun as well.

We listed some Black Friday/Cyber Monday travel deals that caught our eye in a previous post. Here are few more.

Virgin Voyages is floating a deal offering 30% off all voyages until the end of 2024 AND credit towards a Bar Tab of $600 for sailings 7+ nights; $300 for sailings 4-6 nights, or $125 for sailings 3 nights or less. Book now through November 30 for sailing through December, 2024. More details here.

You might win a free flight by using the waiting lot a RNO Airport

Curbside traffic at airports is awful this time of year.

Reno-Tahoe International Airport (RNO) has come with a fun way to get motorists waiting for friends and family to use the free waiting lot to help ease the congestions.

From now through December 31, motorists who use the RNP’s Free Waiting Lot can enter a sweepstateks to win free airfare.

Here are their instructions to enter:

  • Go to the Free Waiting Lot before your party is ready to be picked up along the front curb
  • Scan the CR code on the signs inside the Free Waiting Lot
  • Fill out the entry form

MORE AIRLINE DEALS

American Airlines has a Black Friday Flight Deals page with a list of flights to various places, on specific days for less than $100. Air Canada has a Black Friday sale on through November 26, 2023 for travel between November 27, 2023, and June 30, 2024.

Scandinavian Airlines is offering its SAS Black Friday Deals now through November 28, 2023. For select flights from January 15, 2024 through April 30, 2024, they’re offering round-trip flight to select European destinations from major U.S. starting at $375.

And Icelandair is also promoting a set of sale fares to Europe and Iceland available now through November 28.

Let us know if you spot a great deal too.

Shop for Black Friday/Cyber Monday Travel Deals

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It’s that time of year again.

Thanksgiving, with all the food and travel that’s associated with it. And Black Friday/Cyber Monday/Buy Stuff ads galore.

Here at Stuck at The Airport, the shopping team is a bit overwhelmed with all the travel deals and alleged travel deals in our inbox. But we’ve pulled out some offers that look enticing and a few we’re going to try to nab ourselves.

Here are a few to get you started. And here’s to a safe Thanksgiving travel week. Let us know what you spot in the airports along your journey.

DEAL TO CHECK OUT

HOTELS

Red Roof is once again offering a week-long Black Friday flash sale, starting on Monday, November 20. 

Travelers who make a reservation at any Red Roof Inn®, Red Roof PLUS+, HomeTowne Studios by Red Roof, or The Red Collection property from November 20 through November 28, 2023, and stay between November 20, 2023, through February 29, 2024, will save 20% off their stay. Sale details on www.redroof.com now.

Aqua-Aston Hospitality, which manages 25+ hotels and resorts across the Hawaiian Islands is offering 20% off at Aqua-Aston Hospitality’s properties on Oahu, Kauai, Maui and Hawaii Island. Sale dates: November 21 — 28, 2023. Stay dates: November 21, 2023 — December 20, 2024. Book online at aquaaston.com during the booking window, use code CYBERSALE

For Black Friday and Cyber Monday, Rosewood Hotels & Resorts will be offering a 30% off best available rate promotion valid for bookings made from Friday, November 24 at 12:01 a.m. EST through Tuesday, November 28th at 11:59 p.m. EST for stays through June 30th, 2024. The promo code will be: CYBER23. 

Heading to Portland, Oregon?  One our favorite hotels, The Nines, is celebrating its 15th anniversary with a $299 deal. Each Sunday from now through January 2024, the Nines will offer $299 bookings: $99 for the room and $200 Food and Beverage credit to be used at the hotel’s, on-site restaurants, Urban Farmer and Departure. (They’ll also add a $30  ‘destination fee,’ but it’s still a great deal). Book here.

Most of the YOTEL properties around the world are participating in a Black Friday sales that offers 40% off stays booked by December 3 for stays through September 2024. Book here.  YOTELS not participating: YOTEL San Francisco, YOTELIAR London Gatwick, YOTELAIR Istanbul Airport (airside), YOTELAIR Paris Charles de Gaulle, and YOTEL AIR Amsterdam Schiphol. Blackout dates apply.

CARS, CARS, CARS

As we head into one of the busiest travel seasons, Hertz, Thrifty and Dollar are promising discounts on all vehicles for Black Friday and Cyber Monday (Details: Hertz (30%), Dollar (20%), Thrifty (15%).

AIRLINES

Air Tahiti Nui is celebrating its 25th anniversary this month and offering its first-ever Tiare Pass. 250 passes that cost $1525 each will be available during a 25-hour flash, November 25 from 9 a.m. PST to November 26 at 10 a.m. PST.

The $1,525 price includes a round-trip from the US to each destination the airline serves and is valid for travel between December 1, 2023, and December 1, 2024 (included: one checked bag, onboard meal, and all taxes and fees.) The airline has flights that depart from Los Angeles (LAX) and Seattle (SEA) and flies Paris, Tahiti, Tokyo, and New Zealand.

NOTE: The Air Tahiti Nui sale is only bookable by calling the airline’s reservation team directly during the sale period. Find that phone # here.

LUGGAGE

ROAM is offering $100 off its fun, customizable hard-side luggage from now through November 27. Build your discounted ROAM luggage deal here.

We’ll keep sifting the emails for more travel deals for Black Friday/Cyber Monday.

Alaska Airlines Valentine’s Day BOGO sale

Just for Valentine’s Day, Alaska Airlines is offering a ‘Fly One, Get One’ deal. 

Here are the details: This is a one day fare sale on February 14, 2019.

Buy one ticket, get a second one for just the taxes and fees for trips between the city pairs below. Travel dates: February 14 to March 14, 2019 – with no blackout dates.

Use this code: COAST2COAST – as many times as you’d like

Markets included – origin doesn’t matter:

JFK – SJC

JFK – SFO

JFK – LAX

EWR – SJC

EWR – SFO

EWR – LAX

EWR – SAN

LAX – PHL

BOS – SFO

BOS – LAX

BOS – SAN

BWI – SFO

BWI – LAX

BWI – SAN

BNA – SFO

RDU – SFO

PHL – SFO

MSY – SFO

Travel Tidbits: Long security lines + airfare deals

Long(er) checkpoint lines – and checkpoint closures

Due to staffing issues associated with the partial shutdown of the federal government, passengers are finding longer lines tha usual at many airport security checkpoints.

On Monday, Harstfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport had checkpoint wait times exceeding an hour. And George Bush International Airport (IAH) said its security checkpoint and ticketing counter in Terminal B would remain closed through Tuesday, Jan. 15, 2019.

Fiji Airways airfare deal

Fiji Airways has a two-for-one airfare deal right now. “The Great Companion Getaway” is available to purchase January 12 to 19 for travel from January 21 through March 31, 2019 and includes flights to Fiji from Honolulu, San Francisco and Los Angeles. Buy one all-inclusive ticket and pay just for the taxes on a companion ticket. Details here.

$49 flights to Europe on WOW Air – with lots of caveats

WOW Air, the budget Icelandic airline that expanded quickly but is now cutting many routes, has announced $49 sale fares to some European cities from the U.S., all with stops (or free stopvers) in Iceland’s KEF airport.

Fares are on sale now through January 18 (or until seats sell out) for a limited number of dates and flights between January 21 and March 11, 2019.

Keep in mind that WOW Air charges for just about everything – including carry-on bags that go in the overhead bin, reserved seats and in-flight meals, so that $49 fare may be significantly higher once you add in the “extras.”

Stellar credit card offer from Southwest

There are lots of airline credit card offers out there (and blogs devoted to getting you to apply for them) but Southwest Airlines currently has a generous promotion that some say takes things to a new level.

The deal, available through February 11, promises 30,000 Southwest rewards points – plus a compantion pass for the rest of the year – to those who sign up for the airline’s credit card and charge $4,000 to the card in first three months.

Cyber Monday airline deals to check out

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Holiday shopping season is in full swing and there are some airlines participating with Cyber Monday offers and Black Friday deals that last beyond Friday.

Alaska Airlines has a Cyber Monday sale scheduled that begins at 5 p.m. Pacific Time on Sunday, Nov. 27 at alaskaair.com.

Emirates Black Friday/Cyber Monday sale feature two-for-one round-trip airfares for travel out of its 11 U.S. gateways: Chicago (ORD), Boston (BOS), San Francisco (SFO), Los Angeles (LAX), Seattle (SEA), Dallas/Fort Worth (DFW), Houston (IAH), Washington (IAD), Orlando (MCO), New York (JFK) and  Fort Lauderdale (FLL).

British Airways’ Black Friday fare savings offer continues through Cyber Monday.

More later…