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International Weekend Getaway Fares

Travel Dates & Times for Weekend Getaway Fares

Depart anytime between Tuesday, May 13, 2008, and Friday, May 16, 2008.
Return anytime between Monday, May 19, 2008, and Wednesday, May 21, 2008.
Tickets must be purchased by this Sunday, May 11, 2008, 11:59 p.m. (CT).
Fares displayed are for round-trip coach class travel.

From/To/One Way Fare

Aruba, Aruba (AUA) – New York Kennedy, NY (JFK) $319
Dallas / Ft. Worth, TX (DFW) – Tampico, Mexico (TAM) $274
Dominica, Dominica (DOM) – San Juan, PR (SJU) $184
Ft. Lauderdale, FL (FLL) – San Jose, Costa Rica (SJO) $138
George Town, Bahamas (GGT) – Miami, FL (MIA) $219
Marsh Harbour, Bahamas (MHH) – Miami, FL (MIA) $219
Mexico City, Mexico (MEX) – Miami, FL (MIA) $399
Miami, FL (MIA) – Aruba, Aruba (AUA) $259
Miami, FL (MIA) – Barbados, Barbados (BGI) $359
Miami, FL (MIA) – George Town, Bahamas (GGT) $219
Miami, FL (MIA) – Guatemala City, Guatemala (GUA) $138
Miami, FL (MIA) – Lima, Peru (LIM) $298
Miami, FL (MIA) – Managua, Nicaragua (MGA) $198
Miami, FL (MIA) – Marsh Harbour, Bahamas (MHH) $219
Miami, FL (MIA) – Mexico City, Mexico (MEX) $309
Miami, FL (MIA) – Panama City, Panama (PTY) $198
Miami, FL (MIA) – San Jose, Costa Rica (SJO) $198
Miami, FL (MIA) – San Juan, PR (SJU) $178
Miami, FL (MIA) – San Pedro Sula, Honduras (SAP) $198
Monterrey, Mexico (MTY) – Dallas / Ft. Worth, TX (DFW) $391
New York Kennedy, NY (JFK) – St. Maarten, Netherlands AN (SXM) $309
San Juan, PR (SJU) – Fort de France, Martinique (FDF) $204
San Juan, PR (SJU) – Miami, FL (MIA) $178
San Juan, PR (SJU) – Port of Spain, Trinidad (POS) $254
San Juan, PR (SJU) – St. Kitts, Nevis (SKB) $191
St. Maarten, Netherlands AN (SXM) – Miami, FL (MIA) $289
Tampico, Mexico (TAM) – Dallas / Ft. Worth, TX (DFW) $274
Tortola, British Virgin Islands (EIS) – San Juan, PR (SJU) $164

*Taxes, fees and conditions apply.

Additional Fees and
Restrictions May Apply

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A TAX on private jets favoured by tycoons and film stars is to be introduced by Alistair Darling, the chancellor, in a move condemned by critics as another stealth tax.

It could impose a levy of more than £1,000 for each long-haul trip, such as a flight across the Atlantic.

At the moment owners of private planes – such as Lord Ashcroft, the Tory peer, or Sir Philip Green, the Topshop boss – pay fuel tax but avoid the tax levied on passengers on scheduled flights.

The government plans to switch the tax from passengers to planes by November next year to raise £2.5 billion annually and hit airlines that regularly fly empty planes in and out of the UK to retain landing slots.

It plans to target private planes at the same time as it makes the switch. The new “Learjet tax” was hidden in a consultation document on aviation duty issued by the Treasury earlier this year.

Even transport policy experts said it had been “hidden amongst the detail”.

Simon Cowell, the pop impresario who owns a Learjet, will have to pay the tax every time he crosses the Atlantic to appear in Britain’s Got Talent or American Idol.

The new tax will depend on flight length and the plane’s emitted pollutants.

News of the tax emerged days after it was revealed 5m motorists face a “hidden” rise in their road tax because their cars, some seven years old, are considered “gas guzzlers”.

The TaxPayers’ Alliance accused the government of providing further disincentives for businessmen to come to Britain.

Hundreds of Olympic Airlines passengers were stranded at Athens International Airport yesterday as 12 domestic flights were canceled with a further 20 due to be canceled by late last night. OA’s management blamed the union representing the pilots of planes used for domestic flights – small twin-propeller aircraft – for the disruption. According to OA, the pilots were not on strike but many claimed to be sick and an unusually large number of technical problems with the planes were reported. The protesters reportedly object to the stance of another union – representing pilots of modern jet aircraft – in negotiations for a collective work contract.

ATHENS, Greece: Public transport services and flights by domestic carrier Olympic Airlines are likely to be disrupted Thursday as part of union protests timed coincide with the May 1 Labor Day public holiday.

Transport organizations said Wednesday that public bus services in Athens — including buses to Athens International Airport — would be halted Thursday, while the capital’s metro system would only work between 9:00 a.m. and 7:00 p.m. (0600 and 1600GMT).

About half of Olympic Airlines’ flights, both international and domestic, will be canceled. Ferry services to Greek islands will probably be disrupted, as well.

Strikers will join rallies in Athens, starting at midday Thursday.

Labor unions are at odds with Greece’s conservative government over planned pension reforms which they argue will reduce benefits for most pensioners.

The government says its must merge pension funds and cut early retirement benefits to safeguard the system from collapse in future decades because of the demands of Greece’s aging population.

Spring:
Berlin from
$219*

Madrid from
$293*

Paris from
$248*

Late spring:
Barcelona from
$404*

Frankfurt from
$379*

Porto from
$404*

Spring: Book by May 2 and depart bet. May 7 – May 15, 2008
Late spring: Book by May 15 and depart bet. May 16 – Jun. 4, 2008

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June Departures:

Depart from Boston to:
+ Reykjavik from $566*
+ Frankfurt from $668*
+ Paris from $668*
+ Copenhagen from $751*

Depart from New York-JFK to:
+ Reykjavik from $566*
+ Frankfurt from $668*

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Paris
one-way based on round-trip
Philadelphia – Paris $270*
Los Angeles – Paris $384*
Seattle – Paris $384*
Houston – Paris $394*
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Other Destinations
one-way based on round-trip
Philadelphia – Madrid $263*
Boston – Budapest $298*
Boston – Istanbul $353*
Philadelphia – Athens $360*
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