Finally, real budget airfare: $39 domestic trips and $99 international flights coming to NYC

Allegiant: finally an affordable way to get to Cincinnati. Via Facebook. Budget flights from New York City have long been the freakish white whale/golden unicorn hybrid of travel that we never thought we’d see. While those Europeans get to hop from country on airlines like Ryanair (essentially the Megabus of airplanes), we’re stuck thinking a $400 roundtrip to Chicago is a steal. Now, finally, we might be getting ridiculously cheap airfare: The NY Post reports two new airlines will start running out of Newark offering flights to a few cities in the country for as low as $39, one-way trips to Iceland for $99 and flights to Paris, London, Berlin and Frankfurt for $149. Which is good because we should all probably travel to London right now; things seem perfectly fine there and not chaotic at all. Starting in November, Allegiant air will be offering $39 one-way flights from Newark for to Cincinnati and Knoxville, and… Read More

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