Travel Comfort Pack for 99 Cents

Purchase a luxury travel comfort pack for just 99 cents (free shipping!) at meritline.com. Inside the pack is a pillow, eye shades and ear plugs. Great for those red-eye or overseas trips. The pillow alone can run $10-$15 at the airport, and the quality seems to be decent for the price. Use coupon MLCK401008080963NL1 after searching for the item "luxury travel" and placing the item in your shopping cart.

Hats off to morecowbell @ Fatwallet for this deal. Note - the coupon code works on the first 1,000 orders only.

10% Off Code for American Airlines Flights

Get 10% off American Airlines domestic flights by clicking here and voting for your favorite college sports moment. Provide your email address, and they will send you a unique discount code to be used at aa.com in the promo code box. Valid for up to (4) passengers on an itinerary, and for ticketing and travel through July 19, 2010.

Pretty simple and legit offer here. Hats off to fatwallet.com for this deal.

Purchase a $100 Best Western Gift Card, Get a $10 Gift Card & More

For a limited time, purchase a $100 Best Western gift card and you will receive a $10 gift card bonus from a choice of merchants, including AMC, Starbucks and Macys. Plus, if you purchase the gift card through FatWallet you may earn 3% cash back (I don't see where gift card purchases are excluded in the t&c's-but you should take a peak yourself). And, use a high yielding rewards credit card to make the purchase, and earn between a 1-5% rebate.

5 Creative Ideas to Saving on Car Rentals

By Mike Grasso

www.inFLIGHTout.com

Sure we've heard the advice to use websites sites as Kayak which search multiple sites at once, enabling you to easily compare car rental prices. Great recommendation, but if you are a bargain shopper (and who doesn't love a great bargain?), it's only a start. Here are five creative tips to ensure you drive off the lot paying some of the lowest car rental rates available:

• Once you locate the appropriate fare and car rental agency, do a web search for discounts that can be applied to your reservation. Literally hundreds of discount codes are available for use, it’s just a matter of finding the right codes. My favorite site for finding these discounts is fatwallet.com. Be mindful of the terms and conditions with discount codes. For example, if you are using a discount code which nets 25% off to Stanford Alumni, you should be prepared to show your credentials.
• Book early and revisit later. Most car rental agencies in the United States do not require prepayment of rentals. So make your reservation early, then revisit as your rental date nears. This allows you to take advantage of any last minute car rental discounts, but also piece of mind knowing if, instead rates happen to spike up, you still have your original reservation.
• Consider Priceline’s, “name your own price” bidding option. When companies have a surplus of cars on their lot, they turn to Priceline to unload these at discounted prices. I’ve easily saved 40% on identical car rental reservations by using this Priceline feature. Drawbacks: You don’t know which car rental agency you are matched with until your bid is accepted. Also, full prepayment is required, and changes are generally not permitted.
• One more place! Check with Hotwire.com – another favorite of mine. Like Priceline, they do not give you the choice of car rental agencies, but they are upfront about the price of the car rental – often heavily discounted. I’ve found $14.99/day rentals at SFO before.
• Finally, just before you click that purchase button, review your itinerary. If you are flying to Seattle, make sure the quoted car rental is for the airport (assuming that’s where you want to pick up), and not a downtown location. Are your dates and pick-up times correct? Are the discount codes being properly applied to your reservation? Sometimes getting so caught up searching so many sites, it’s easy to overlook the small – yet most important details. Resolving issues early on will help ensure a smoother process when you pick up your car later.

20% Off La Quinta Hotels Through June 30th

From the Fatwallet forums comes this 20% off discount coupon for La Quinta Hotels. According to the post, the promo is valid for hotel stays through June 30, 2009.

For example, I tried a rate search for the La Quinta in Reno, Nevada, and found the standard rate of $59.00/night dropped to $47.20 after applying the discount code. This discount even beat out AAA and AARP discounts for this property. Head on over to La Quinta, and enter promo code: ******** to take advantage of this offer.

*Update: promotion code removed at the request of LaQuinta. Please visit the fatwallet.com forum (link above) for future promotions at this chain of quality hotels

Six Free Issues of Condé Nast Traveler Magazine

(Thanks to saveatmsu on fatwallet)

Chevy is running a promotion whereby people can receive six free issues of select magazines, including Condé Nast Traveler magazine. Fill out this form by January 7, 2009 to take advantage of this offer.  Use offer code: 85924565

Hotel Discount Codes from Orbitz

Looking for a discount on your next 2+ night hotel stay? Here are some great coupons you can use on your next Orbitz hotel purchase. Valid for stays through December 31, 2008, unless otherwise noted. Here are the discount codes:

2night stay - $35 off: 35ORBDOT
3night stay - $50 off: 50AFFORB
4night stay - $75 off: 4ODWR75 (travel through 2/1/09)
5night stay - $100 off: EQUALITY100 (travel through 11/15/08)

(partial thanks to iceui2 at fatwallet for finding some of these codes)

Avis Rental Cars: 50% off Weekend Internet Rates

I'm usually quite skeptical on "half off" promotions; usually they amount to half off the highest published prices (who pays that?) and result in a discount nothing better than using other discount codes readily available on websites such as fatwallet. But, then I tested this Avis promotion in a couple different markets with much success. Steep discounts resulted, when compared to regular Internet rates and other corporate and group discounts.

The promotion is valid for rentals checked-out no later than June 30th, for weekend rentals of at least 2 days, and at select airport locations only. Click here to check rates.

Free Rand McNally Road Atlas For Completing a Short Survey

(From FatWallet)
Fill out a short survey (1 minute) from DHL regarding your shipping needs and preferences and score yourself a free 80 page Rand McNally road atlas. Click here to sign up.