Crazy-good holiday travel deals abound

<img alt="Getty Images" title="Getty Images" src="http://a323.yahoofs.com/phugc/oMFTFmaI4nxg/photos/dd0b459c6775c9b65745e75001efcf65/ori_21b3f9ba1302d4.jpg?ug_____Dy1rA1s.z" align="left" width="300" height="300">Yes, money is tight, the economic news is not uplifting, and it&#39;s the unusual soul who is not worried at all about job security. But some good news: There are travel deals to be found if you are planning to travel during or after the holidays. And, if you had given up hope of traveling this season, take a look. Here are a few I found:<br><ul> <li><a rel="nofollow" href="http://www.aa.com/aa/netsaaver/viewNetSAAverSpecialsDetails.do?saleId=&amp;fileName=HolidaySale.10.31.08.xml">American Airlines is promoting holiday flights starting at $49</a>, each way. You can go from Minneapolis to Miami for $99 one way, or Chicago to Montreal for $163.</li> <li>Flights to <a rel="nofollow" href="http://www.southwest.com/hotfares/neworleans_081115.html">New Orleans from anywhere in the U.S. on Southwest Airlines are half off</a> if you book before Nov. 18. An added bonus: Southwest says it will not charge any of the bag fees that are hitting travelers hard.</li> <li><a rel="nofollow" href="http://farechase.yahoo.com/promo-generic-14795097;_ylt=AmeAVJGg_fz1nOzLxemghpkpWMMF">Plug in your home airport on this Yahoo! Travel page</a> and you&#39;ll find several deals from airlines to cities throughout the world. Deals like: San Francisco to Washington, D.C. $222, round trip.</li> <li>All aboard for some good train deals. If you don&#39;t mind taking the longer, scenic route, Amtrak is offering some pretty enticing deals right now. You can find weekend getaway fares lower than $50 one way between cities, such as Boston to New York ($49), and Philadelphia to New York ($36). You&#39;ll find fares as low as $62 from New York to Montreal now, too. </li> <li>United Airlines has also lowered fares substantially over the holidays. You&#39;ll find $49 flights between Columbus and Baltimore, and Nashville and Kansas City, and $99 flights from Colorado Springs to New York, and San Francisco to Raleigh-Durham. <a rel="nofollow" href="http://airfare.travelzoo.com/north-american-airfare/490811?ptl=done&amp;rating=">TravelZoo has rounded up these and more</a>.</li> <li>A quick look at <a rel="nofollow" href="http://farecast.live.com/deals/airline-ticket-deals.do">Farecast&#39;s cheap flight deals</a> turns up $239 round-trip flights from New York to Los Angeles, $231 from Seattle to Orlando, and $545 New York to London.</li> </ul> Of course, not all of these flights take off on the ideal days you want to travel. But poke around some travel websites, and you are bound to find deals you could not even imagine in the summer. <br><br>