Black Friday and Cyber Monday shopping lists usually include electronics, toys or clothing, but airlines are also getting shoppers' attention through the Thanksgiving holiday weekend with deals on flights.
What some U.S.-based air carriers are offering:
Alaska Airlines
-- Alaska's Black Friday and Cyber Monday flight deals won't be announced until Friday (CLICK HERE FOR INFO). Follow them onTwitterfor any deal announcements.
Delta Airlines
-- As of Thanksgiving Eve, only one specific deal appears on the Delta "Black Friday Deals" page: North America flights to Portugal to visit the Azores Islands (CLICK HERE FOR INFO). The airline provided info on what's available on Cyber Monday here.
Allegiant Air
-- Flight deals for Allegiant can be found here.
Southwest Airlines
-- The popular airline's Cyber Week sale has international/domestic flights and hotel packages (CLICK HERE FOR INFO).
International carriers:
Air Canada
-- The airline's sale ends Nov. 26 (CLICK HERE FOR INFO).
Air China
-- Air China is offering 15% off all flights from select U.S. locations to select destinations in Asia (CLICK HERE FOR INFO).
Air France
-- The French airline's deals will be live on this page.
Air New Zealand
-- Check out Air New Zealand's Black Friday deals and CyberMondayspecials.
Cathay Pacific
-- The Black Friday sale is up to 60% off Business Class and Premium Economy flights to Asia (CLICK HERE FOR INFO).
Norwegian Air
-- Airfare sale starts 9 p.m. Pacific time (CLICK HERE FOR INFO).
Ryanair
-- The self-proclaimed "Europe's No. 1 airline" has a Black Friday/Cyber Monday sale through Nov. 26 (CLICK HERE FOR INFO).
WOW Air
-- The Iceland-based airline's "Purple Friday deals" include $130 one-way trips from Los Angeles to London, Amsterdam, Brussels or Dublin. Trips must be booked for use between December and May.
Travel websites:
Expedia
-- Black Friday and Cyber Monday deals touted as the site's "biggest savings of the season".
Priceline
-- Website requires users to sign up to be an "email insider" to access the Black Friday and Cyber Monday sale (which is going on now).
Travelzoo
-- Info on their Black Friday and Cyber Monday sale is available here.
Customers are reminded to read all fine print, especially when it comes to which days or months are restricted by the sale offer. Also, don't forget to take into account extra fees some airlines may charge, such as costs for checking in bags.
If you miss out on some Black Friday and/or Cyber Monday airfare deals, there's always Nov. 28.
According to Business Insider, "Travel Deal Tuesday" on Nov. 28 will best time to shop for flights, with some carriers expected to offer as much as 40% off round-trip airfare to numerous destinations around the world.
