There are actually some valuable tweets in 140 characters... like the ones that let you know about special deals and cheap flight from your home town, or from wherever you want to fly. One easy way to grab some deals is to follow some airfare aggregators so you are immediately notified via a twitter feed of a good deal that you might be able to use.
For instance... If you live in New York, type in flyfromNYC in the search bar, and up will come the twitter page that will list new flight deals from New York to all over the world. You can find flights from almost 200 other domestic cities (i.e. flyfromLA, flyfromSF, etc.) At the time of this post, I found round trip tickets to Brussels for $540. This is good winter through spring, but DOESN'T include taxes or fuel surcharges that can definitely add to the cost of a trip, but it is still a great deal.
If Brussels isn't on your list of places to fly, this opportunity still gets you to Europe where you can easily take the trains to other countries - even some warmer ones this time of year. Or look into the European low cost carries like Ryan Air. At the time of this post, I found ROUND TRIP tickets on Ryan Air from Brussels to Rome for 30 pounds, which converted today translates to $42.00!
Travelzoo also provides a twitter service.. from about 30 cities nationwide. Type in SFfares (or LAfares, NYCfares, etc.) in the search bar, and you will find deals from San Francisco. At the time of this post, I found round trip airfares from SF to LA and Las Vegas for $99 round trip - and that INCLUDES tax.
If there is a domestic airline you fly regularly, type that airline into the search bar, and dozens of different ways to follow airline flights, flight delays, etc will come up. Let Twitter do the work for you - take advantage of these deals!
