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FYi, Orbitz posted a fare alert this morning for US round trip travel:

"Dear L-,

"Now is the perfect time to start planning your next trip! With low sale fares on AirTran Airways for travel through June 15th, you can book all your spring travel now. Hurry, purchases must be made by February 15th - GO!"
http://www.orbitz.com/App/GetDealsDetailsContent?sssdmh=dm9.100467&deal_id=air_fl_012705&npr1=npr1&source=em&type=l&homeCity=SFO

I'm not sure if that link will work or not, but if it doesn't, the site has an "email a friend" link, so let me know if you want it sent to email and I'll email it. Often you can find the same sale info on the main site directly, but not always.

The gist: 1 adult round trip SFO to Cleveland is $331 on ATA, the airline driving the sale/price war. Apparently, they are having problems and might be bought by JetBlue or declare bankruptcy. They are based in/out of Chicago Midway, so, a good choice for midwest travel. Also, so far, no one with paid tickets has ever been left high and dry by an airline so I'm thinking it's a worthwhile gamble. And hey, if they are bought by JetBlue - bonus! It's my favorite airline EVER. Well, TWA was pretty good.

The other airlines are coming in at $353 to $400+. $20 savings = a nice dinner in my world!

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An axciting Bush-era seminar is coming to the area soon:

• Advanced Wealth Planning in Calif.
• Your clients are becoming more and more savvy at building wealth. They've been accumulating assets and profits from a more varied pool of resources than ever before. Investing has become more sophisticated, and your clients need a practitioner whose knowledge exceeds theirs. Have you managed to stay ahead of their accumulation skills with your wealth protection skills? Can you afford not to?
• Don't risk it. This asset protection briefing will provide you with information and answers you need to successfully plan and protect the wealth of your clients. Get techniques for qualifying the client and learn the different options for domestic asset protection. Learn how to structure domestic trusts and business entities to maximize their asset protection value. This is an advanced level seminar you won't want to miss!

http://www.nbi-sems.com/seminfo/nbi-moreinfo.asp?session-id=24926&usersession=23597EB1-9BF6-4F4D-8B35-644BEC32A118&Division=NBI

This so not geared to me and my friends. ARGH, dammit. I'd rather be taxing the top 3% of  the nation's earners and, you know, paying for health care, the environment, drug treatment programs.