At least one airline is taking precautions to prevent such a steep increase in price.

Mayor Vince Gray and a D.C. delegation head off to China, and the city’s chief executive is flying coach and opting to go without his security detail.

A few of us have been drooling over this latest All You Can Jet promotion from Jet Blue. The deal offers nearly unlimited Jet Blue flights for an entire month, from Sept. 8 to Oct. 8, for only $599, including all domestic taxes and fees (international and Puerto Rico flights are a little extra). There are a few restrictions of course, like that you have to book each ticket three days in advance, and…

We don’t normally bother with this sort of thing, but the TravelZoo newsletter recently sent out a bunch of awesomely cheap flights from D.C.. New York, Boston, Shanghai and more are all within your reach for really, really low prices on United. You have to book your flight by this Friday (8/8) to get the discounted fares, but you can travel through November. Since getting to the grocery store costs about $48 dollars these days,…