Roundup: Beijing ticket scalpers caught; foreign airlines cutting flights to LAX; Southwest Sept. airfare sale

Good morning travelers! Do you have your Labor Day plans set yet? Assistant Los Angeles Times Travel editor Jane Engle reports that fewer people will fly on Labor Day. Is that true of Southern Californians? Are you flying, driving, taking the rails, staying put or taking another kind of journey? Tell us what kind of plans you’ve made.

Local | International airline carriers have joined the domestic pattern of cutting flights to and from Los Angeles International Airport by November. The effect is that the L.A. region faces an economic hit speculated to total $9 billion. Read the Los Angeles Times’ Foreign airlines cutting flights to Los Angeles International Airport.

Airfare deal | Southwest Airlines is having a September airfare sale. Fares start at $59 each way (pre-tax) with travel on Tuesdays and Wednesdays getting the rates. Book by Aug. 21 for travel Sept. 5–30, 2008. With the 21-day advance purchase and fares that don’t really feel that low, it might be more fun to vote for Chief Executive Gary Kelly’s Halloween costume instead.

Beijing travel | Olympic tourists are saved from scalpers — at least some of them. Unfortunately, tickets are no longer available, but the good news is there is less of a chance someone will try to sell you a bad ticket. Read: Beijing claims victory over Games ticket scalpers.

Travel inspiration | It’s not easy to be pregnant when you’re stricken with wanderlust and have holiday deal after holiday deal cross your desk, but Travel & Leisure’s 10 amazing Indian safaris really got me aching to cross the globe.

– Jen Leo, Los Angeles Times Travel & Deal blogger

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