Vegas airfare news

Cheap, last-minute trips to Vegas might be a thing of the past if you need to fly.

According to various reports, fuel prices will be causing cuts in flights to vacation spots. Delta will be cutting 45 percent of their flights to Orlando. Five carriers will be cutting a quarter of their flights to Hawaii.

Even Vegas won't get spared. US Air, Delta, and Northwest will cut their flights to Vegas by 25 percent.

A summary from USA Today:

Meanwhile, Las Vegas, the nation's casino capital and a magnet for low-fare carriers, is also drawing major reductions in service. US Airways (LCC), the No. 2 Las Vegas carrier after Southwest (LUV), will have about a quarter less flying capacity out of the city this October, more than 120,000 fewer seats. Delta (DAL) and Northwest (NWA) will be down about as much in percentage terms.

One reason is that the average airfare per mile flown on Las Vegas flights is among the lowest of any airport, according to consulting company Sabre Airline Solutions. In May, it was about 10 cents, compared with 16 cents a mile on flights from Minneapolis, for example.

US Airways' downsizing in Las Vegas includes eliminating its cheap "red-eye" flights that took off late and flew through the night to the East Coast.

"If there are plenty of seats to go during the day, most people would rather fly during the day than make a red-eye flight, so those seats are going first," says Andrew Nocella, US Airways' chief planner.

Bottom Line: ALWAYS be on the lookout for deals to Vegas (even though they might be few and far between). When you see a deal, be ready to grab it.

How to Get Married in Vegas (note: I wrote, you not me)

Once again, please note that I did not say I was going to get married. Whew!

Okay. Just for pure research sake. I wanted to find out what I needed to get married in Vegas and why it is so easy.

According to Vegas.com, you need: All you need is a Social Security number (one for the groom and the bride. Commitment ceremonies available at several chapels, however, marriage is not legal between two people of the same sex in Nevada), proof of identification and age (driver's license, passport, birth certificate - in English if you are foreign) and the marriage license fee ($55). There is no blood test and no waiting period after a license is issued.

It is also important to note that Nevada also leads the country in divorces because of a low residency requirement.

And, according to Ancestry.com, August and July are the most popular months for marriages (Once against, there is no relation to timing and my research)

And, in true betting fashion, the site also launched VegasWeddingOdds.com, an online marriage-predicting site which, based on your first name, will give you the first names of the people you're most likely to marry in Nevada. (My results were absolutely scary in its accuracy.)