Dear Friends, If you have not yet booked your flight to the SHAs in St. Louis, here is a tidbit of information that might save some folks some money. American is running a holiday fare special that is in effect through January 6. If you are going to the conference before the 7th, for instance, to be there for meetings or workshops or tours, you qualify for the holiday fare on your outward journey. Just mention the holiday rate in addition to the SHA special code when you dial the special number given in the preregistration material. I got a round-trip fare that was over $100 less than I was originally quoted as the "special conference rate" just by asking whether I qualified for the holiday rate on the 6th. And I was told that the SHA would still get credit for my using the special group number assigned to the SHA. Cheap in Boston, Mary B. Mary C. Beaudry, PhD, RPA Department of Archaeology Boston University 675 Commonwealth Avenue Boston, MA 02215 USA tel. 617-358-1650 email: [log in to unmask]