Cheap travel: How about Rome for $704 in December?

United Airlines continues to offer its sweet last-minute deals out of the Twin Cites into December.

In addition to a last-minut trip out of Minneapolis to Chicago this weekend ($104 roundtrip), United is offering several last-minute flights next weekend across the country, including many of its standard last-minute deal destinations, including Greenville, SC ($176), El Paso, Texas ($182) and Quebec City, Canada ($382).

As usual, the fine print applies -- the standard purchase-by-midnight-Friday rules etc. You can read all about those in the link below, as well as find a full list of the destinations.

http://travel.united.com/ube/efares/us/eFares.do

If overseas is more your bag, maybe you'll want to check out this last-minute fare sale to Rome out of Minneapolis, for $704 roundtrip. That's on US Airways, with a ticket purchase required by Monday, Nov. 30, and travel is valid through Dec. 20.

All the details can be found here:

http://shopping.usairways.com/promotion/ESaver/Default.aspx?re=1

This tip from Travelzoo: Fly.com is promoting fares from MSP to Washington D.C. at $196 roundtrip.

Details here: http://www.travelzoo.com/top20/59553839-697502/

From Travelocity, roundtrip fares to Boston starting at $164 roundtrip.

Details here: http://travel.travelocity.com/relevance/LowFareAlert.do?Service=TRAVELOCITY&source=em&origin=MSP&sorting=p&WA1=02050&WA2=R12878&WA6=41&WA4=intro

From the plan ahead department: Fares to Cancun and Los Cabos, via WorryFreeVacations, in the $300 roundtrip range.

And finally, from the so cheap you can't give them away department: Timberwolves tickets for $5 (an 80 percent discount), through Travelzoo.