SkillsUSA has partnered with American Airlines for five percent off published fares, even sale prices, to attend the following 2011 national conferences:

• National Leadership and Skills Conference (NLSC) in Kansas City, Mo. (June 19-25). Discount is valid June 9-29, 2011 from any destination served by American Airlines to Kansas City (MCI). Discount is available to anyone attending the event. See: www.skillsusa.org/events/nlscair.shtml
• State Directors Annual Professional Development Conference in Louisville, Ky. (August 15-20). Discount is valid August 11-23, 2011 from any destination served by American Airlines to Louisville, Ky. Discount is available to anyone attending the event). See the state directors’ section of the website for more information.
• Washington Leadership Training Institute (WLTI) in Herndon, Va. (September 17-21). Discount is valid September 11-24, 2011 from any destination served by American Airlines to Baltimore (BWI, Reagan National (DCI) and Washington Dulles (IAD). Discount is available to anyone attending the event). See: www.skillsusa.org/events/wltiair.shtml

Procedures to find airline tickets for each conference are the same, but the codes differ. Here are the general instructions.

Visit www.aa.com. From top menu bar, choose reservations followed by select flight; complete appropriate fields (i.e., travel dates, number of passengers departure and destination city). At bottom of select flight screen, the last field will be promotion code. Enter the code for the event and select Go. The next screen will contain all flight times for departure and return. Complete reservations as instructed, or call American Airlines Meeting Services Desk at 800-433-1790 and provide agent with the code, or purchase tickets through a travel agent and mention the code.