United, Delta, and American Airlines have competing round-trip flights from Austin (AUS) to Chicago or Seattle (ORD, SEA) for $143-$157, NONSTOP. Flights January to May. Origin/Destination reversible.
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Alaska Airlines has round-trip flights from Austin (AUS) to San Diego (SAN) for $119-$127, NONSTOP. Flights January to May. Origin/Destination reversible.
Oneworld has code-share round-trip flights from Austin (AUS) to Helsinki, Madrid, Paris, Rome, or Venice (HEL, MAD, CDG, FCO, VCE) for $427-$548 with a connection. Flight dates vary, but most are between January and May, and September to November. 7-day minimum stay required. No Thanksgiving dates.
Other destinations in Europe are also on sale, but note that smaller airports usually have longer connections, multiple stops, or bad routing.
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Southwest and United have round-trip flights from Austin (AUS) to San Francisco (SFO) for $140-$174, NONSTOP. Flights January to May. Weekends available. Origin/Destination reversible.
United, American, and Delta have competing round-trip flights from San Antonio and Austin (SAT, AUS) to Tokyo (HND/NRT) for $725 with a connection. Flights January to February. Departures on Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, and Sunday. 7-day minimum stay required.
United has round-trip flights from Austin and San Antonio (AUS, SAT) to Osaka or Taipei, Taiwan (KIX, TPE) for $729-$756 with a connection. Flights January to February.
Austin has much greater calendar availability compared to San Antonio.
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United, American, and jetBlue have competing round-trip flights from Austin (AUS) to Punta Cana, Dominican Republic (PUJ) for $325-$347 with a connection. Flights January, February, March, April, May, July, August, September, October, and November. Very few weekends available. Origin/Destination reversible. No Thanksgiving dates.
United has round-trip flights from Austin (AUS) to Shannon, Ireland (SNN) for $488 with a connection. Flights April to May. Departures on Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday. 7-day minimum stay required.
Limited calendar availability,
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JetBlue has round-trip flights from Austin (AUS) to San Jose, Costa Rica (SJO) for $258-$277 with a connection. Flights January to November. Weekends available. Origin/Destination reversible. No Thanksgiving dates.
British Airways has round-trip flights from Austin (AUS) to Naples, Italy (NAP) for $465-$488 with a connection. Flights in April. Departures on Wednesday.
Some small OTAs on Skyscanner have this for as low as $465; which is cheaper than the airline. If you plan on booking there, beware of any site that charges a fee to cancel a ticket within the 24-hour “free” period. Use unknown booking sites at your own risk.
This deal has very limited calendar availability. There are other dates in January and February, but those have multiple stops or long connections.
Delta and United have round-trip flights from Austin and San Antonio (AUS, SAT) to Tokyo (HND) for $726-$740 or Geneva (GVA) for $494-$515, both with a connection. Tokyo flights January to February. Geneva flights January to March.
Delta allows one carry-on bag and one personal item for free. You can avoid paying for seat selection by accepting the randomly assigned seat at the gate.
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JetBlue and American Airlines have round-trip flights from Austin (AUS) to Nassau, Bahamas or Montego Bay, Jamaica (NAS, MBJ) for $287-$328 with a connection. Flights January to October. Weekends available. Origin/Destination reversible.