American Airlines, British Airways, and Delta, have round-trip flights from Austin (AUS) to Munich or Frankfurt (MUC/FRA) for $407-$431 with a connection. Flights August to April.
Note: Carry-on bag is allowed for free on American Airlines, British Airways, and Delta. You can avoid paying for seat selection by accepting the randomly assigned seat at the gate.
American Airlines and JAL have round-trip flights from Austin or San Antonio (AUS/SAT) to Tokyo or Osaka (NRT/KIX) for $734-$759 with a connection. Flights September, October, November, January, February, and March. No Sunday departures. Holiday blackouts apply. Flights may operate as a JAL code-share.
Note: Fare is regular economy with bags and seat selection included in the fee.
Note: Sales to Japan departing from Austin or San Antonio are extremely rare. The last time it dipped into the $700’s was October 2016.
Note: Select the flights operated by JAL for better cabin service.
American Airlines has round-trip flights from Austin (AUS) to Chicago (ORD) for $97, NONSTOP. Flights August to December. Departures mostly on Tuesday, Wednesday, and Saturday. Origin/Destination reversible.
Note: Spirit may be offering fares for a bit cheaper, but you’ll want to avoid those since their pricing does not include a carry-on bag and has inferior flight dates. Spirit fares aren’t really worth it unless you can avoid the +$60 in baggage fees, which means they would have to be priced at about $37 round-trip to be comparable to the American fare.
Note: Carry-on bag is allowed for free, but seat selection has a fee. You can avoid paying seat fees by not selecting a seat and being randomly assigned your seat at the gate.
United and American Airlines have round-trip flights from Austin or San Antonio (AUS/SAT) to Denver (DEN) for $97-$117, NONSTOP or with connections. Flights April, May, June, August, September, October, November, and December. Weekends available. Origin/Destination reversible.
Note: Carry-on bag is allowed for free on American Airlines, but the route has a connection. You can avoid paying for seat selection by accepting the randomly assigned seat at the gate.
Note: United “Basic Economy” fares are NONSTOP but do not include a free carry-on bag. Only a personal item (like a small laptop bag) is free. Seats are randomly assigned for free prior to boarding. If you have the United MileagePlus credit-card, use the “free checked bag” perk.
Note: The personal item size on United flights is smaller (9-in/10-in/17-in) than Frontier or Spirit (8-in/14-in/18-in).
Delta, American Airlines, and United have round-trip flights from Austin (AUS) to San Juan, Puerto Rico (SJU) for $265-$296 with a connection. Flights September, October, November, January, February, and March. Origin/Destination reversible.
Note: Carry-on bag is allowed for free on Delta, and American Airlines. You can avoid paying for seat selection by accepting the randomly assigned seat at the gate.
Note: United “Basic Economy” fares do not include a free carry-on bag. Only a personal item (like a small laptop bag) is free. Seats are randomly assigned for free prior to boarding. If you have the United MileagePlus credit-card, use the “free checked bag” perk.
Note: The personal item size on United flights is smaller (9-in/10-in/17-in) than Frontier or Spirit (8-in/14-in/18-in).
Southwest has round-trip flights from Austin (AUS) to San Jose, Costa Rica (SJO) for $290, with a connection. $126/$164 each-way. Flights August to October. Weekends available. Origin/Destination reversible.
American Airlines has round-trip flights from San Antonio (SAT) to Newark/New York (EWR) for $153 with a connection. Flights in May, September, December, January, and February. Mostly on Tuesdays, Wednesdays, and Saturdays. Origin/Destination reversible. No Holidays.
Note: Carry-on bag is allowed for free on American Airlines. You can avoid paying for seat selection by accepting the randomly assigned seat at the gate.
American Airlines has round-trip flights from Austin (AUS) to Sacramento (SMF) for $154 with a connection. Flights April to February, but none in June. A few Weekends available in May, September, January and February. “Extended weekends” available from August to February. Origin/Destination reversible.
Note: Carry-on bag is allowed for free on American Airlines. You can avoid paying for seat selection by accepting the randomly assigned seat at the gate.
American Airlines and United have round-trip flights from Austin (AUS) to Vancouver (YVR) for $262-$288 with a connection. Flights in April, July, August, September, October, November, and December. No Sunday departures. Origin/Destination reversible.
Note: Carry-on bag is allowed for free. You can avoid paying for seat selection by accepting the randomly assigned seat at the gate.
