United, Lufthansa, and British Airways have round-trip flights from Austin (AUS) to Milan (MXP) for $485-$498 with a connection. Flights March, April, August, October, and November. No Thanksgiving dates.
Expedia often has additional discounts that they show to only logged in users, so if you’re searching there, login first.
British Airways and Lufthansa have round-trip flights from Austin (AUS) to Dusseldorf (DUS/QDU) for $528-$606 with a connection. Lufthansa offers a Flight+Train option (see note). Flights March, April, May, and November. No Friday or Saturday departures. 7-day minimum stay required. No Thanksgiving dates.
Read this note: If you’re flying Lufthansa you have the option to buy a fare that allows your connection out of Frankfurt to be on Train via Deutsche Bahn to (QDU) Düsseldorf Main Station (the train station). This is usually cheaper and faster than taking a flight from FRA to DUS. If the logistics are to confusing, just pay more for the British Airways fares that connect in London.
Flight+Train users: When you land in Frankfurt, You‘ll get your luggage right in front of Frankfurt Airport Station at the train station pick-up point, not the regular carousels.
Expedia often has hidden discounts for logged in users. In this case it was -$16.35 off, but it can vary. Be sure to log into Expedia while searching. See screenshot for an example of what I’m talking about.
British Airways, American, Finnair, and Iberia have code-share round-trip flights from Austin and San Antonio (AUS, SAT) to Barcelona (BCN) for $425-$448 with a connection. Flights January, February, March, April, September, October, and November. Departures on Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, and Sunday. 7-day minimum stay required. No Thanksgiving dates.
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.
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.
British Airways, American Airlines, Delta, and Virgin Atlantic have matched their round-trip fares from Austin and San Antonio (AUS, SAT) to Paris (CDG) in the $478-$524 price-range with a connection. Flights December to March. No Friday or Saturday departures. No Christmas dates available.
This is a small subset of the European fares that are on sale right now. See our post from a few days ago for a list of over 30 destinations (link).
British Airways, Delta, and Finnair have competing round-trip flights from Austin and San Antonio (AUS, SAT) to Rome (FCO) for $448-$457 with a connection. Flights December, January, February, March, and August. Departures on Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, and Sunday. 7-day minimum stay required. No Christmas dates available.
This is a small subset of the European fares that are on sale right now. See yesterday’s post for a list of over 30 destinations (link).
San Antonio has limited calendar availability compared to Austin.
British Airways, Finnair, Delta, and Iberia have competing round-trip flight sales from Austin (AUS) to Athens, Dublin, Prague, or Luxembourg (ATH, DUX, PRG, LUX) for $433-$505 with a connection.
Athens and Dublin Flights in November, January, February, and March.
Prague and Luxembourg flights in January and February.
British Airways, Iberia, Finnair, American Airlines and various other airlines have round-trip flights from Austin (AUS) to Zurich, Munich, Berlin, or Basel (ZRH, MUC, BER, BSL) for $446-$455 with a connection. Flights October to March. Departures on Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, and Sunday. 7-day minimum stay required.
United, British Airways, Aer Lingus, American Airlines and various other airlines have round-trip flights from Austin (AUS) to Dublin (DUB) for $437-$482 with a connection. Flights October to March. Departures on Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, and Sunday. 7-day minimum stay required.
American Airlines, British Airways, and Iberia have round-trip flights from Austin (AUS) to Athens (ATH) for $587-$604 with a connection. Flights October to April. Departures on Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, and Sunday. 7-day minimum stay required.
British Airways has round-trip flights from Austin (AUS) to Warsaw (WAW) for $592-$610 with a connection. Flights October to May. Departures on Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, and Sunday. 7-day minimum stay required.
