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.
Alaska Airlines has round-trip flights from Austin (AUS) to Portland, Oregon (PDX) for $157, NONSTOP. Flights February to May. Cheapest fare departures are on Tuesday, Wednesday, and Saturday.
American Airlines has round-trip flights from Austin (AUS) to Sacramento (SMF) for $159-$166 with a connection. Flights February, March, April, May, August, and September. Cheapest flights are on Tuesday, Wednesday, and Saturday. Origin/Destination reversible.
American Airlines and Delta have round-trip flights from Austin (AUS) to Santo Domingo (SDQ) for $343-$349 with a connection. Flights January, February, April, May, September, and October. Departures on Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Saturday, and Sunday. Origin/Destination reversible.
Alaska Airlines has these round-trip flights from Austin (AUS) to Portland, Oregon (PDX) for $177-$187, NONSTOP. Flights February to May.
This deal is slightly more expensive than the $148 deal from last November, but this covers warmer months.
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.
JetBlue and American Airlines have round-trip flights from Austin (AUS) to Montego Bay (MBJ) for $306-$336 with a connection. Flights January to November. Weekends available. Origin/Destination reversible. Dates over Thanksgiving are available.
Upgrade to “Blue” from “BlueBasic” for about +$17.
Expedia seems to give a discount for users that are logged in, seeing a $9.47 discount at checkout.
American Airlines and Delta have round-trip flights from Austin (AUS) to New York (JFK) for $179-$189, NONSTOP. Flights January to March. Cheapest departures on Tuesday, Wednesday, and Saturday.
Most Oneworld carriers have round-trip flights to various destinations in Europe at a discount today for $418-643, mostly with a connection. Dates vary, use the linked calendar. Cheapest fares are mostly midweek. Most fares are not reversible.
This recent sale started due to Oneworld dropping their prices and the other airlines matching.
Most destinations have flights from January to May and also September to November. The exact ranges for each destination will vary. Use the Google calendar view to get an idea of what dates work.
These type of regional sales often get matched by the other major airline alliances within a day or so. If you decide to purchase, then you should continue to monitor your price afterwards, it may drop lower within the 24-hour free cancellation window allowing you to re-book a cheaper flight.
Flights to smaller airports may require a long connection or two stops. When you begin your search, modify your filter to remove fares that have more than one connection, some of those smaller airports ONLY have flights with bad routing.
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.
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.
