American Airlines has round-trip flights from Austin (AUS) to Saint Croix (STX) for $251 with a connection. Flights December to March. Very few weekends available. Origin/Destination reversible. No Christmas dates available.
A Carry-on bag and also a personal item is allowed for free on American. You can avoid paying for seat selection by accepting the randomly assigned seat at the gate.
(There are still several destinations that are priced below their moving averages. The Southwest Sale has ended, but you may be able to make use of these remaining fares on competing airlines.)
Most domestic carriers have round-trip flights to/from various destinations in the USA at a discount today for $77-$185, NONSTOP or with a connection. Dates vary, use the linked calendar. American and Southwest are mostly on Tuesdays, Wednesdays, and Saturdays. United has better weekend availability. Origin/Destination reversible.
This list intentionally excludes fares on LCC Breeze/Allegiant/Frontier/Spirit.
For Southwest fares, you may need to plug-in the coupon-code “BDAY”. You should be able to see the fares on the calendar, linked, without using the code.
There are other destinations available that are priced higher than this range and those may be worthwhile for some of the small remote airports that have stops and don’t usually go on sale. They aren’t part of this list since we’re focusing on the cheapest routes.
United has round-trip flights from Austin (AUS) to San Jose, Costa Rica (SJO) for $256 with a connection. Flights October to November. Departures on Tuesday and Thursday. Very few extended weekends available. Origin/Destination reversible. No Thanksgiving dates.
United’s “Basic Economy” fares do not allow for 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.
The personal item size on United is smaller (9 x 10 x 17 inches) than Frontier or Spirit (8 x 13 x 18 inches).
American Airlines and United have round-trip flights from Austin (AUS) to Liberia, Costa Rica (LIR) for $250-$280 with a connection. Flights August to December. Very few weekends available. Origin/Destination reversible. No Christmas dates available.
A Carry-on bag and also a personal item is allowed for free on American. 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 San Juan, Puerto Rico (SJU) for $158 with a connection. Flights August to September. Very few extended weekends available. Origin/Destination reversible.
American Airlines has round-trip flights from Austin or San Antonio (AUS, SAT) to San Jose del Cabo (SJD) for $250-$320, NONSTOP. Flights August to December. Extended weekends available. Origin/Destination reversible. No Christmas dates available.
A Carry-on bag and also a personal item is allowed for free on American. You can avoid paying for seat selection by accepting the randomly assigned seat at the gate.
American Airlines and Southwest have round-trip flights from Austin (AUS) to Cancun (CUN) for $244, NONSTOP. Flights August to December. Origin/Destination reversible. No Christmas dates available.
A Carry-on bag and also a personal item is allowed for free on American. You can avoid paying for seat selection by accepting the randomly assigned seat at the gate.
American Airlines has round-trip flights from Austin and San Antonio (AUS, SAT) to Grand Cayman, Nassau, Bahamas, Providenciales, Turks & Caicos Islands, Belize, Punta Cana, Dominican Republic (GCM, NAS, GCM, PLS, BZE, PUJ) for $258-$380 with a connection. Most flights are between August to December. Very few weekends available. No Christmas dates available.
Note: Flights out of San Antonio are usually more expensive and and worse routing than Austin.
A Carry-on bag and also a personal item is allowed for free on American. You can avoid paying for seat selection by accepting the randomly assigned seat at the gate.
American Airlines and Southwest have round-trip flights from Austin and San Antonio (AUS, SAT) to Miami, Los Angeles, Nashville, or Phoenix (MIA, LAX, BNA, PHX) for $139-$171, NONSTOP. Flights August to November. Departures on Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Saturday. Extended weekends available. Origin/Destination reversible. No Thanksgiving dates.
Note: Southwest is matching on some of these routes but to get the discount requires jumping through a few annoying hoops. First, you can only see the fare in their slow and buggy Southwest (mobile phone) App. Second, you have to use code “BDAY”.
Phoenix is the most expensive fare in this list at $171. All other destinations are about $139-ish.
Amex has recently increased the welcome offer for several of the co-branded Delta SkyMiles.
Here is the list of the current offers:
Delta SkyMiles® Gold: 65,000 Bonus Miles after you spend $3,000 in purchases on your new card in your first 6 months of card membership.
Delta SkyMiles® Platinum: 85,000 Bonus Miles after you spend $4,000 in purchases on your new card in your first 6 months of card membership.
Delta SkyMiles® Reserve: 95,000 Bonus Miles after you spend $6,000 in purchases on your new card in your first 6 months of card membership.
British Airways, Iberia, Finnair, Delta and various other airlines have round-trip flights from Austin (AUS) to Manchester, Milan, or Cork, Ireland (MAN, MXP, ORK) for $583-$609 with a connection. Dates vary, but most flights are between September to March. 7-day minimum stay required.
A Carry-on bag and also a personal item is allowed for free on Delta. 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 Portland, Oregon (PDX) for $217, NONSTOP. Flights August to November. Departures on Tuesday, Wednesday, and Saturday. Extended weekends available. Origin/Destination reversible. No Thanksgiving dates.
A Carry-on bag and also a personal item is allowed for free on American. You can avoid paying for seat selection by accepting the randomly assigned seat at the gate.
