American Airlines has round-trip flights from San Antonio (SAT) to Aruba (AUA) for $306 with a connection. Flights November to December. Departures on Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, and Sunday. Origin/Destination reversible. Holiday blackouts.
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.
United, Delta, and American Airlines have round-trip flights from Austin (AUS) to New York/Newark (EWR/JFK) for $153-$168, NONSTOP. Flights December to March. Extended weekends available. Origin/Destination reversible. No Christmas dates available.
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.
Hawaiian and American have round-trip flights from Austin (AUS) to Kailua-Kona or Kahului-Maui, Hawaii (KOA, OGG) for $285-$294 with a connection. Flights January to May. Departures on Monday and Wednesday. Origin/Destination reversible.
Chase has increased the sign-up bonus for the United℠ Explorer Card. It is now a 60,000 point bonus instead of 50,000. The bonus offer applies after spending $3,000 in the first 3-months of being approved for the card. This card has an annual fee of: $0 intro annual fee for the first year, then $95. We recommend this card for those of you who fly United because your first standard checked-bag for you and your companion is free, you get priority boarding, two United Club passes per year, and you get a 25% discount on inflight purchases on United-operated flights.
The checked-bag perk will probably be the main draw for those of you who fly on the cheaper “Basic Economy” fares on United. Basic Economy fares on United don’t include a free checked-bag and this perk can save you from paying additional bag fees.
The Amazon Prime Visa Card has a new $200 gift card welcome-offer for existing Prime members. This offer is the best that we’ve seen for this no-annual-fee card.
We’re highlighting this card due to several reasons: the 5% cash-back on Chase Travel, Amazon, and Whole Foods purchases is really good, the $200 Amazon gift card welcome-offer is the best we’ve seen for this card, the 2% cash-back on restaurants, gas stations, and local transit is also an added bonus, and to top it off there is no-annual-fee.
The catch is that the $200 gift card welcome-offer is only for existing Amazon Prime members.
American Airlines has round-trip flights from Austin (AUS) to New Orleans (MSY) for $118, NONSTOP. Flights November to May. No Sunday departures. 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.
American Airlines has round-trip flights from Austin (AUS) to Saint Croix (STX) for $264-$278 with a connection. Flights December to May. 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 British Airways have round-trip flights from Austin (AUS) to Milan (MXP) for $443 with a connection. Flights November, December, February, and March. Very few extended weekends available. Holiday blackouts.
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.
United, Lufthansa, British Airways, American Airlines and various other airlines have round-trip flights from Austin (AUS) to Athens (ATH) for $448-$506 with a connection. Flights November to March. Extended weekends available. Dates over Thanksgiving are 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.
Other fares to Europe have been at a low level for the past 4-weeks. We’re tracking all of the fares under $580 in our previous post (link to post).
Most Oneworld and SkyTeam carriers have round-trip flights to various destinations in Europe at a discount today for $473-$558, with a connection. Dates vary, use the linked calendar. Cheapest fares are mostly midweek. Most fares are not reversible.
Notes: Fares are between November and April, but the exact ranges for each destination will vary. Use the Google calendar view to get an idea of what dates work.
Flights to smaller airports (Inverness and Milan) 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.
There is a good chance that other airlines will eventually match these fares if the sale goes on long enough.
American Airlines and Finnair have round-trip flights from Austin (AUS) to Paris (CDG) for $476 with a connection. Flights November, December, and February. Extended weekends available. Holiday blackouts.
A -$70 price drop from yesterday.
Delta has round-trip flights from Austin (AUS) to Amsterdam (AMS) for $465, NONSTOP. Flights October to February. Departures on Monday, Thursday, and Saturday.
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.
