American Airlines has round-trip flights from Austin (AUS) to New York/Newark, Columbus, Tampa, Washington, D.C., St. Louis, San Jose California, or Sacramento (EWR, CMH, TPA, DCA, STL, SJC, SMF) for $178-$184 with a connection. Flights November to March. Extended weekends available. 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.
Chase has increased the sign-up bonus for the Southwest Rapid Rewards® Plus Credit Card and the Southwest Rapid Rewards® Priority Credit Card to 85,000 points. Bonus will post to your account after you spend $3,000 on purchases in the first 3 months from account opening.
Our notes: This is the highest point offering we’ve seen for this card. Previous high was 75,000 last December. As for other offers, it seems that every February there is an offer that includes a companion pass + about 30,000 points. The companion pass offer may be better than this one, depending on how much you’re able to use it.
Delta has round-trip flights from Austin (AUS) to Honolulu (HNL) for $342-$355 with a connection. Flights December to March. Weekends available. 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.
These new offers are 10,000 more than what they were previously last month. Of these offerings, we think that the United Explorer Card has the best perk to annual fee ratio because we find a lot of value in being able to use it to book on United Basic Economy and get the free first bag perk with priority boarding. Those two perks alone negate a lot of the downside to basic economy.
Delta has round-trip flights from San Antonio or Austin (SAT, AUS) to Tokyo (HND) for $795-$806 with a connection. Flights November to December. 7-day minimum stay required. Holiday blackouts.
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.
United has round-trip flights from Austin (AUS) to Osaka (KIX) for $859-$868 with a connection. Flights November to December. 7-day minimum stay required. Holiday blackouts.
United has round-trip flights from Austin or San Antonio (AUS, SAT) to Denver (DEN) for $131, NONSTOP. Flights November to December. Departures on Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Saturday. Holiday blackouts.
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).
British Airways, Iberia, and Finnair have round-trip flights from Austin (AUS) to Lisbon or Dublin (LIS, DUB) for $505-$531 with a connection. Flights January to March. Departures on Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, and Sunday. 7-day minimum stay required.
American Airlines and Delta have round-trip flights from Austin (AUS) to Tokyo (HND/NRT) for $859-$869 with a connection. Flights November to December. 7-day minimum stay required. 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.
Delta has round-trip flights from Austin (AUS) to Seattle (SEA) for $137, NONSTOP. Flights December to March. Weekends available. 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.
JetBlue has round-trip flights from Austin (AUS) to Boston (BOS) for $157, NONSTOP. Flights December to February. Extended weekends available. No Christmas dates available.
JetBlue’s “Basic” fares allow for a carry-on bag and a small personal item (17 x 13 x 8 inches), like a Jansport SuperBreak backpack without a fee. You can avoid seat selection fees by accepting the randomly assigned seat at the gate.
Alaska Airlines has round-trip flights from Austin (AUS) to Kahului (OGG) for $384-$393 with a connection. Flights November to September. Extended weekends available. Origin/Destination reversible. No Thanksgiving dates.
Alaska Airlines allows one carry-on and one personal item without additional fee. We’re aware that United usually has similarly priced fares, but those don’t allow for a free carry-on bag.
A Carry-on bag and also a personal item is allowed for free on Alaska Airlines. You can avoid paying for seat selection by accepting the randomly assigned seat at the gate.
