American Airlines has round-trip flights from Austin (AUS) to Sao Paulo (GRU) for $487 with a connection. Flights January to February. No Saturday departures. Very few extended weekends 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.
COPA has round-trip flights from Austin (AUS) to Sao Paulo (GRU) for $391 with a connection. Flights August to November. Departures on Monday, Wednesday, and Thursday. No Thanksgiving dates.
COPA has round-trip flights from Austin (AUS) to Sao Paulo (GRU) for $425-$445 with a connection. Flights August to October.
Priceline has this for cheaper than the airline and most other OTAs. We’re seeing it as low as $425.
American Airlines has round-trip flights from Austin (AUS) to Sao Paulo (GRU) for $498-$508 with a connection. Flights May, June, February, and March. Extended weekends available. Origin/Destination reversible.
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 and American has round-trip flights from Austin (AUS) to Sao Paulo, Rio de Janeiro, Santiago, Chile, or Buenos Aires (GRU, GIG, SCL, EZE) for $478-$570 with a connection. Extended weekends available. Origin/Destination reversible.
Sao Paulo: Flights in January, March, April, May, and September.
Rio: (Limited dates available) Flights in January, October, and November.
Santiago: Flights March, April, May, June, August, September, October, and November.
Buenos Aires: Flights in April and August.
Delta and LATAM have has round-trip flights from Austin (AUS) to Sao Paulo (GRU) for $496 with a connection. Flights February, March, April, May, August, September, and October. Extended weekends available.
Flight may operate as a Delta/LATAM code share.
COPA has round-trip flights from Austin (AUS) to Sao Paulo (GRU) for $336 with a connection. Flights September, October, November, December, and February. Holiday blackouts.
COPA is a budget carrier, checked bags and seat selection have additional fees. Upgrading to a fee with a checked bag will cost about +$60 each-way.
United has round-trip flights from San Antonio (SAT) to Sao Paulo (GRU) for $600 with a connection. Flights in August. No Friday departures. Very few extended weekends available.
United has round-trip flights from San Antonio (SAT) to Sao Paulo (GRU) for $665 with a connection. Flights August to February. Extended weekends available.
COPA has round-trip flights from Austin (AUS) to Sao Paulo (GRU) for $689 with a connection. Flights August to October. Basic Economy. It will cost about +$60 each-way to upgrade to a fare with bags and seat selection.
COPA has round-trip flights from Austin (AUS) to Sao Paulo (GRU) for $730-$769 with a connection. Flights August to October. Fare is “Economy Classic” not “Basic”. Seat selection and a carry-on bag is allowed without additional fees.
There are also cheaper flights in the $707 range, but those have really long connection times, so we aren’t highlighting them in this post.
Some small OTAs on Skyscanner and Google have this for 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.
Update: We’re starting to see this fare show up on SkyScanner and Momondo, so there’s a good chance it’s not a glitch. Be careful about booking on sites that don’t offer a 24-hour free cancellation period. A lot of the sites on SkyScanner and Momondo don’t seem to follow the Department of Transporation guidelines on that matter.
United and American Airlines have flights on CheapOAir from Austin (AUS) to Sao Paulo, Brazil (SAO) for $475-$550 with a connection. Flights February until at least May.
Note: This doesn’t seem to price correctly on Google Flights but it does show up on the calendar. It will switch to $1320 on Google when you try to book it though.
Note: The last time we saw Sao Paulo for this price was on October 22, 2015.
Note: You should wait for your full confirmation code from the airline and also wait a full week after that before making any solid hotel accommodations. In short, make sure the airline has you in their system. A confirmation from CheapOAir is not good enough, you need the airline to provide a PNR, (the six character identifier that looks like this “TBQXYZ”). It may take about 8-hours for that to show up after booking. But if it takes longer, then there is probably a good chance that the ticket will not be honored, and your money will be refunded.
