Southwest has round-trip flights from San Antonio (SAT) to San Francisco (SFO) for $149-$158 with a connection. Flights in November. Very few weekends available. Origin/Destination reversible. No Thanksgiving dates.
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(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.
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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.
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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.
Most Oneworld and SkyTeam carriers have round-trip flights to various destinations in Europe at a discount today for $470-$560, with a connection. Dates vary, use the linked calendar. Cheapest fares are mostly midweek. Most fares are not reversible.
Notes: 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 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.
If you like this style of report, it’s a subset of daily Patreon recap [link]. That recap is the unfiltered list of every fare that was priced below the 6-month moving average.
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United and Austrian have round-trip flights from San Antonio (SAT) to Dublin (DUB) for $449 with a connection. Flights October, November, December, February, and March. Departures on Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, and Sunday. 7-day minimum stay required. Holiday blackouts.
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Southwest has round-trip flights from San Antonio (SAT) to Panama City, Florida (ECP) for $133-$142 with a connection. Flights August to November. Weekends available. Origin/Destination reversible. No Thanksgiving dates.
United has round-trip flights from San Antonio (SAT) to Liberia, Costa Rica (LIR) for $305-$320 with a connection. Flights September to November. 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).
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Delta has round-trip flights from San Antonio (SAT) to Bogota, Colombia (BOG) for $299 with a connection. Flights May to June. Departures on Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Sunday. No Fridays or Saturdays. Very few extended weekends 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.
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American Airlines has round-trip flights from San Antonio (SAT) to Dallas (DFW) for $97-$107, NONSTOP. Flights May to November. Very few 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.
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American Airlines has round-trip flights from Austin or San Antonio (AUS, SAT) to Nice (NCE) for $468-$494 with a connection. Flights in September. Departures on Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, and Sunday. 7-day minimum stay required.
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.
Flying Blue is the combined points program of KLM and Air France. At the start of each month they discount select routes. This month, Austin long-haul economy flights to Amsterdam are -15,250 cheaper due to this discount. It’s a good idea to check the promo landing page at the start of each month to see if anything worthwhile pops up.
This time KLM has round-trip flights from Austin (AUS) to Amsterdam or Paris (AMS, CDG) for 15,000 points + $254-$265 tax/fees, NONSTOP or with a connection. Fare allows for carry-on bag and seat selection. Promotional ends 05/31/2024. Most flights are in May, and also between July and October. Promo awards are refundable (with a €50 Euro fee) and changeable (with a €50 Euro fee + fare price difference).
Flying Blue is a points transfer partner with all the major point programs including Chase Ultimate Rewards and AMEX Membership Rewards®. If you don’t already have a card that allows for point transfers, you should probably get one to make use of these types of deals. (The ability to transfer points is a card perk that isn’t available on all cards).