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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.
If you use the Citi® / AAdvantage® Platinum Select® World Elite Mastercard® with AA flights, you get: a 25% inflight food and beverage discount, a $125 AA flight discount after you spend $20,000 or more in purchases during your card year, and your first checked bag is free on domestic American Airlines flights for you and up to four companions traveling on the same reservation.
You can usually save more money by booking your flight+hotel together as a package instead of separately.
Do a search on Tripadvisor and GetYourGuide to find guides, tours, attractions, and cool things to do. I use both of those sites to help me plan my own day-to-day itinerary while on vacation.
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Here are some other offers that we think are worth mentioning. List updated 12/20/2024.
We now list coupon codes, discount codes, gift card discounts, and credit card offers that have a better value than their historical averages.
- Airfare/Hotel coupons on Hopper: (updated daily-ish) Hopper always has discount coupons on their main page. The full list is on Hopper’s website. Keep in mind that Hopper is an OTA, so don’t expect them to honor the free 24-hour cancellation period, or to have the lowest base fare price. Hopper will try to up-sell you on a lot of extras like “cancel for any reason” policies, if you decide to use Hopper we advise that you decline all of those extras.
- It is common to find Southwest and Alaska Airlines gift-cards for sale at a discount of about -$70 to -$20 off the redeemable value at Costco and Sam’s Club. Before you finalize your booking on either of these airlines, you should check to see if you can save more money by using a gift card.
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- Austin to Cancun - Example Dates: (Expedia) Aug 17 - Aug 21 / Aug 17 - Aug 22 / Aug 19 - Aug 21 / Aug 19 - Aug 22 / Aug 20 - Aug 22 / Aug 20 - Aug 27 / Aug 26 - Aug 28 / Aug 26 - Aug 29 / Aug 26 - Aug 30 / Aug 26 - Aug 31 / Aug 27 - Aug 29 / Aug 27 - Aug 30 / Aug 27 - Aug 31 / Sep 01 - Sep 05 / Sep 01 - Sep 06 / Sep 01 - Sep 07 / Sep 02 - Sep 05 / Sep 02 - Sep 06 / Sep 02 - Sep 07 / Sep 03 - Sep 05 / Sep 03 - Sep 06 / Sep 03 - Sep 07 / Sep 07 - Sep 12 / Sep 07 - Sep 13 / Sep 07 - Sep 14 / Sep 09 - Sep 12 / Sep 09 - Sep 13 / Sep 09 - Sep 14 / Sep 14 - Sep 19 / Sep 14 - Sep 20 / Sep 14 - Sep 21 / Oct 28 - Oct 31 / Oct 28 - Nov 01 / Nov 02 - Nov 06 / Nov 02 - Nov 07 / Nov 02 - Nov 08 / Nov 02 - Nov 09 / Nov 04 - Nov 06 / Nov 04 - Nov 07 / Nov 04 - Nov 08 / Nov 04 - Nov 09 / Nov 05 - Nov 07 / Nov 05 - Nov 08 / Nov 05 - Nov 09 / Nov 11 - Nov 13 / Nov 11 - Nov 14 / Nov 11 - Nov 15 / Nov 11 - Nov 16 / Nov 12 - Nov 14 / Nov 12 - Nov 15 / Nov 12 - Nov 16 / Nov 16 - Nov 20 / Nov 18 - Nov 20 / Dec 07 - Dec 09 / Dec 07 - Dec 12 / Dec 07 - Dec 13 / Dec 09 - Dec 12 / Dec 09 - Dec 13 / Dec 10 - Dec 12 / Dec 10 - Dec 13 / Other dates: There may be more dates available than the ones we list here, use the "flexible date" button on Expedia to find similar fares.
- Austin to Cancun - Extended Weekend Dates: (Expedia) Dec 07 - Dec 09 / Other dates: There may be more dates available than the ones we list here, use the "flexible date" button on Expedia to find similar fares.
- Austin to Cancun - Example Dates: (Southwest) August 17 - August 22 / August 19 - August 22 / August 25 - August 29 / August 25 - August 30 / August 25 - August 31 / August 26 - August 29 / August 26 - August 30 / August 26 - August 31 / September 01 - September 05 / September 01 - September 06 / September 02 - September 05 / September 02 - September 06 / September 06 - September 12 / September 06 - September 13 / September 09 - September 12 / September 09 - September 13 / September 16 - September 21 / September 23 - September 26 / October 13 - October 19 / October 15 - October 19 / October 19 - October 26 / October 22 - October 26 / October 27 - November 02 / Other dates: There may be more dates available than the ones we list here, experiment on your own.
- Vacation rentals in Cancun under $140 a night: (Vrbo) Aug 17 - Aug 21 / Aug 17 - Aug 22 / Aug 19 - Aug 21 / Aug 19 - Aug 22 / Aug 20 - Aug 22 / Aug 20 - Aug 27 / Aug 26 - Aug 28 / Aug 26 - Aug 29 / Aug 26 - Aug 30 / Aug 26 - Aug 31 / Aug 27 - Aug 29 / Aug 27 - Aug 30 / Aug 27 - Aug 31 / Sep 01 - Sep 05 / Sep 01 - Sep 06 / Sep 01 - Sep 07 / Sep 02 - Sep 05 / Sep 02 - Sep 06 / Sep 02 - Sep 07 / Sep 03 - Sep 05 / Sep 03 - Sep 06 / Sep 03 - Sep 07 / Sep 07 - Sep 12 / Sep 07 - Sep 13 / Sep 07 - Sep 14 / Sep 09 - Sep 12 / Sep 09 - Sep 13 / Sep 09 - Sep 14 / Sep 14 - Sep 19 / Sep 14 - Sep 20 / Sep 14 - Sep 21 / Oct 28 - Oct 31 / Oct 28 - Nov 01 / Nov 02 - Nov 06 / Nov 02 - Nov 07 / Nov 02 - Nov 08 / Nov 02 - Nov 09 / Nov 04 - Nov 06 / Nov 04 - Nov 07 / Nov 04 - Nov 08 / Nov 04 - Nov 09 / Nov 05 - Nov 07 / Nov 05 - Nov 08 / Nov 05 - Nov 09 / Nov 11 - Nov 13 / Nov 11 - Nov 14 / Nov 11 - Nov 15 / Nov 11 - Nov 16 / Nov 12 - Nov 14 / Nov 12 - Nov 15 / Nov 12 - Nov 16 / Nov 16 - Nov 20 / Nov 18 - Nov 20 / Dec 07 - Dec 09 / Dec 07 - Dec 12 / Dec 07 - Dec 13 / Dec 09 - Dec 12 / Dec 09 - Dec 13 / Dec 10 - Dec 12 / Dec 10 - Dec 13 / Note: There are more properties available outside of the $140 price filter. To see those, remove the filter on the VRBO search page.
- Hotels in Cancun under $200 a night: (Hotels.com) Aug 17 - Aug 21 / Aug 17 - Aug 22 / Aug 19 - Aug 21 / Aug 19 - Aug 22 / Aug 20 - Aug 22 / Aug 20 - Aug 27 / Aug 26 - Aug 28 / Aug 26 - Aug 29 / Aug 26 - Aug 30 / Aug 26 - Aug 31 / Aug 27 - Aug 29 / Aug 27 - Aug 30 / Aug 27 - Aug 31 / Sep 01 - Sep 05 / Sep 01 - Sep 06 / Sep 01 - Sep 07 / Sep 02 - Sep 05 / Sep 02 - Sep 06 / Sep 02 - Sep 07 / Sep 03 - Sep 05 / Sep 03 - Sep 06 / Sep 03 - Sep 07 / Sep 07 - Sep 12 / Sep 07 - Sep 13 / Sep 07 - Sep 14 / Sep 09 - Sep 12 / Sep 09 - Sep 13 / Sep 09 - Sep 14 / Sep 14 - Sep 19 / Sep 14 - Sep 20 / Sep 14 - Sep 21 / Oct 28 - Oct 31 / Oct 28 - Nov 01 / Nov 02 - Nov 06 / Nov 02 - Nov 07 / Nov 02 - Nov 08 / Nov 02 - Nov 09 / Nov 04 - Nov 06 / Nov 04 - Nov 07 / Nov 04 - Nov 08 / Nov 04 - Nov 09 / Nov 05 - Nov 07 / Nov 05 - Nov 08 / Nov 05 - Nov 09 / Nov 11 - Nov 13 / Nov 11 - Nov 14 / Nov 11 - Nov 15 / Nov 11 - Nov 16 / Nov 12 - Nov 14 / Nov 12 - Nov 15 / Nov 12 - Nov 16 / Nov 16 - Nov 20 / Nov 18 - Nov 20 / Dec 07 - Dec 09 / Dec 07 - Dec 12 / Dec 07 - Dec 13 / Dec 09 - Dec 12 / Dec 09 - Dec 13 / Dec 10 - Dec 12 / Dec 10 - Dec 13 / Note: There are more hotels available outside of the $200 price filter. To see those, remove the filter on the hotels.com search page.
I was able to pull this up on Expedia and Priceline.
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- Tips: Rent a car for cheaper by using Priceline’s “Express Deals”. The rental car company will be hidden until after you purchase, but this allows those companies to undercut the published rate indirectly. You can remove low quality companies from those hidden results. The trick is to use the quality filter on their website to remove any rental car company with a review rating under 7.0 and then pick the deals that survive the filter. Note that the quality filter is only available on the desktop/web version of the Priceline website and isn’t available on the mobile version.
- Tips: Use Tripadvisor to create a Hotel “short list”. First, plug in your dates and destination. Then select “Sort by Traveler Ranked”. Finally, select the “Traveler Ranking” filter to show “only 4* and up”. Use this resulting “short list” of hotels to find the cheapest one with a high ranking.
- Tips: The Chase Sapphire Preferred® Card allows for 1-to-1 point transfers to several airline loyalty programs. Booking with points is a good alternative to paying with cash when the price of airfare is high. Here is the current list of Chase Sapphire transfer partners: United, Southwest, jetBlue, British Airways, Iberia, Singapore Airlines, Emirates, Air France, KLM, Virgin Atlantic, Aer Lingus, and Air Canada.
- Tips: Vacation rentals on Vrbo are usually cheaper per night for longer stays than shorter stays. This is due to three main factors; The first is that most properties have a cleaning fee that is a fixed rate, the second is that many hosts provide discounts for stays longer than 6-days, the third is that the Vrbo service fee percentage is higher on short stays.
- Tips: You can (and should) sort the Vrbo vacation rental search results by “Total” price. Doing so exposes properties with high fees. For example, a $140 per-night property with $100 fees will rank as being more expensive than a $150 per-night property with $30 fees, when sorted. Sorting by “most reviews” is also a good option, as this will show you the most popular properties.
- Tips: Hotel rates for Weekend dates are usually higher than the rates for Sunday through Thursday. Tripadvisor has a color-coded date calendar, red when the average hotel price for that day is more expensive, green for less expensive. You can use this to get an overview of what dates in the month are at a discount.
- Tips: Different booking websites will often have differing routes, prices, and availability. Before you finalize your purchase, do a quick check on BookingBuddy, Skyscanner, and Kayak to see if any other site or airline is offering a better deal.
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