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Southwest has round-trip flights from Austin (AUS) to New Orleans (MSY) for $106, NONSTOP. Flights August to December. Departures on Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Saturday. Extended weekends available. Origin/Destination reversible. No Christmas dates available.
Use a card like the Southwest Rapid Rewards® Plus Credit Card to earn points towards a Companion Pass®. Companion Pass is the benefit that allows you to choose one person to fly with you, free of airline charges* every time you purchase or redeem points for a flight. *Companion Pass doesn’t cover taxes and fees.
Southwest Vacations usually has discounted package deals available that can save you more money. Package deals require than you book your flight + hotel together as a package, so it’s less flexible, but the package discount may be significantly cheaper than booking your flight and hotel 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 11/18/2024.
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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Use the example date links on our website to pull up the fare.
- Austin to New Orleans - Example Dates: (Southwest) September 24 - October 01 / September 25 - October 01 / October 15 - October 19 / October 15 - October 21 / October 15 - October 22 / October 16 - October 19 / October 16 - October 21 / October 16 - October 22 / October 16 - October 23 / October 29 - November 02 / October 30 - November 02 / October 30 - November 05 / October 30 - November 06 / November 05 - November 12 / November 11 - November 13 / November 11 - November 14 / November 11 - November 16 / November 12 - November 14 / November 12 - November 16 / November 12 - November 19 / December 03 - December 07 / December 03 - December 10 / December 04 - December 07 / December 04 - December 10 / December 04 - December 11 / December 05 - December 07 / December 05 - December 10 / December 05 - December 11 / December 05 - December 12 / December 09 - December 12 / December 09 - December 16 / December 10 - December 12 / December 10 - December 16 / December 11 - December 16 / December 11 - December 18 / December 16 - December 18 / Other dates: There may be more dates available than the ones we list here, experiment on your own.
- Austin to New Orleans - Extended Weekend Dates: (Southwest) September 24 - October 01 / September 25 - October 01 / October 15 - October 19 / October 15 - October 21 / October 15 - October 22 / October 16 - October 19 / October 16 - October 21 / October 16 - October 22 / October 16 - October 23 / October 29 - November 02 / October 30 - November 02 / October 30 - November 05 / October 30 - November 06 / November 05 - November 12 / November 11 - November 13 / November 11 - November 14 / November 11 - November 16 / November 12 - November 14 / November 12 - November 16 / November 12 - November 19 / December 03 - December 07 / December 03 - December 10 / December 04 - December 07 / December 04 - December 10 / December 04 - December 11 / December 05 - December 07 / December 05 - December 10 / December 05 - December 11 / December 05 - December 12 / December 09 - December 12 / December 09 - December 16 / December 10 - December 12 / December 10 - December 16 / December 11 - December 16 / December 11 - December 18 / December 16 - December 18 / December 05 - December 10 / Other dates: There are more dates available than the ones we list here, experiment on your own.
- Vacation rentals in New Orleans under $150 a night: (Vrbo) Sep 24 - Oct 01 / Sep 25 - Oct 01 / Oct 15 - Oct 19 / Oct 15 - Oct 21 / Oct 15 - Oct 22 / Oct 16 - Oct 19 / Oct 16 - Oct 21 / Oct 16 - Oct 22 / Oct 16 - Oct 23 / Oct 29 - Nov 02 / Oct 30 - Nov 02 / Oct 30 - Nov 05 / Oct 30 - Nov 06 / Nov 05 - Nov 12 / Nov 11 - Nov 13 / Nov 11 - Nov 14 / Nov 11 - Nov 16 / Nov 12 - Nov 14 / Nov 12 - Nov 16 / Nov 12 - Nov 19 / Dec 03 - Dec 07 / Dec 03 - Dec 10 / Dec 04 - Dec 07 / Dec 04 - Dec 10 / Dec 04 - Dec 11 / Dec 05 - Dec 07 / Dec 05 - Dec 10 / Dec 05 - Dec 11 / Dec 05 - Dec 12 / Dec 09 - Dec 12 / Dec 09 - Dec 16 / Dec 10 - Dec 12 / Dec 10 - Dec 16 / Dec 11 - Dec 16 / Dec 11 - Dec 18 / Dec 16 - Dec 18 / Note: There are more properties available outside of the $150 price filter. To see those, remove the filter on the VRBO search page.
- Hotels in New Orleans under $200 a night: (Hotels.com) Sep 24 - Oct 01 / Sep 25 - Oct 01 / Oct 15 - Oct 19 / Oct 15 - Oct 21 / Oct 15 - Oct 22 / Oct 16 - Oct 19 / Oct 16 - Oct 21 / Oct 16 - Oct 22 / Oct 16 - Oct 23 / Oct 29 - Nov 02 / Oct 30 - Nov 02 / Oct 30 - Nov 05 / Oct 30 - Nov 06 / Nov 05 - Nov 12 / Nov 11 - Nov 13 / Nov 11 - Nov 14 / Nov 11 - Nov 16 / Nov 12 - Nov 14 / Nov 12 - Nov 16 / Nov 12 - Nov 19 / Dec 03 - Dec 07 / Dec 03 - Dec 10 / Dec 04 - Dec 07 / Dec 04 - Dec 10 / Dec 04 - Dec 11 / Dec 05 - Dec 07 / Dec 05 - Dec 10 / Dec 05 - Dec 11 / Dec 05 - Dec 12 / Dec 09 - Dec 12 / Dec 09 - Dec 16 / Dec 10 - Dec 12 / Dec 10 - Dec 16 / Dec 11 - Dec 16 / Dec 11 - Dec 18 / Dec 16 - Dec 18 / Note: There are more hotels available outside of the $200 price filter. To see those, remove the filter on the hotels.com search page.
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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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