[04/21/2025 @ 08:41 PM CT] Deal time-stamp.
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Southwest has round-trip flights from Austin (AUS) to New Orleans (MSY) for $77, NONSTOP. Flights May to August. No Weekends. Departures on Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday. Origin/Destination reversible.
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.
You can usually save more money by booking your flight+hotel together as a package instead of separately.
Don’t miss out: The bonus offer on the Capital One Venture Rewards Credit Card has recently been increased to $250 Capital One Travel credit and 75,000 miles after $4,000 in purchases within the first 3 months of card membership! This is equivalent to about $1000 worth of Travel value and beats the previous offer that was worth $750 of travel value.
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.
We post new flight deals often! You can check out our other deals by returning to the Front Page of our website: escapeatx.com (linked).
Here are some other offers that we think are worth mentioning. List updated 04/10/2025.
We now track coupon codes, discount codes, gift card discounts, and credit card offers that have a better value than their historical averages.
- Capital One Venture Rewards Credit Card: – Bonus offer increased – $250 Capital One Travel credit and 75,000 miles after $4,000 in purchases within the first 3 months of card membership. $1000 worth of Travel value is a very good offer for a card with an annual fee of $95.
- 30% off coupon for New Temu users. If you haven’t already signed up for Temu, this is a good way to get cheap travel bags and accessories with a good discount.
- 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 New Orleans - Example Dates: (Expedia) May 13 - May 15 / May 13 - May 19 / May 13 - May 20 / May 14 - May 19 / May 14 - May 20 / May 14 - May 21 / May 19 - May 21 / May 19 - May 22 / May 20 - May 22 / May 20 - May 27 / May 21 - May 27 / May 21 - May 28 / May 26 - May 28 / May 26 - May 29 / May 26 - Jun 02 / May 27 - May 29 / May 27 - Jun 02 / May 27 - Jun 03 / May 28 - Jun 02 / May 28 - Jun 03 / May 28 - Jun 04 / May 29 - Jun 02 / May 29 - Jun 03 / May 29 - Jun 04 / May 29 - Jun 05 / Jun 02 - Jun 04 / Jun 02 - Jun 05 / Jun 02 - Jun 09 / Jun 03 - Jun 05 / Jun 03 - Jun 09 / Jun 03 - Jun 10 / Jun 04 - Jun 09 / Jun 04 - Jun 10 / Jun 04 - Jun 11 / Jun 05 - Jun 09 / Jun 05 - Jun 10 / Jun 05 - Jun 11 / Jun 05 - Jun 12 / Jun 09 - Jun 11 / Jun 09 - Jun 12 / Jun 09 - Jun 16 / Jun 10 - Jun 12 / Jun 10 - Jun 16 / Jun 10 - Jun 17 / Jun 11 - Jun 16 / Jun 11 - Jun 17 / Jun 11 - Jun 18 / Jun 12 - Jun 16 / Jun 12 - Jun 17 / Jun 12 - Jun 18 / Jun 12 - Jun 19 / Jun 16 - Jun 18 / Jun 16 - Jun 19 / Jun 16 - Jun 23 / Jun 17 - Jun 19 / Jun 17 - Jun 23 / Jun 17 - Jun 24 / Jun 18 - Jun 23 / Jun 18 - Jun 24 / Jun 18 - Jun 25 / Jun 19 - Jun 23 / Jun 19 - Jun 24 / Jun 19 - Jun 25 / Jun 19 - Jun 26 / Jun 23 - Jun 25 / Jun 23 - Jun 26 / Jun 23 - Jun 30 / Jun 24 - Jun 26 / Jun 24 - Jun 30 / Jun 24 - JuL 01 / Jun 25 - Jun 30 / Jun 25 - JuL 01 / Jun 25 - JuL 02 / Jun 26 - Jun 30 / Jun 26 - JuL 01 / Jun 26 - JuL 02 / Jun 26 - JuL 03 / Jun 30 - JuL 02 / Jun 30 - JuL 03 / JuL 01 - JuL 03 / JuL 01 - JuL 08 / JuL 02 - JuL 08 / JuL 02 - JuL 09 / JuL 07 - JuL 09 / JuL 07 - JuL 10 / JuL 07 - JuL 14 / JuL 08 - JuL 10 / JuL 08 - JuL 14 / JuL 08 - JuL 15 / JuL 09 - JuL 14 / JuL 09 - JuL 15 / JuL 09 - JuL 16 / JuL 10 - JuL 14 / JuL 10 - JuL 15 / JuL 10 - JuL 16 / JuL 10 - JuL 17 / JuL 14 - JuL 16 / JuL 14 - JuL 17 / JuL 14 - JuL 21 / JuL 15 - JuL 17 / JuL 15 - JuL 21 / JuL 15 - JuL 22 / JuL 16 - JuL 21 / JuL 16 - JuL 22 / JuL 16 - JuL 23 / JuL 17 - JuL 21 / JuL 17 - JuL 22 / JuL 17 - JuL 23 / JuL 17 - JuL 24 / JuL 21 - JuL 23 / JuL 21 - JuL 24 / JuL 21 - JuL 28 / JuL 22 - JuL 24 / JuL 22 - JuL 28 / JuL 22 - JuL 29 / JuL 23 - JuL 28 / JuL 23 - JuL 29 / JuL 23 - JuL 30 / JuL 24 - JuL 28 / JuL 24 - JuL 29 / JuL 24 - JuL 30 / JuL 24 - JuL 31 / JuL 28 - JuL 30 / JuL 28 - JuL 31 / JuL 28 - Aug 04 / JuL 29 - JuL 31 / JuL 29 - Aug 04 / JuL 29 - Aug 05 / JuL 30 - Aug 04 / JuL 30 - Aug 05 / JuL 30 - Aug 06 / JuL 31 - Aug 04 / JuL 31 - Aug 05 / JuL 31 - Aug 06 / JuL 31 - Aug 07 / Aug 04 - Aug 06 / Aug 04 - Aug 07 / Aug 04 - Aug 11 / Aug 05 - Aug 07 / Aug 05 - Aug 11 / Aug 05 - Aug 12 / Aug 06 - Aug 11 / Aug 06 - Aug 12 / Aug 06 - Aug 13 / Aug 07 - Aug 11 / Aug 07 - Aug 12 / Aug 07 - Aug 13 / Aug 07 - Aug 14 / Aug 11 - Aug 13 / Aug 11 - Aug 14 / Aug 11 - Aug 18 / Aug 12 - Aug 14 / Aug 12 - Aug 18 / Aug 12 - Aug 19 / Aug 13 - Aug 18 / Aug 13 - Aug 19 / Aug 13 - Aug 20 / Aug 14 - Aug 18 / Aug 14 - Aug 19 / Aug 14 - Aug 20 / Aug 18 - Aug 20 / Aug 18 - Aug 25 / Aug 19 - Aug 25 / Aug 20 - Aug 25 / Aug 21 - Aug 25 / 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 New Orleans - Extended Weekend Dates: (Expedia) May 29 - Jun 02 / May 29 - Jun 03 / Jun 05 - Jun 09 / Jun 05 - Jun 10 / Jun 12 - Jun 16 / Jun 12 - Jun 17 / Jun 19 - Jun 23 / Jun 19 - Jun 24 / Jun 26 - Jun 30 / Jun 26 - JuL 01 / JuL 10 - JuL 14 / JuL 10 - JuL 15 / JuL 17 - JuL 21 / JuL 17 - JuL 22 / JuL 24 - JuL 28 / JuL 24 - JuL 29 / JuL 31 - Aug 04 / JuL 31 - Aug 05 / Aug 07 - Aug 11 / Aug 07 - Aug 12 / Aug 14 - Aug 18 / Aug 14 - Aug 19 / Aug 21 - Aug 25 / 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.
- Hotels in New Orleans under $200 a night: (Hotels via Expedia) May 13 - May 15 / May 13 - May 19 / May 13 - May 20 / May 14 - May 19 / May 14 - May 20 / May 14 - May 21 / May 19 - May 21 / May 19 - May 22 / May 20 - May 22 / May 20 - May 27 / May 21 - May 27 / May 21 - May 28 / May 26 - May 28 / May 26 - May 29 / May 26 - Jun 02 / May 27 - May 29 / May 27 - Jun 02 / May 27 - Jun 03 / May 28 - Jun 02 / May 28 - Jun 03 / May 28 - Jun 04 / May 29 - Jun 02 / May 29 - Jun 03 / May 29 - Jun 04 / May 29 - Jun 05 / Jun 02 - Jun 04 / Jun 02 - Jun 05 / Jun 02 - Jun 09 / Jun 03 - Jun 05 / Jun 03 - Jun 09 / Jun 03 - Jun 10 / Jun 04 - Jun 09 / Jun 04 - Jun 10 / Jun 04 - Jun 11 / Jun 05 - Jun 09 / Jun 05 - Jun 10 / Jun 05 - Jun 11 / Jun 05 - Jun 12 / Jun 09 - Jun 11 / Jun 09 - Jun 12 / Jun 09 - Jun 16 / Jun 10 - Jun 12 / Jun 10 - Jun 16 / Jun 10 - Jun 17 / Jun 11 - Jun 16 / Jun 11 - Jun 17 / Jun 11 - Jun 18 / Jun 12 - Jun 16 / Jun 12 - Jun 17 / Jun 12 - Jun 18 / Jun 12 - Jun 19 / Jun 16 - Jun 18 / Jun 16 - Jun 19 / Jun 16 - Jun 23 / Jun 17 - Jun 19 / Jun 17 - Jun 23 / Jun 17 - Jun 24 / Jun 18 - Jun 23 / Jun 18 - Jun 24 / Jun 18 - Jun 25 / Jun 19 - Jun 23 / Jun 19 - Jun 24 / Jun 19 - Jun 25 / Jun 19 - Jun 26 / Jun 23 - Jun 25 / Jun 23 - Jun 26 / Jun 23 - Jun 30 / Jun 24 - Jun 26 / Jun 24 - Jun 30 / Jun 24 - JuL 01 / Jun 25 - Jun 30 / Jun 25 - JuL 01 / Jun 25 - JuL 02 / Jun 26 - Jun 30 / Jun 26 - JuL 01 / Jun 26 - JuL 02 / Jun 26 - JuL 03 / Jun 30 - JuL 02 / Jun 30 - JuL 03 / JuL 01 - JuL 03 / JuL 01 - JuL 08 / JuL 02 - JuL 08 / JuL 02 - JuL 09 / JuL 07 - JuL 09 / JuL 07 - JuL 10 / JuL 07 - JuL 14 / JuL 08 - JuL 10 / JuL 08 - JuL 14 / JuL 08 - JuL 15 / JuL 09 - JuL 14 / JuL 09 - JuL 15 / JuL 09 - JuL 16 / JuL 10 - JuL 14 / JuL 10 - JuL 15 / JuL 10 - JuL 16 / JuL 10 - JuL 17 / JuL 14 - JuL 16 / JuL 14 - JuL 17 / JuL 14 - JuL 21 / JuL 15 - JuL 17 / JuL 15 - JuL 21 / JuL 15 - JuL 22 / JuL 16 - JuL 21 / JuL 16 - JuL 22 / JuL 16 - JuL 23 / JuL 17 - JuL 21 / JuL 17 - JuL 22 / JuL 17 - JuL 23 / JuL 17 - JuL 24 / JuL 21 - JuL 23 / JuL 21 - JuL 24 / JuL 21 - JuL 28 / JuL 22 - JuL 24 / JuL 22 - JuL 28 / JuL 22 - JuL 29 / JuL 23 - JuL 28 / JuL 23 - JuL 29 / JuL 23 - JuL 30 / JuL 24 - JuL 28 / JuL 24 - JuL 29 / JuL 24 - JuL 30 / JuL 24 - JuL 31 / JuL 28 - JuL 30 / JuL 28 - JuL 31 / JuL 28 - Aug 04 / JuL 29 - JuL 31 / JuL 29 - Aug 04 / JuL 29 - Aug 05 / JuL 30 - Aug 04 / JuL 30 - Aug 05 / JuL 30 - Aug 06 / JuL 31 - Aug 04 / JuL 31 - Aug 05 / JuL 31 - Aug 06 / JuL 31 - Aug 07 / Aug 04 - Aug 06 / Aug 04 - Aug 07 / Aug 04 - Aug 11 / Aug 05 - Aug 07 / Aug 05 - Aug 11 / Aug 05 - Aug 12 / Aug 06 - Aug 11 / Aug 06 - Aug 12 / Aug 06 - Aug 13 / Aug 07 - Aug 11 / Aug 07 - Aug 12 / Aug 07 - Aug 13 / Aug 07 - Aug 14 / Aug 11 - Aug 13 / Aug 11 - Aug 14 / Aug 11 - Aug 18 / Aug 12 - Aug 14 / Aug 12 - Aug 18 / Aug 12 - Aug 19 / Aug 13 - Aug 18 / Aug 13 - Aug 19 / Aug 13 - Aug 20 / Aug 14 - Aug 18 / Aug 14 - Aug 19 / Aug 14 - Aug 20 / Aug 18 - Aug 20 / Aug 18 - Aug 25 / Aug 19 - Aug 25 / Aug 20 - Aug 25 / Aug 21 - Aug 25 / Note: There are more hotels available outside of the $200 price filter. To see those, remove the filter on the Expedia 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: 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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