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.
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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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United has round-trip flights from Austin (AUS) to San Jose, Costa Rica (SJO) for $298-$312 with a connection. Flights October to November. Very few weekends available. 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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American Airlines has round-trip flights from Austin (AUS) to Grand Cayman, Costa Rica, Jamaica, or Nassau, Bahamas (GCM, LIR, MBJ, NAS) for $295-$350 with a connection. Flights August to November. 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.
Alaska Airlines and United have round-trip flights from Austin (AUS) to Honolulu (HNL) for $359-$384 with a connection. Flights August to October. Departures on Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Sunday. No Fridays or Saturdays. Extended weekends available. Origin/Destination reversible.
Priceline has “Express Deals” for about $341. With “Express Deals” the airline and exact flight are hidden until after purchase and those purchases are final. There is no 24-hour free cancellation for “Express Deals”. The flight is guaranteed to be on a major airline. Be sure to select the deal with 0 to 1 stops and a layover less than 3-hours.
A Carry-on bag and also a personal item is allowed for free on Alaska Airlines. You can avoid paying for seat selection by accepting the randomly assigned seat at the gate.
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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 Austin (AUS) to Auckland (AKL) for $785 with a connection. Flights October to March. No Weekends. Departures on Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday.
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 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 and Delta have round-trip flights from Austin (AUS) to San Jose, Costa Rica (SJO) for $327-$357 with a connection. Flights July, August, September, October, January, and February. Very few weekends available. Origin/Destination reversible.
Google Flights may have cheaper fares that most other booking sites on this one, but only if you mix American and Delta fares inbound/outbound.
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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British Airways, American Airlines, Finnair, Aer Lingus and various other airlines have round-trip flights from Austin (AUS) to Dublin or Inverness (DUB, INV) for $526-$571 with a connection. Flights November to March. Departures on Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, and Sunday. 7-day minimum stay required. No Thanksgiving dates.
Inverness is cheaper, but has less availability.
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.
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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.