United has round-trip flights from Austin (AUS) to Havana (HAV) for $333 with a connection. Flights in November. Departures on Tuesday, Wednesday, and Saturday. Very few extended weekends available. Origin/Destination reversible. A VISA is required.
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United, Delta, and Alaska Airlines have round-trip flights from Austin (AUS) to Los Angeles (LAX) for $124-$133, NONSTOP. Flights in May, August, September, October, November, December, January, February, and March. Weekends available. Origin/Destination reversible.
Carry-on bag and personal item are allowed without additional fee on Delta and Alaska Airlines.
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. If you have the United Explorer credit-card, use the “free checked bag” perk.
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 Aruba (AUA) for $291-$294 with a connection. Flights in May, October, November, December, January, February, and March.
Priceline has “Express Deals” for $279. 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 4-hours.
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 Honolulu, Maui, or Kona, Hawaii (HNL, OGG, KOA) for $355 with a connection. Flights September to November. No Weekends. Departures on Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday. Origin/Destination reversible. San Antonio has less availability than Austin.
American is starting to match the Southwest fares that we mentioned yesterday.
Priceline has “Express Deals” for $302 on some of these dates/routes. 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 4-hours.
Main Cabin. Not Basic. A Carry-on bag and also a personal item is allowed for free on American. Seat selection is allowed without fee in Main Cabin.
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[04/29/2022 @ 10:23 AM CT] Deal expired or removed. If it goes back online we will send out another notification.
Southwest has round-trip flights from Austin (AUS) to San Jose, Costa Rica (SJO) for $234-$276 with a connection. About $99-$177 each-way. Flights August to October. Mostly midweek. Origin/Destination reversible.
[04/29/2022 @ 10:23 AM CT] Deal expired or removed. If it goes back online we will send out another notification.
Southwest has round-trip flights from Austin or San Antonio (AUS/SAT) to Honolulu, Maui, Kona, or Lihue, Hawaii (HNL, OGG, KOA, LIH) for $354 with a connection. $177 each-way. Flights mid-August to November. Mostly midweek. Origin/Destination reversible.
Carry-on and checked bag are allowed for free. Southwest doesn’t charge change fees.
Use the fare calendar links to pull up the fares.
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[04/29/2022 @ 10:23 AM CT] Deal expired or removed. If it goes back online we will send out another notification.
Southwest has round-trip flights from Austin (AUS) to Nassau, Bahamas or Belize (NAS, BZE) for $255-$334, with a connection. Flights mid-August to September. Origin/Destination reversible. Limited availability.
Note: Bahamas has some outbound flights for $77 and return flights for about $183. A round-trip using those is about $260. Belize is more expensive with round-trips being about $304.
American Airlines has round-trip flights from Austin (AUS) to Kingston (KIN) for $365 with a connection. Flights September, October, November, January, February, and March. Weekends available. Origin/Destination reversible.
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American Airlines and United have round-trip flights from Austin (AUS) to Panama City, Panama (PTY) for $336-$339 with a connection. Flights May to March. Weekends available. Origin/Destination reversible.
American fare is Main Cabin, not basic. A Carry-on bag, personal item, and seat selection is allowed for free on American. United fare is basic economy, fees for carry-on bags and seat selection.
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[04/22/2022 @ 09:55 AM CT] Price dropped to $197. Was $227.
[04/22/2022 @ 02:23 PM CT] Fare gone. Removing from deal list.
Delta has round-trip flights from Austin (AUS) to San Juan, Puerto Rico (SJU) for $197 with a connection. Flights September, January, and February. No Sunday departures. Extended weekends available. Origin/Destination reversible.
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American Airlines and United have round-trip flights from Austin (AUS) to San Jose del Cabo (SJD) for $249-$263, NONSTOP or with connections. Flights April to May. Extended weekends available. Origin/Destination reversible.
Note: Most NONSTOP flights depart on Monday.
American Airlines has round-trip flights from Austin (AUS) to Cartagena (CTG) for $318 with a connection. Flights in May, August, October, November, December, January, and February. No Thursday departures. Very few extended weekends available. Origin/Destination reversible. No Holidays.