Flights from Austin (AUS) to multiple cities in Spain are priced at a discount. Round-trip flights to many cities in Spain with 1-stop are all under $799.
[07/2/2014 @ 9:58 PM] More info: Allows a free open-jaw.
[07/11/2014 @ 6:54 PM] This fare is no longer available. Price is now $1312.
Click for more details and booking links Cheap Flights: Austin to Spain under $799 r/t 1-stop
American Airlines is currently running a promotion to kick off their new routes from Dallas (DFW) to Hong Kong (HKG) and Shanghai (PVG).
Click for more details and booking links Earn 5k – 25k bonus miles per round-trip to China on AA
Today, after over four decades of providing domestic service, Southwest is officially going international. This should eventually increase competition for Caribbean and Mexican routes and that is a great thing because those routes are vastly under-served and ridiculously overpriced.
Consequently, to kick off this milestone, Southwest has announced a new vacation package promotion (Flight + Hotel) for Mexico and the Caribbean.
Click for more details and booking links Southwest airlines goes international today
I’m seeing cheap airfare from Austin (AUS) to several cities in Australia. Round-trip flights to Melbourne (MEL), Sydney (SYD), and Brisbane (BNE) are going for about $1170 at the moment, which is about $500 less than what the route is normally priced at. Fare rules allow a free stopover, so you will probably want to do a multi-city itinerary rather than a round-trip.
[07/8/2014 @ 11:44 AM] Deal looks dead. Price now $1667.
Click for more details and booking links Cheap Flights: Austin to Australia ~$1170 r/t 1-stop
Hmm. Austin to Hong Kong or Tokyo, which to choose? Why not Hong Kong and Tokyo to Osaka and Kyoto for $947 + $148 rail for the 2015 cherry blossom season?
[06/30/2014 @ 3:11 PM] Price has increased to $980.
[07/16/2014 @ 7:30 PM] The fare used to create this itinerary is no longer available at a discount.
It’s rare to see a cheaper flight from Austin (AUS) to Hong Kong (HKG) than out of Houston (IAH) but apparently it happens now and then. Flights from Austin (AUS) to Hong Kong (HKG) are $818 round-trip, 1-stop. Fare allows two stopovers, one each direction and a free open-jaw!
[06/30/2014 @ 3:13 PM] Price has increased by $19 to $837.
[07/16/2014 @ 7:28 PM] United is no longer offering this route, but American Airlines is for $837.
Click for more details and booking links Cheap Flights: Austin to Hong Kong $818 r/t 1-stop
Consider this: It currently costs about $1185 to fly round-trip from Houston (IAH) to Amsterdam (AMS). If you’re going to do that, you may as well put that fare to work. Instead you could fly from Houston to Amsterdam then to Mumbai (Bombay) India, then to Paris and then back home for less than the cost of the regular round-trip itinerary.
[07/01/2014 @ 9:40 AM] Orbitz link now points to different dates, as original dates used in this post are more expensive.
[08/31/2014 @ 12:23 AM] Removed from deal list. Will re-add when I’m able to find a similar fare with similar components.
Click for more details and booking links Ideas: Houston to Amsterdam to Bombay to Paris for $1052?
Delta has flights from Austin (AUS) to Oakland (OAK) or San Jose (SJC) at $200 round-trip with 1-stop. Those of you that weren’t able to get in on the deal a few days ago to San Francisco for $227 now have another shot at getting out there. Getting to San Francisco from Oakland (OAK) airport is pretty trivial. Jump on the BART.
[06/27/2014 @ 1:29 PM] Cheap flights no longer available.
I’m seeing really cheap flights from Houston (IAH) to Tel Aviv, Israel (TLV). Round-trip flights with one-stop are $760 for flights departing in the winter until spring 2015.
[06/30/2014 @ 3:19 PM] Most flights with mileage accrual no longer available. Turkish allows a stopover in Istanbul, but accrues no miles.
[08/03/2014 @ 8:50 PM] Deal gone. Next lowest is Turkish for $811.
Click for more details and booking links Cheap Flights: Houston to Tel Aviv, Israel $760 r/t 1-stop
This is an update to an older post that was removed from the active deals list. I’ve re-added it and updated the details.
[06/22/2014 @ 9:20 PM] Added this back to the deals page. Asiana flights still available: 70% accrual. Air Canada available: 100%, 10+ hour stopover required in Toronto.
[06/24/2014 @ 11:39 PM] Asiana pulled their fare. Air Canada still available. Delta available for $824 with full accrual.
[06/26/2014 @ 1:50 AM] Cheap flights out of Austin available for $814, United.
[07/15/2014 @ 3:59 PM] United is offering the route for $884 and allows free open-jaws and two (for a fee) stopovers.
[07/18:2014 @ 12:53 AM] This post is deprecated. United fare moved into its own post. This post now points to the most relevant post.
Click for more details and booking links Cheap Flights: Houston to Hong Kong $884 r/t 1-stop
Talk about deal of the century! The Dear Leader has graced us with an awesome fare to North Korea. If you never want to be heard from again, or want to shoot some hoops with the Supreme Leader and Dennis Rodman, flights from Beijing (PEK) to Pyongyang (FNJ) are super-duper cheap right now. Round-trip nonstop flights between Beijing (PEK) to Pyongyang, North Korea (FNJ) is a whopping $0.00 at the moment.
[06/21/2014 @ 11:33 PM] Reports from that those that have been crazy enough to try to book a ticket – It hangs when you get to the final purchase portion. No dice. 🙁
Really cheap flights from Houston (IAH) to Buenos Aires (EZE) for $704 round-trip 1-stop. Carrier is Aeromexico / Delta. Or via San Antonio for $494!
[06/21/2014 @ 3:00 PM] This deal looks like it’s dead. Price is now $1043 for SAT and $1278 for IAH. Congrats to those that were able to book it.
Click for more details and booking links Cheap Flights: Houston to Buenos Aires $704 r/t 1-stop
[06/19/2014 @ 12:12 PM] Deal looks dead. Price increased to $280.
United Airlines flights from Austin (AUS) to San Francisco (SFO) are on sale right now. Tickets are $227 non-stop round-trip. To those of you that are reluctant to make the drive to catch the flight, consider this: The amount of time you would spend driving to Austin (AUS) plus the flight is less than the total travel time for the $339 flight out of IAH with a layover.
Click for more details and booking links Cheap Flights: Austin to San Francisco $227 r/t nonstop
This post is deprecated. It now directs to the last relevant Amsterdam deal.
If you’re going to drop about $1000 on airfare to Asia you should probably just do this instead.
Fly from Houston to Tokyo, then take the Shinkansen (Japan’s high-speed bullet train) to Kyoto and Osaka then catch a flight to Jakarta, hang out there for a while before catching a flight to check out Singapore, eat a chili-crab, then finally, after all of that, get on a plane back home to Houston for $1258 flights + $148 rail.
This itinerary makes good use of the fare’s free open-jaw and paid-stopover.
[07/10/2014 @ 1:04 PM] This fare looks dead.
So, what ya doing for July 4th? I think you should go on a science expedition to compare the beaches of Cancun (CUN) to Miami (MIA) for $304. Flights leaving July 4th from Houston (IAH). It probably won’t last long. This is a multi-destination itinerary that is pretty awesome.
[06/16/2014 @ 11:17 AM] Deal is dead. Price now $616.
United is rocking it with the cheap flights tonight. Flights from Houston (IAH) to Thessaloniki, Greece (SKG) are $740 for a round-trip with either one or two stops. Thessaloniki is the second largest city in Greece and offers a lot of opportunity to visit the surrounding region. There are some cheaper fares available if you can handle a long layover of 10+ hours. There was no stopover component found in the fare basis rules.
[06/16/2014 @ 11:25 AM] United / Aegean still valid – 100% accrual. Turkish also doing $690 0% accrual, but will give you a stopover.
[10/06/2014 @ 11:56 PM] Added to “Flight deals that look cheap, but aren’t worth posting about”.
It looks like United is on a roll this evening. Cheap flights to Cairo, Egypt (CAI) are showing up at $802 for round-trip flights from Houston (IAH). No stopover component found in the fare basis rules, but you should always double check. I may have missed something. United and Air Canada seem to be handling the bulk of the traffic.
NOTE: This route will no longer be actively monitored. From a pure CPM basis, flights from Houston to Cairo will always seem deal-worthy. If this route isn’t on a Lufthansa / United sale, it will be on a KLM / Delta / Air France sale. If it’s on neither of those, you can get it for about $650 on Turkish. I’m leaving this as an “active deal” indefinitely. I will not send out notifications unless the route falls below $650 round-trip.
Click for more details and booking links Flights: Houston to Cairo, Egypt $708 – $802 r/t – Multiple
United just announced crappy new changes to their crappy loyalty program. Want to know what they are? Here’s a hint: it’s mostly crap.
Click for more details and booking links Crappy new changes coming to United’s MileagePlus program
There is a really good fare Jakarta, Indonesia (CGK). Round-trip flights from Houston (IAH) or Austin (AUS) are $975. Fare rules contain a stopover component.
[07/15/2014 @ 7:00 PM] Korean Air offers a route via ICN for $895. 70% accrual, but better seats and overall service.
