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American Airlines has round-trip flights from Austin (AUS) to Aruba (AUA) for $341-$346 with a connection. Flights in August. Departures on Tuesday and Wednesday. Origin/Destination reversible.

Only a few calendar dates available for this one, mostly end of August.

Links to these fares are available on our website, in the full blog post.

Deals usually last about 24-72 hours after posting.

American Airlines has round-trip flights from San Antonio and Austin (SAT, AUS) to Belize City (BZE) for $351-$365 with a connection. Origin/Destination reversible. Holiday blackouts.

San Antonio Flights in August, October, November, and December. Departures on Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, and Sunday.

Flights in August and October. Departures on Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, and Sunday.

Links to these fares are available on our website, in the full blog post.

Deals usually last about 24-72 hours after posting.

American Airlines has round-trip flights from Austin or San Antonio (AUS, SAT) to Saint Thomas (STT) for $190-$254 with a connection. Flights in August. Origin/Destination reversible.

San Antonio fares (starting at $190) are cheaper than Austin, but have a tight 45-minute outbound connection in Miami.

Here's an example date that worked for this at time of writing: SAT-STT, Aug 21-Aug 28. There is a list of example dates that we've verified for this deal on our website.

American has matched and beaten Southwest's Hawaii fares that went live yesterday.

Round-trip flights from Austin (AUS) to Honolulu (HNL) for $350 with a connection. Flights dates vary between August and December. Origin/Destination reversible.

San Antonio has more availability for Honolulu than Austin.

Links to these fares are available on our website, in the full blog post.

Deals usually last about 24-72 hours after posting.

(Other airlines will likely match this or run their own sales on these airports tomorrow.)

Southwest has posted some round-trip flights from Austin (AUS) to Los Angeles, Panama City Florida, or Salt Lake City (LAX, ECP, SLC) for $155-$206, NONSTOP. Origin/Destination reversible. No Christmas dates available. Departures on Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Saturday.

Los Angeles: Flights August to December.
Panama City: Flights August, September, October, and December.
Salt Lake City: Flights July to October.

Links to these fares are available on our website, in the full blog post.

Deals usually last about 24-72 hours after posting.

Southwest has round-trip flights from Austin or San Antonio (AUS, SAT) to Honolulu, Maui, or Kona, Hawaii (HNL, OGG, KOA) for $404 with a connection. Origin/Destination reversible. No Holiday dates.

Honolulu: Flights via AUS in August and November. / via SAT October to November. Departures on Monday and Tuesday. Very limited.
Maui: Flights via AUS August to December. / via SAT October to December.
Kona: Flights via AUS/SAT October to November.

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Alaska Airlines has round-trip flights from Austin (AUS) to Seattle (SEA) for $177-$197, NONSTOP. Flights in August. Very few weekends available.

Some small OTAs on Skyscanner have this for as low as $177; which is cheaper than the airline. If you plan on booking there, beware of any site that charges a fee to cancel a ticket within the 24-hour “free” period. Use unknown booking sites at your own risk.

Allows one carry-on bag and one personal item for free. You can avoid paying for seat selection by accepting the randomly assigned seat at the gate.

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Frontier has posted some discounted round-trip flights from Austin (AUS) to Denver or Atlanta (DEN, ATL) for $60-$89, NONSTOP. Origin/Destination reversible. No Thanksgiving dates.

Denver flights July to November. With some short weekend fares available in August.

Atlanta flights July to September. Mostly midweek. Some weekend departures available in August.

Links to these fares are available on our website, in the full blog post.

Deals usually last about 24-72 hours after posting.

American Airlines has round-trip flights from Austin (AUS) to Vail, Colorado (EGE) for $255-$269 with a connection. Flights July to April. Departures on Monday, Tuesday, and Sunday. Origin/Destination reversible.

American allows one carry-on bag and one personal item for free. You can avoid paying for seat selection by accepting the randomly assigned seat at the gate.

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United, Delta, and American have round-trip flights from Austin (AUS) to Grand Cayman (GCM) for $297-$312 with a connection. Flights June to April. Weekends available. Origin/Destination reversible.

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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