Flight prices can seem out of control and even finding ways to use your points and miles can be a challenge. But there are still amazing deals out there if you know where to look – just ask our Thrifty Traveler Premium members.
In the last week alone, we've sent our subscribers nearly two dozen amazing flight deals. That includes widespread availability flying Aer Lingus business class to Ireland and England during peak summer, some of the cheapest fares to Bermuda we've ever seen, and some Emirates Business Class availability to Italy and Greece this summer, too!
And that's just a small taste of the cheap flights and fare deals we've found. We've got a team of eight flight deal experts scouring the globe for the best flight deals every day for our Thrifty Traveler Premium members – departing from more than 200 U.S. airports. To give you an idea of just how good the deals can get even as you're seeing sky-high prices on your own searches, we've narrowed it down to the best three deals of the week.
So, without further ado…
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Aer Lingus Business Class to Ireland During Peak Summer!
Aer Lingus is making a lot of Thrifty Traveler Premium members happy this week! The Ireland flag carrier with a nice, comfortable business class, made hundreds and hundreds of lie-flat seats available to travelers with points and miles, including flights during the peak summer months.
It was a stunning deal that started out like this.
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Business class seats on nearly all of Aer Lingus's routes from North America to Ireland and England were made available to travelers with Aer Lingus, British Airways, Alaska, or United miles earlier this week.
And then even more cities jumped into the party a few days later.
If a peak summer trip to Ireland is on your list, one of these flights is the best way to get there.
Bermuda from $273 RT
The Atlantic island of Bermuda is the kind of getaway that everyone wants to put on the calendar in the spring months. Especially if you live up north, springtime is full of rain and fits and starts of the summer months. In Bermuda, though, you get pristine beaches and access to the country with the most golf courses per square mile in the world!
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Oh, and did I mention that fares to Bermuda dropped to near record lows from more than a dozen airports?
For airports like Minneapolis (MSP), Las Vegas (LAS), and Kansas City (MCI), these are some of the lowest fares to Bermuda that we've ever seen.
Emirates Business Class to Italy and Greece
Emirates just oozes luxury, and often its prices reflect that. But if you use points and miles in crafty ways, you can book these classy airplane seats for next to nothing.
Plus, you don't have to fly to Dubai (DXB) to jump on one of these beautiful planes. In fact, the airline flies a double-decker A380 between New York (JFK) and Milan (MXP) and the airline also flies between Newark (EWR) and Athens (ATH), too!
And wouldn't you know it, those flights were made available to travelers with Emirates or Qantas miles (or the transferable miles you can put into those accounts). Just 108,000 miles are needed to book these roundtrip!
Bottom Line
Travelers nationwide may be writing off trips when all they see is high airfare and yet here we are: Proving that cheap flights and amazing deals to use your points and miles are still out there.
It's been another amazing week for Thrifty Traveler Premium members – especially the ones who booked some widespread availability flying Aer Lingus business class to Ireland and England during peak summer, some of the cheapest fares to Bermuda we've ever seen, and some Emirates Business Class availability to Italy and Greece this summer, too!
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You seem to have lots of good deals however we live in Houston, TX and it seems the low fares rarely originate from Houston, although Bush is an international airport!
Your occasional Iberia posts frustrate me. NEVER do I see the point avails that you reference even when I am checking within minutes of getting your Email alerts. This time, I searched the DFW-MAD route via AA as you instructed. I found one date with a 57.5K point 1 way Biz seat in March and a few in Feb and Jan. Nothing in April, May or June and no 34K avail. Checked BOS-MAD and MIA-MAD, they won’t even show the Iberia option and can’t toggle to one way. Seems like clickbait.
Does your Thrift Premium service ever include a mix of miles and cash or even gas only for flights from USA to say, Milan? I don’t have tons of points right now and am considering joining this fall.