Peak summer flights to Europe at reasonable prices are difficult to find – especially on Delta. But that's exactly what our Thrifty Traveler Premium members got in their inboxes this week!
Every week, we send dozens of flight deal alerts to our members: dirt-cheap domestic flights in and around the U.S.; inexpensive but comfy long-haul flights to Europe, Asia, and beyond; and plenty of alerts to use your points and miles to fly business or first class all over the globe. But some alerts stand out from the rest.
We call them The Thrifty Traveler Three – or the TT 3, for short. This past week, for instance, we sent this fare (among dozens of others) flying nonstop to Europe on Delta for just 44,000 miles roundtrip! You could also book these from several Delta hubs flying nonstop to Europe.
How'd we find this deal? Well, we've got a team of nine flight deal experts scouring the globe for the best flight deals every day for our Thrifty Traveler Premium members – departing from more than 200 airports. We run thousands of searches on almost every single route departing the United States or Canada every morning and we deliver the best deals we find straight to your inbox.
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This week, we sent more than 25 flight deal alerts to our members. But only a trio can make the cut for The TT 3. Here they are.
3. Chile or Argentina From $467 RT
You can reliably find cheap flights to Colombia, Peru, and other countries in the northern corner of South America. But what makes us really excited is finding roundtrip flights all the way to Chile and Argentina for nearly half-off.
This week, we found two of them. This roundup of low fares to Santiago, Chile (SCL) was the first example. These fares left us stunned.
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Not only are places like Miami (MIA) and New York City (JFK) benefitting from low fares, but travelers in high fare environments like Saskatoon (YXE), Westchester County (HPN), and Winnipeg (YWG) even got a chance to snag low fares.
And right after we found those fares, flights to Buenos Aires (EZE) got cheap all of a sudden, too!
For travelers with their eyes on South America, this was a good week to be a Premium member!
2. Aer Lingus Biz Class from the West Coast from 40K Points Each Way
Any other week, this would have been the best deal of the week. Finding lie-flat business class seats to Europe bookable with points and miles all the way from the West Coast is hard.
But suddenly, we found tons of Aer Lingus business class seats bookable from Los Angeles (LAX), San Francisco (SFO), and Seattle (SEA)!
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West Coasters could snag these rates flying to Ireland later this year. Combined with a transfer bonus from Citi ThankYou Points to Qatar Avios (which you can kick over to British Airways), you might only need 40,000 points to book these flights!
1. Peak Summer Delta Flights to Europe from 44K Points RT
Booking a flight in June, July, or August to Europe can be a exorbitantly expensive. Like … $2,000 roundtrip expensive, especially if you're hoping to fly notoriously pricey Delta to get there.
That's why we always dig into ways to use points and miles to book those same flights instead. And look at what we found!
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The key here is to avoid Delta and its high-priced SkyMiles program and book using miles from some of Delta's partners instead. Flying Blue and Virgin Atlantic offer way better rates. Thanks to some awesome transfer partners from all the major banks, you can fill your Virgin or Flying Blue accounts in no time.
Bottom Line
There you have it: The Thrifty Traveler Three. Our best three flight deals of the week that our Thrifty Traveler Premium members got the first chance at booking.
For travelers looking for peak summer Delta flights to Europe from 44,000 points roundtrip, lie-flat seats to Ireland from 40,000 points each way, cheap flights to South America and more, it was a week to remember … but one of just 52 weeks out of the year featuring amazing flight deals.
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Do you really think it’s helpful to label fares as a “mistake”? I would suggest doing so is at best naive and at worst wilfully detrimental to your readers and others who avail themselves of these types of airfares.
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.
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.
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!