September isn't over just yet, but we're calling it now: It's been one of the best months for cheap flights and points and miles deals. Just ask our Thrifty Traveler Premium members.
Our team scours the globe every day for the best of the best: think cheap domestic and international tickets, discounted business and first class fares, and even award space alerts like Delta SkyMiles flash sales and chances to book lie-flat seats abroad at great rates. And in August, we found and sent Thrifty Traveler Premium members a ton of alerts – more than 100 of them, in fact.
Those deals run the gamut from lie-flat business class availability to Southeast Asia to roundtrip fares to Europe in the $300s and some of the cheapest domestic flights we've found all year – just $56 roundtrip! This past month has really had something for every traveler looking to book a trip this year or next.
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Narrowing it down was the hardest part, but these are the 10 best deals we found last month.
1. Cathay Pacific Biz Class to SE Asia For 75K Points (Or Less)
There's nothing better than a lie-flat seat for those long flights across the Pacific, especially when it's in one of the best business class seats in the world: Cathay Pacific.
This month, Cathay Pacific announced it would fly to a brand new U.S. destination: Dallas-Fort Worth (DFW).
Finding award availability to book Cathay Pacific business class can be hard, but we found a real unicorn fare: Flying Cathay from Dallas (DFW) to Southeast Asia. You could book one of these seats to Cathay's hub in Hong Kong (HKG) for just 75,000 points each way.
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The cheapest way to book this deal was booking with Finnair Avios. Only Capital One miles transfer directly to Finnair, but you could transfer points from any of the other major banks (American Express, Bilt, Chase, Citi, and Wells Fargo) to British Airways and easily move them to Finnair to get the Avios you need.
And thanks to a transfer bonus from Amex to British Airways, you could book these seats for as few as 58,000 points each way!
But for travelers with either Alaska or American miles, you can snag these fares, too! That's what made this deal so rare and such a boon for our subscribers hoping to fly lie-flat to Asia next year.
And that was the second Cathay Business Class Unicorn Alert we sent this month! Just a few days earlier, we found similar availability from Chicago-O'Hare (ORD) to Hong Kong and beyond to Southeast Asia for the same rates. You could book one of these seats to Cathay's hub in Hong Kong (HKG) or connect onward to Manila (MNL) or Taipei (TPE) for just 75,000 points each way.
The cheapest way to book this deal was booking, again, with Finnair Avios, meaning you could book these seats for as few as 58,000 points each way, too!
2. Delta SkyMiles to Taipei from 34K Roundtrip
If you want to fly to Asia for cheap, you'd be hard-pressed to find a better points and miles rate than these Delta SkyMiles fares.
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Taiwan isn't top of mind for most travelers, but as a way to get yourself to Asia, there's nothing better than this.
If you have a Delta SkyMiles credit card with it's TakeOff 15 benefit, you could book these fares for as few 34,000 SkyMiles roundtrip! For most everyone else, you'll pay the rack rate of 54,000 SkyMiles roundtrip – still an insane deal for flights that typically cost over 100,000 SkyMiles, or easily over $1,000!
3. East Coast for Under $100 RT
Cheap flights are the best, and it doesn't get better than when you can get somewhere for under $100 roundtrip.
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JetBlue regularly runs sales, and we rounded up some of the best fares for our subscribers. East Coast-based travelers could snag a cheap flight to Florida, Boston, or New York, and back for just $76 roundtrip…or even as low as $56!
4. Icelandair to Europe in the $300s RT
If you see airfare in the $300s roundtrip to Europe, the primary culprit is usually the cheap and awesome Icelandair. This week, Icelandair ran one of its patented sales, which created fares like these ones to Copenhagen (CPH).
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One quick stop in Reykjavik (KEF) on Icelandair can put you in the way of these fares and they're all eligible for Icelandair stopovers.
These fares to Helsinki (HEL) are no exception, either.
And finally, a few days earlier, we found all of these fares to Dublin (DUB) as well, including the rare inclusion of Portland (PDX) into these insanely cheap fares!
5. Tokyo, Japan from 34K SkyMiles RT!
It's the perfect cocktail: One shot of Tokyo, one shot of Delta, and a SkyMiles garnish. Oh, and it's about 70% off, too.
This Delta SkyMiles deal, part of Delta's long-awaited summer promo, was a stunner.
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Delta SkyMiles rates to Tokyo-Haneda (HND) typically run right around 100,000 SkyMiles roundtrip for economy. But not this week: We found flights for half that cost (or less!) from dozens of U.S. airports all across the country!
This deal offered some of the lowest rates to Tokyo that we've ever seen that can get you to Tokyo this fall, during peak ski season in Japan, and into early spring 2025 – peak cherry blossom season!
Plus, with a Delta SkyMiles credit card, you get 15% off these award rates with the TakeOff 15 benefit.
6. SAS Business Class to Copenhagen from 35K Points
Scandinavian Airlines (SAS) Business Class is a classy and comfortable way to fly to northern Europe, but it's been very hard to book for Americans with points and miles.
Now that SAS has joined the SkyTeam Alliance, you can snag these seats using Air France/KLM Flying Blue miles.
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As soon as SAS joined SkyTeam, we started searching for these routes every day, and finally we saw SAS release a bunch of partner award space to Flying Blue!
Flying Blue miles are some of the easiest to earn, too, as you can transfer points to Flying Blue from all the major banks: Amex, Bilt, Capital One, Chase, Citi, and Wells Fargo.
Hopefully our friends in the Midwest got to book these lie-flat fares to Copenhagen (CPH) this year.
7. Hawaii Under $300 RT
We've seen it time and time again: Everyone wants to go to Hawaii. Our subscribers practically beg for cheap Hawaii flights. So we relish the chance to deliver.
Usually, that's in the form of flights under $500 roundtrip, but this week, we saw some of our favorite fares on earth: Hawaii flights under $300 roundtrip.
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All four of Hawaii's islands got in on this deal, including an impressive list of U.S. cities from which you can fly to the islands for $299 or less.
8. Business Class to Spain for 27K Points Each Way
It's one of the cheapest business class seats you can book across the Atlantic, and it's about to get a facelift.
Iberia Business Class has been one of our favorites for a long time for its low award rates. And when this new business class seat is unveiled this fall and winter, it's going to not only be a great deal, but an incredibly comfortable product, too.
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The release of award space this close to travel is unusual for Iberia – which usually allows travelers to book nine or 10 months out reliably.
But it also coincided with a 30% transfer bonus from American Express to British Airways, too.
Read more: Want to Fly Business Class? These are the Easiest Flights to Book with Points
9. Delta to Greece or Italy Under $499 RT
If there's something our subscribers love more than flying to Greece or Italy in the $400s roundtrip…it's flying Delta.
That's why this deal tickled so many of our members when we sent it this September.
Flights to Athens (ATH), Milan (MXP), Rome (FCO), and Venice (VCE) aren't always cheap – especially on Delta. But the airline slashed rates for shoulder season and off-season (October through March) travel just a few days ago.
10. Spain Under $497 RT
Roundtrip flights to Spain in the $400s are always going to make it to your inbox if you're a Thrifty Traveler Premium member.
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This latest deal was no different. And that's doubly so because some fares dipped into the $300s roundtrip, too!
From coast-to-coast, a cheap flight to Spain is in reach thanks to this flight deal.
Bottom Line
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Our track record in September speaks for itself. Whether you want to find lie-flat business class availability to Southeast Asia to roundtrip fares to Europe in the $300s, to flights to and from Florida, Boston, and NYC from just $56 RT, we do the legwork for you.