Tuesday, Twin Cities.
Three nonstops this week, all checked Monday afternoon: a long weekend in Austin, Thanksgiving in New York, and Charleston for less than we found it last time.
🎸 MSP → Austin (AUS) — $177 round-trip
Thu Mar 4 – Mon Mar 8, 2027 · Southwest, nonstop · 2 hrs 50 min
A four-day Austin weekend, nonstop, for $177.
Google puts the usual range for this route at $245 to $435, so this is $68 below the bottom of it. Delta's nonstop on the same dates is $317.
It's a March trip, so you're booking early, but Thursday-out, Monday-back is an easy one to plan around.
The catch: Google lists this fare with a carry-on but no free checked bag. Budget extra if you check one.
Book by: This week.
🗽 MSP → New York (JFK) — $218 round-trip, Thanksgiving week
Thu Nov 26 – Thu Dec 3 · Sun Country, nonstop · 2 hrs 45 min
Thanksgiving week in New York, nonstop, for $218.
Google's usual range for this route is $240 to $495. Delta's nonstop on the same dates is $359.
You fly out on Thanksgiving Day itself and come back a week later.
The catch: Sun Country's basic fare — personal item only, no carry-on. Bags and seat selection cost extra.
Book by: Soon. Thanksgiving-week seats get scarcer from here.
🌴 MSP → Charleston (CHS) — $279 round-trip
Sun Dec 6 – Tue Dec 15 · Delta, nonstop · 2 hrs 55 min
Nine days in Charleston, nonstop on Delta, for $279.
Google puts the usual range at $295 to $570, and says this is $190 cheaper than usual for these dates. Back in issue #2 we sent Charleston at $314 — this is $35 less.
The catch: Carry-on is included; a checked bag costs extra.
Book by: This week.
Passed on this week: Mexico City at $391 (a 12-hour one-stop on Frontier and Volaris — the nonstop is $906) and Boston at $218 (only $7 under the usual floor, with no carry-on).
Thursday: bigger trips.
If you book one of these, reply and tell us where you're going.
— MSP Departure
P.S. Forward this to someone in the Twin Cities who'd go to New York for Thanksgiving. Three referrals gets you the MSP Travel Cheat Sheet.