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Christmas deal: Book ASAP for discounted round-trip flights

Oct. 03, 2023
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If you haven't booked your holiday travels yet, consider this domestic deal with round-trip holiday flights starting at $98 on various airlines, including the Big Three: American Airlines, Delta Air Lines and United Airlines.

With widespread availability of nonstop flights from some of the country's largest cities — such as Chicago, New York City and Washington, D.C. — this deal will go quickly.

Deal basics

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Airlines: Alaska, American, Delta, JetBlue and United

Routes: To and from Atlanta, Boston, Charlotte, Chicago, Dallas, Denver, New York City, Seattle, Washington D.C., and others

How to book: Browse Google Flights and book directly through the airline

Travel dates: December 2023

Book by: 1-2 days

Blackout dates: Varies based on route

This deal was originally sent out by Going, formerly known as Scott’s Cheap Flights. Sign up for Going to get deals up to 90% off via its Premium membership, which users can try for free for 14 days and then $49 per year. You can also upgrade to the Elite tier for $199 per year and receive all the Premium deals plus premium economy, business-class and first-class alerts.

Sample flights

The following flights were priced as listed at the time of publication. We cannot guarantee the round-trip flights below will be available when you book:

The aforementioned routes and others in this deal include availability over Christmas, but you might have to play around with the dates or try a longer itinerary (seven to 10 days) to make your specific route fall over Christmas.

Based on a test search, some deals have already increased in price since they were initially advertised. So, if you want to book this deal, time is of the essence. For example, the American flight from ORD to JFK is now available for $183 round trip, up slightly from the advertised price of $167. Even so, this is an opportunity to book this route at nearly half off, as this route usually costs more than $300 round trip.

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GOOGLE FLIGHTS

This deal will be for basic economy flights on all carriers, which do not permit flight changes or cancellations across the board; it also does not include seat selection or priority boarding.

Travelers flying American, Delta and Alaska basic economy can bring one personal item and one carry-on item, while United basic economy does not permit a full-size carry-on. JetBlue deals will be for the lowest fare available, which is likely to be Blue Basic; this only includes one personal item that can fit under the seat in front of you. Any full-size carry-on bag brought to the gate will incur a $65 fee to be checked.

A checked bag costs between $30 and $35 each way on all airlines.

To book the sale fare, you might have to book across multiple airlines. For example, this flight from DCA to JFK is available via American for the outgoing flight and via JetBlue on the return. It costs $208 — above the quoted price of $158.

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GOOGLE FLIGHTS

If this happens to be the case for your desired route, note that you must book each ticket individually through each airline.

Maximize your purchase

Don’t forget to use a credit card that earns bonus points on airfare purchases, such as:

  • Chase Sapphire Preferred Card: 2 points per dollar on travel
  • American Express® Gold Card: 3 points per dollar on airfare when booked directly through the airline or American Express Travel
  • The Platinum Card® from American Express: 5 points per dollar on airfare when booked directly through the airline or American Express Travel® on up to $500,000 of these purchases per calendar year, then 1 point per dollar
  • Chase Sapphire Reserve: 3 points per dollar on airfare

Bottom line

Even though some of the routes have increased in price, this deal offers discounted flights to a variety of major and some smaller hubs across the country for discounted holiday flights.

As we get closer to Christmas, flights are only likely to increase in price, so give yourself an early present and book this deal.

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