Best Travel Credit Cards: Top Rewards Picks for 2023 - The best travel rewards credit cards! Compare the latest sign-up bonus offers to start earning free flights, hotel stays and more. NEW! International nonstop routes rolling out in 2023:
Feb 9: SAS / JFK – Copenhagen
Feb 14: Air India / JFK – Mumbai
March 25: Delta / LAX London Heathrow
March 26: Norse Atlantic / JFK – Paris
March 26: Delta / Atlanta – Stuttgart
March 26: Norse Atlantic / JFK – Paris
April 10: Delta / JFK – London Gatwick
April 10: Delta / JFK – Geneva
May 8: Delta / LAX – Paris
May 9: Delta / Atlanta – Dusseldorf
May 18: Icelandair / Detroit – Reykjavik
May 19: Aer Lingus / Cleveland – Dublin
May 23: United / DC – Berlin
May 25: Delta / Atlanta – Edinburgh
May 25: Delta / JFK – Berlin
May 25: Delta / JFK – Rome (3 daily nonstops)
Summer 2023: JetBlue / JFK – Paris (Boston late 2023)
Summer 2023: Qantas / JFK – Auckland
June 5: British Airways / Cincinnati – London LHR
NEW! Domestic nonstop routes coming in 2023 – routes may not operate daily:
Jan 10: American / Austin – Memphis, Fort Myers, Palm Springs
Feb 8: Breeze / Cincinnati – San Francisco and Charleston
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Select a destination below or scroll down to see all of the best flight deals right now. All fares shown are in Basic Economy class for valid departure dates (return dates can vary from 1-30 or more days). Remember, the lowest fares are not offered 7 days a week – and – could be a combo of two one-way flights on two different airlines!
North America | Europe | Central and South America | Asia | Caribbean | Australia | Africa
Today’s HOT Domestic & International Deals from Atlanta:
From $19 each way! Denver, Phoenix, San Francisco, Vegas!
- Travel dates: Varies with most from late January through May or early June!
- Many more destinations at low one-way rates
- Las Vegas $39 Jan 31-March 21
- Denver $39 Jan 24-April 5
- Phoenix $39-$59 Jan 21-March 29
- San Francisco $52 Jan 10-April 19
- Philadelphia $19-$38 Jan 31-March 21
- Salt Lake City $55-$85 Jan 21-May 19
- Portland OR $80-$105 Jan 21-May 20
- Airlines: Frontier, nonstop or one connection
- Typical fare: $300+
- Find cheap hotels in PHX: Hotwire | Priceline
Boston, from $26-$38 each way
- Travel dates: Jan 21-March 22
- Spirit, nonstop
- Typical fare: $200+
- Find cheap hotels in BOS: Hotwire | Priceline
From $60-$99 each way! Seattle
- Spirit $60-$100 Jan 21-March 22
- Frontier $55-$85 Jan 5-May 1
- Alaska (nonstop) $119 Jan 31-March 8
- Typical fare: $350+
- Find cheap hotels in SEA: Hotwire | Priceline
San Jose, Costa Rica round-trip from $237
- Travel dates south at $100: Feb 23-May 21
- Travel dates north at $137: Feb 9-March 9; April 20-May 21
- Airlines: Frontier, nonstop
- Typical fare: $650+
- Find cheap hotels in SJO: Hotwire | Priceline
Valid through May! Cancun, Montego Bay, Punta Cana or Puerto Rico (one-way rates)
- $72-$100 Cancun south / $87-$120 north
- $80 Punta Cana / $98 north
- $60-$80 San Juan south and north
- Travel dates: mid-Jan through April or May (varies by destination)
- Airlines: Frontier, nonstop
- Typical fare: $300+
- Find cheap hotels in PUJ: Hotwire | Priceline
Vancouver BC $263-$292 round-trip or from $126-$150 each way
- Travel dates west at $126-$137: Jan 11-Feb 6; March 1-22; May 2-16; June 11-Oct 22
- Travel dates east at $142-$150: Jan 10-April 26; May 1-Oct 26
- Airlines: WestJet, one connection
- Typical fare: $650+
- Find cheap hotels in YVR: Hotwire | Priceline
Calgary, Alberta $218-$238 round-trip or from $88-$140 each way
- Travel dates west $88-$98: Jan 31-April 29 / $130-$140 April 30-Dec 11
- Travel dates east $129: Feb 7-April 26 / $160 May 1-30; Aug 15-Dec 11
- Airlines: WestJet, nonstop
- Typical fare: $650+
- Find cheap hotels in YYC: Hotwire | Priceline
The Caribbean! from $130 each way
- Antigua $166 south; $228 north
- Curacao $144 south; $209 north
- St Lucia $134 south; $228 north
- Barbados $130-$142 south; $244 north
- Travel dates: from late January through October; select destinations not valid May-Aug
- Airlines: American, one connection
- Typical fare: $650+
- Find cheap hotels in ANU: Hotwire | Priceline
Europe from $550-$650 round-trip
- Lisbon, Luxembourg, Brussels, Porto, Ljubljana, Oslo, Bergen, Budapest, Vienna
- More cities…Dublin, Paris, London, Birmingham and Inverness
- Travel dates: February to late March; select destinations late October-early December (but predictably coming soon)
- Airlines: Delta/Air France/SkyTeam, one connection – United/Lufthansa/Star Alliance, one connection
- Airlines: British Air, one connection to Venice $580; a few March departures or late Oct-early Dec
- Typical fare: $1,300+
- Find cheap hotels in BGO: Hotwire | Priceline
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Today’s HOT Domestic & International Deals from various U.S. gateways:
Hawaii from LAX from $90-$119 each way
- Fly to/from Maui, Kona, Kauai or Honolulu
- Travel dates: Jan-March
- Airlines: American, Delta, Hawaiian, Southwest or United
- Typical fare: $600+
- Find cheap hotels in HNL: Hotwire | Priceline
Europe from $119 each way east / from $250 west
- $120 JFK – London LGW
- $119 JFK – Berlin
- $149 JFK – Oslo
- $149 Orlando – Oslo
- $149 Ft Lauderdale – Oslo
- Airlines: Norse Atlantic Airways, nonstop to Oslo; one connection onward
- Choose from Light, Classic and Plus options in Economy and three options in Premium class
- Typical fare: $1,000+
- Find cheap hotels in LON: Hotwire | Priceline
Ready, Set, PLAY to Iceland & Europe from $288-$360 round-trip
- Travel dates from BOS: now through late March
- Airlines: Iceland-based PLAY, nonstop
- Here’s the huge menu of optional fees for seats, bags and more
- Typical one-way rates average under $200 with zero frills
Additional U.S. departure airports: - From New York Stewart SWF:
Keflavik, Dublin, Brussels
Berlin, Copenhagen, London STN
Paris, Gothenburg - From Baltimore/Washington BWI:
Keflavik
Dublin
Brussels
Berlin, Copenhagen, London STN
Paris
Gothenburg - From Boston:
Keflavik
Paris, Copenhagen, Berlin, London STN
Dublin
Brussels
San Francisco – Ho Chi Minh City-Saigon $550 round-trip
- Travel dates: March 19-30 only (final return June 15)
- Airlines: United/Vietnam Airlines, one connection
- Typical fare: $1,200+
- Find cheap hotels in SGN: Hotwire | Priceline
New York-JFK – Berlin $344-$450 round-trip
- Travel dates: Feb 10-March 15; April 20-May 7; Aug 31-Nov 7
- Airlines: Norse Atlantic, nonstop
- Typical fare: $1,000+
- Find cheap hotels in BER: Hotwire | Priceline
San Francisco – Tahiti $590 round-trip
- Travel dates: Jan 20-Feb 26 / @645 March 4-June 24; Aug 31-Oct 19
- Airlines: United, nonstop
- Typical fare: $1,200+
- Find cheap hotels in PPT: Hotwire | Priceline
Los Angeles – Tokyo $540-$659 round-trip Economy / from $1,586 Business Class
- Travel dates: April 24-May 24; Aug 7-Oct 14
- Airlines: ZIPAIR Tokyo (a subsidiary of Japan Airlines), nonstop
- Typical fare: $1,000+
- Find cheap hotels in ATH: Hotwire | Priceline
Premium Economy! New York-JFK – Frankfurt $985 round-trip
- Travel dates: Jan 9-May 23
- Airlines: Lufthansa or Singapore Air, nonstop
- Typical fare: $2,200+
- Valid in Premium Economy
- Find cheap hotels in FRA: Hotwire | Priceline
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Can I take an international trip?
Here’s Clark’s advice: “What I’ve been recommending to anyone with travel plans outside the United States is that you just have to keep watching this. You need to make your own decision now that rebooking policies have become more favorable from most travel suppliers,” Clark says. “And that means making your own decision in terms of your health and how you feel about traveling. Traveling is about fun and getting away from it all, but if you’re going to feel a wall of worry, don’t go right now.”
When you’re ready to go, use this guide to get instant, detailed info on travel restrictions, quarantine requirements, testing rules, and documentation required for worldwide travel.
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