Brazil for Dirt Cheap

Sao Paulo at night

I blogged about this a bit earlier thinking $617 was a good price but oh how I was mistaken... If you live in Los Angeles, Philadelphia, Miami, Phoenix, Dallas, Charlotte, St. Louis, Pittsburgh, or Raleigh, pretty much anywhere, you can go to Sao Paulo, Brazil for under $450 basically anytime from June until December.

If you have ever wanted to go to Brazil at all, now is your chance. So don't sleep on this deal as it will more than likely be gone in the morning.

From NYC it is a bit more expensive but can get as cheap as $592 from what I have seen. If you want to go to Rio instead from NYC, you can for $705 round trip direct or $635 with one stop on the way back. The route that I mentioned in my previous post had a multi city itinerary arriving in Rio and leaving from Sao Paulo which would cost just $609 RT direct in this case.

See everyone there and don't forget your visa before you go!

Free Flights to Europe via United

Oktoberfest in Munich, so many giant beers and giant pretzels

100% honesty upfront, that title's technically not true because of taxes/minor fees but let's be real here, we all want to game the system the best we can and if you want a virtually free trip to Europe, I'm pretty sure this is the easiest way you can possibly go about it at the moment. As an example for this post, I was talking to a friend about a trip to Munich for Oktoberfest this year which obviously is a very high demand time for Munich even though it is beginning to get pretty cold in Europe around that time of year. The opening bell rings at Noon on Saturday, 9/19 so the flight from NYC would have to take off on Friday night 9/18 at the very latest. I thought I would put myself to the test and see what I could do for him tonight. With free points and knowing United's award system, we can make this an almost free trip to Munich, Zagreb, and Frankfurt.

Your (and My) Next Vacations

Positano, Italy by @danicaspi via Instagram

Another week goes by and we are welcomed by a couple more deals from NYC over the pond(s)! If there is enough demand for other cities by all of you out there in the interwebs, I will start broadening my search and make it more frequently. For now though, get your wallet ready as I have some sample itineraries below to a couple very cool places for very cheap!

These are just a couple samples but there are also some options to Frankfurt over summer, Dublin over summer, and Stockholm late August onward as well as some cheap ones I have mentioned in the past but they are probably not available anymore. If you want to know how I find these, see my guide to airline pricing.