Via Scott’s Cheap Flights, American Airlines has cheap flights to New Zealand in the $700s from airports in the Midwest and West. Even better, the sale extends from September through June 2018, including Thanksgiving dates on some routes!

Wai-O-Tapu thermal wonderland

You can find cheap flights to Auckland from the following cities (instructions for booking on Scott’s Cheap Flights)

• Austin
• Dallas
• Denver
• Las Vegas
• Los Angeles
• Phoenix
• Portland
• Salt Lake City
• San Diego
• San Francisco
• San Jose
• Seattle

In case you haven’t done your New Zealand homework yet, their summer is the opposite of ours, so December-February is their warmest months. 🙂

Whale watching tour on Thanksgiving Day

I actually went to New Zealand over Thanksgiving about a decade ago — I’d scored a mistake fare in business class on United but didn’t have a lot of vacation or flexibility at work. It’s amazing how much you can see in only 3 1/2 days. 😎

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