All flights originate in Minneapolis and are round trip, unless otherwise noted. If you are interested in earning Chase Ultimate Rewards (UR), read Getting Started with Credit Card Points.
The HOT deal, if you have a Chase Sapphire Preferred or Chase Sapphire Reserve credit card, is to book a flight to Europe on Air France and take advantage of the 25% bonus (ends April 30) through Chase Ultimate Rewards (UR)!
Virgin Atlantic had a similar bonus and I was able to use only 24,000 UR (instead of 30,000) to fly RT to Lisbon from MSP in February.
To take advantage of Air France's offer (their loyalty program is FlyingBlue and is the same as KLM's program), complete the following by April 30:
FIND AN AWARD FLIGHT
Log into into Air France and search ONE-WAY flights by selecting Book with Miles (leave departure date blank to use the calendar).
There are A LOT of dates for only 20,000 miles ONE-WAY from MSP to Paris, but feel free to choose different cities (great deals from Houston to Paris at only 15,000 miles which means you only need to transfer 12,000 UR).
Once you've found the flight you want, search for the return flight.
When you've found your flights, I suggest calling Flying Blue to hold them for 48 hours. That way, you can verify how many total points you need and proceed with the transfer from Chase to Flying Blue which is often instant, but can take awhile if it's your first transfer (once the points are transferred, you can't pull them back to Chase).
TRANSFER POINTS FROM CHASE
Log into Chase account, search Ultimate Rewards, select travel, transfer points to partners, choose FlyingBlue Air France KLM.
During the transfer bonus, you only need to transfer 16,000 UR from Chase to receive 20,000 miles for FlyingBlue.
5/4-5/22 Dublin $250 (as well as other low fare options)
Delta SkyMiles are directly linked to cash prices, so if there's a deal on SkyMiles, there's also a deal for cash.
3/26-4/1 Montego Bay 24,000 Skymiles +$144
4/1-7 Cancun 20,000 Skymiles +$125 OR cash price $364
4/1-7 Puerto Vallarta 22,000 Skymiles +$132
4/2-8 Los Cabos 35,000 Skymiles +$138
4/6-14 Cozumel 24,000 Skymiles +$141
4/7-20 Fort Lauderdale 12,000 +$12 OR cash price $237
4/10-20 Tampa 13,000 +$12 OR cash price $269
4/10-17 New York City 18,500 +$12
4/12-18 Punta Cana 28,000 Skymiles +$122
4/15-28 San Francisco 18,000 +$12
4/16-22 Fort Myers 12,000 +$12 OR cash price $279
4/17-23 West Palm Beach 14,000 +$12
4/17-23 Asheville 11,000 +$12 OR cash price $277
4/19-25 Orlando 23,000 +$12 OR cash price $269
4/20-28 Miami 12,000 +$12 OR cash price $247
4/20-28 Nashville 10,500 +$12 OR cash price $208
4/23-29 Phoenix 12,000 +$12 OR cash price $237
4/23-29 Charleston 21,000 +$12
4/23-5/6 Denver 15,000 +$12 OR cash price $187
4/24-30 New Orleans 22,000 +$12
5/1-12 Las Vegas 10,000 +$12
5/3-10 Oakland, CA 18,000 +$12
5/25-31 Myrtle Beach 16,000 +$12
5/28-6/5 Savannah 20,000 +$12
5/29-6/4 Destin-Fort Walton Beach 17,000 +$12
6/11-19 Colorado Springs 14,000 +$12 OR cash price $257
April-May (various dates) Various US Cities - Madrid $441
Search, then click on Low Fare Calendar
Southwest flies direct from MSP to Denver, Phoenix, Orlando, Las Vegas, Fort Myers, Chicago Midway, Tampa, Kansas City, Saint Louis, Nashville, Fort Lauderdale, Austin, Baltimore and Dallas.
Using the link above, it's easy to search deals and use their calendar to select the cheapest days.
SunCountry is winding down their winter seasonal flights, so there are extremely cheap one-way prices to the Caribbean (Saint Maarten, Grand Cayman, Belize). Take advantage of the cheap one-way flights by getting creative on the return flight. Use Google Flights to search/purchase a one-way return to Fort Lauderdale (FLL), for example, and then a one-way from FLL to MSP.
3/31-4/6 MBJ Montego Bay, Jamaica $348
4/6 SXM Saint Maarten $75 (4/13 return FLL $121, then MSP $90)
4/6-13 CUN Cancun $334 (various dates)
4/13-20 MCO Orlando $98 (various dates)
4/20 GCM Grand Cayman $75 (return 4/27 on American $277)
4/20 BZE Belize $76 one-way
4/30 DEN Denver $29 one-way (various dates)
8/10-19 ANC Anchorage $367 (various dates)
7/18-25 MSY New Orleans $168 (various dates)
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