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Cheap Flights from San Antonio to New Orleans (SAT-MSY)

 
Here are some of the best deals found on KAYAK recently from the most popular airlines for round-trip flights from San Antonio to New Orleans that are departing in the next months. While these flights were available on KAYAK in the last 72 hours, prices and availability are subject to change and deals may expire.
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Recent round-trip flight deals from San Antonio to New Orleans

Thu, Sep 4 - Sun, Sep 7
United Airlines Logo
7:15 pm - 11:28 pmSAT-MSY
4h 13m1 stop
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7:00 am - 1:22 pmMSY-SAT
6h 22m1 stop
$129United Airlines
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Mon, Sep 22 - Wed, Sep 24
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6:49 pm - 10:48 pmSAT-MSY
3h 59m1 stop
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6:35 pm - 11:00 pmMSY-SAT
4h 25m1 stop
$159American Airlines
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Fri, Sep 5 - Mon, Sep 8
American Airlines Logo
5:00 am - 10:04 amSAT-MSY
5h 04m1 stop
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5:20 am - 9:30 amMSY-SAT
4h 10m1 stop
$165American Airlines
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Tue, Oct 21 - Fri, Oct 24
Southwest Logo
10:30 am - 11:55 amSAT-MSY
1h 25mnonstop
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1:20 pm - 3:00 pmMSY-SAT
1h 40mnonstop
$175Southwest
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Sat, Jan 24 - Tue, Jan 27
Southwest Logo
6:25 am - 2:35 pmSAT-MSY
8h 10m1 stop
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4:35 pm - 6:20 pmMSY-SAT
1h 45mnonstop
$176Southwest
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Thu, Sep 4 - Mon, Sep 8
Southwest Logo
12:45 pm - 2:10 pmSAT-MSY
1h 25mnonstop
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5:10 pm - 6:45 pmMSY-SAT
1h 35mnonstop
$177Southwest
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Sun, Sep 21 - Thu, Sep 25
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7:17 pm - 8:07 amSAT-MSY
12h 50m1 stop
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4:51 pm - 4:30 pmMSY-SAT
23h 39m1 stop
Thu, Oct 30 - Sun, Nov 2
Spirit Airlines Logo
7:19 pm - 8:07 amSAT-MSY
12h 48m1 stop
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5:30 am - 5:13 pmMSY-SAT
11h 43m1 stop
$192Spirit Airlines
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Mon, Oct 13 - Fri, Oct 17
Spirit Airlines Logo
5:00 pm - 10:37 pmSAT-MSY
5h 37m1 stop
Spirit Airlines Logo
6:30 am - 6:13 pmMSY-SAT
11h 43m1 stop
$194Spirit Airlines
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Thu, Aug 28 - Thu, Oct 2
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4:50 pm - 10:28 pmSAT-MSY
5h 38m1 stop
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4:51 pm - 4:30 pmMSY-SAT
23h 39m1 stop
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Expert advice for your flight from San Antonio to New Orleans

 
Snippets provided in this section are AI-generated based on a summarization of KAYAK-commissioned articles. The articles are presented as-is, for general informational purposes only, and may not be up-to-date. The opinions contained in the articles are original to the author and reflect their authentic experience, which may vary significantly from the experience of others.
KAYAK teamed up with top travel experts to share the best tips for your journey.
Airlines
Southwest

Southwest offers free carry-on and personal item, but checked bags now incur fees.


Southwest's cancellation policy allows changes up to 10 minutes before departure for travel credit or refund.

Read more about Southwestby Blane Bachelor
Spirit Airlines

Spirit's Big Front Seat offers 20-inch width and extra legroom for a nominal fee.


Spirit's Wi-Fi offers gate-to-gate connectivity, with browsing and streaming packages available.

Airports
SAT

Expect short security lines at SAT, often under 5 minutes, making it easy to navigate even during peak times.

Read more about SATby Brandon Schultz
MSY

For a quick city transfer, take a rideshare or taxi from MSY, located outside Level 1, door 7.

Read more about MSYby Daniel Scheffler
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Blane Bachelor is a journalist and editor specializing in travel and aviation who writes regularly for top global outlets. Born and raised in Florida, Blane has worked and lived in four countries, including the Netherlands, where she’s currently based with her family. Her favorite way to get to know a new destination is by running or riding a bike around town – or hearing a spooky ghost story about local history. She will always choose the window seat.

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Joe Cortez is a seasoned managing editor in aviation with over a decade of industry experience. His work has been featured on prominent platforms such as FlyerTalk and TripSavvy, establishing him as a respected voice in aviation journalism.

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Daniel Scheffler is a travel writer, podcaster, and producer. Born in Africa, bred in Europe and now living in America he has traveled to 140 countries (and all 50 U.S. states). Plus he has stayed at over 2500 hotels across the globe. His original shows Everywhere and Without Maps (available on Spotify) showcase his beliefs, travel is about humanity and sharing that beauty. And thus it reminds you that you shouldn’t believe everything you think.

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KAYAK's insights & trends for San Antonio to New Orleans flights

Get data-powered insights and trends into flights from San Antonio to New Orleans to help you find the cheapest flights, the best time to fly and much more.

What’s the cheapest day of the week to fly from San Antonio to New Orleans?

The average price of all round-trip flights from San Antonio to New Orleans clicked on KAYAK for each day over the last 12 months.

If you are looking for a flight deal from San Antonio to New Orleans, look for departures on Thursdays and avoid leaving on a Saturday, as it's usually the priciest day. When flying back from New Orleans, Wednesday is the cheapest day to fly and Monday is the most expensive.

What is the cheapest month to fly from San Antonio to New Orleans?

To calculate monthly average prices, KAYAK takes all prices for each month over the last year for round-trip flights from San Antonio to New Orleans, removes the top 0.1% to account for outliers, and then takes the median of all values for each month.

The cheapest month for flights from San Antonio to New Orleans is March, where tickets cost $264 (return) on average. On the other hand, the most expensive months are October and June, where the average cost of round-trip tickets is $389 and $351 respectively.

Can I save money by flying with a layover from San Antonio to New Orleans?

The average round-trip price for all non-stop flights, flights with one layover, and flights with two layovers for the route found by users searching on KAYAK in the last 2 weeks.

No, with an average price for the route of $370, prices are generally cheapest when you fly direct.

How far in advance should I book a flight from San Antonio to New Orleans?

To calculate weekly average prices, KAYAK takes all prices for each week before departure over the last year for round-trip flights from San Antonio to New Orleans, removes the top 0.1% to account for outliers, and then takes the average of all the values for each week.

To get a below average price on the flight from San Antonio to New Orleans, you should book around 4 weeks before departure, which saves you about 47% compared to booking last minute. For the absolute cheapest price, our data suggests you should book 24 weeks before departure.

Good to know

Low seasonJuly
Cheapest flight$44
Best time to beat the crowds but there is an average 4% increase in price.
Most popular time to fly and prices are also 18% lower on average.
Flight from San Antonio to New Orleans

When to book flights from San Antonio to New Orleans

Are your dates flexible? Find out the best times to travel from San Antonio to New Orleans based on our flight data from the last year. Discover the cheapest month and even day to fly.
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FAQs for booking flights from San Antonio to New Orleans

  • What is the cheapest flight from San Antonio to New Orleans?

    In the last 3 days, the lowest price for a flight from San Antonio to New Orleans was $44 for a one-way ticket and $129 for a round-trip.

  • Do I need a passport to fly between San Antonio and New Orleans?

    A passport is not required to fly from San Antonio to New Orleans.

  • Which airports will I be using when flying from San Antonio to New Orleans?

    San Antonio and New Orleans are both served by 1 main airport. You will leave San Antonio from San Antonio and will be arriving at New Orleans Louis Armstrong.

  • Which airlines offer Wi-Fi service onboard planes from San Antonio to New Orleans?

    American Airlines, Alaska Airlines, and Delta offer inflight Wi-Fi service on the San Antonio to New Orleans flight route.

  • Which aircraft models fly most regularly from San Antonio to New Orleans?

    The Boeing 737 MAX 8 is the aircraft model that flies most regularly on the San Antonio to New Orleans flight route.

  • On which days can I fly direct from San Antonio to New Orleans?

    You can catch a nonstop flight from San Antonio to New Orleans on on Monday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday.

  • Which is the best airline for flights from San Antonio to New Orleans, Southwest or United Airlines?

    The two airlines most popular with KAYAK users for flights from San Antonio to New Orleans are Southwest and United Airlines. With an average price for the route of $340 and an overall rating of 8.0, Southwest is the most popular choice. United Airlines is also a great choice for the route, with an average price of $365 and an overall rating of 7.4.

  • How does KAYAK find such low prices on flights from San Antonio to New Orleans?

    KAYAK is a travel search engine. That means we look across the web to find the best prices we can find for our users. With over 2 billion flight queries processed yearly, we are able to display a variety of prices and options on flights from San Antonio to New Orleans.

  • How does KAYAK's flight Price Forecast tool help me choose the right time to buy my flight ticket from San Antonio to New Orleans?

    KAYAK’s flight Price Forecast tool uses historical data to determine whether the price for a flight to New Orleans from San Antonio is likely to change within 7 days, so travelers know whether to wait or book now.

  • What is the Hacker Fare option on flights from San Antonio to New Orleans?

    Hacker Fares allow you to combine one-way tickets in order to save you money over a traditional round-trip ticket. You could then fly to New Orleans with an airline and back to San Antonio with another airline. Booking your flights between San Antonio and MSY can sometimes prove cheaper using this method.

  • What is KAYAK's "flexible dates" feature and why should I care when looking for a flight from San Antonio to New Orleans?

    Sometimes travel dates aren't set in stone. If your preferred travel dates have some wiggle room, flexible dates will show you all the options when flying to New Orleans from San Antonio up to 3 days before/after your preferred dates. You can then pick the flights that suit you best.

KAYAK’s top tips for finding a cheap flight from San Antonio to New Orleans

  • Looking for a cheap flight? 25% of our users found flights on this route for $107 or less one-way and $206 or less round-trip.

Prefer to fly direct from San Antonio to New Orleans?

 
Direct data is based off flight results for the next 60 days. Find direct flights from all airlines flying direct from San Antonio to New Orleans Louis Armstrong.
Find which airlines fly direct from San Antonio Airport to New Orleans Louis Armstrong Airport, which days they fly and book direct flights.

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Reviews of the top 4 airlines serving from San Antonio to New Orleans

 
See real verified KAYAK customer reviews for airlines flying from San Antonio to New Orleans. Airline scores are aggregated from all reviews left by passengers on KAYAK after flying with an airline. KAYAK doesn’t show reviews that are older than 5 years. Learn how KAYAK collects reviews.
Need help choosing which airline to fly with from San Antonio to New Orleans? KAYAK airline reviews give an overall score for each airline based on loads of factors, including comfort, boarding, in-flight entertainment and more, to make your decision easier. See airline scores according to verified KAYAK customer reviews.
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SouthwestOverall score based on 4244 reviews
8.1Boarding
7.5Entertainment
8.0Comfort
8.6Crew
7.0Food
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Southwest's seats are the least comfortable I have ever sat in.

4.0 OkayDavid, Aug 2025DTW - STL
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Southwest's seats are the least comfortable I have ever sat in.

The cabin was quiet for the redeye flight. The area was clean. The staff was great. The 787 Max was in good condition. Drawbacks were that the seat widths were tight for some passengers. The seat padding was at best average and for a long flight uncomfortable.

Southwest like most American domestic airlines, is a mediocre airline. But it is among the cheapest. Oh well.

My flight was delayed 50 minutes and we were rushed to board to then sit for 15 minutes until the pilot arrived. Unacceptable since we could have waited to board. Also the delayed flight was updated AFTER we boarded to more than the 10 minutes as originally stated.

Other than a bit of a delay, everything was good. Again, the boarding process and picking seats is the only thing I don't enjoy.

If we are going to have to pay for luggage, make it easier to do. Put something on the app during check-in so I don't need to do it at the kiosk. I've done it twice recently and I ended up having to pay at the desk because something went wrong at the kiosk in Tampa.

southwest just starting charging for luggage. hadnt realized it until it was too late. now out $70 when i couldve bought a carry on if i wouldve known. free bags was one of the only reasons i chose southwest over another airline (the other being no assigned seats, which is apparently also being changed). stupid business decision. wont be flying southwest anymore.

The quality of Southwest Airlines continues to degrade each time I fly with them. If it were not for the free luggage, I would probably choose another airline. Their prices are a little bit competitive, but way too high for the quality of the service. Southwest is not unique in this way. Domestic flight in the United States of America has continued to be a lower and lower quality product. Very sad when you compare the quality of domestic airlines to that of many international airlines around the world.

Very smooth checking in our luggage with a super pleasant SW agent. I enjoyed a fun entertaining movie.

Flight crew and cabin crew were great. I had to rearrange flights because my original flight was 3hrs delayed for weather, the rub is the flight I moved to boarded on time then we sat at the gate for 2 hours because scheduling stole our first officer for another flight, TWICE. Then our actual FO was an hour delayed. To make it worse my original flight went from a 3 hour delay to departing 15min EARLY. Just poor scheduling operations all around.

Plane was crowded and even when we hit altitude, the plane was hot, not enough air flow.

Was on time until within 1 hour of flight-how does that happen? Staff very friendly.

Overall it was good. I missed my connection but I was put on another flight.

Gate agent did not hold flight for connection, provided no assistance to get new flight

Smooth flight. Boarding was chaotic. Could not hear the gate agent over the intercom. People were lined up in the wrong lines. Groups one and two were told to board through line one and group 3 through line 2. All very confusing. Once in the air, the flight was smooth. There was no entertainment option on this aircraft, even though it was a larger aircraft.

We boarded but then sat there waiting on some missed connection people to get on so we sat for about 15 minutes for that. Then we sat again because the passenger manifest was wrong and they had to figure it out before we could leave. That took about another 20 minutes or so. The crew was working hard to figure it out so it’s not their fault. It ended up being a system glitch where someone was upgraded to first class while another person was also in the same seat and it just created a mess that took a little while to figure out. They literally went to every person on the plane asking their names to see who was sitting in the wrong seat. I also hate the entertainment that must be watched on your phone or tablet. Just give us setback screens. It’s so much better. Almost every Delta flight has this now and it is so nice to have them. The crew did a great job. I have no complaints from them. They were very hard working, even with the mishap and a disgruntled passenger.

My priority checked bag was not loaded on the flight. I had to sit in baggage claim in Las Vegas for 2 1/2 hours waiting for the next flight. All baggage staff were very helpful, tracking showed it as scanned for loading. Nobody told me why it wasn't on my flight.

Food choices were very limited. Taste of the dishes was average.

It’s been awhile since I have traveled on United. I, along with my family who were on the flight noted how smoothly everything went . Boarding, flight crew and service was excellent.

Oh my gosh, I loved my experience with United! they made me want to travel more often.

Crew should be nicer and emphatic with customers. Same cookies as the past 20 years. Seat are ok and the plane was clean though it was delayed.

Very poor delay in dfw was really bad n long

Because of rescheduling, they had to put me on a flight that didn't go through Dallas

The flight got delayed 2.5 hrs due to a maintenance issue that cause a domino effect. American should have spare planes for when something like this happens.

Terrible. Cancelled my original flight. It made getting a boarding pass difficult. The AA employee (in a loud voice, so everyone around could hear) griped at me for not getting a boarding pass 24 hours before. I asked how I was supposed to do that when I had no idea what flight I was going to be on. She said (loudly), “Talk to AA customer service, not me!” I could certainly tell serving customers was not important to her. Our new flight was set to a completely different city. We had to change our rental car, and the price went way up. It took 2-1/2 hours to get checked in. By then our new flight had left. We ended up on stand by and had to split up the family to get to our destination. It cost us the whole first day of the trip. AA needs to employ people who actually care about doing a good job. I suppose those people are getting harder to find, but atleast try.

Loved the staff, boarding and drink options! Wish the comfort of the seat could have been better nevertheless

So awful Unreliable Unfriendly Bad Mad Mean Smelly Hot Late Overbooked Understaffed Expensive Cramped Narcs If they were a fruit they’d be rotten durian

At the beginning of the flight there was some turbulence and the announcement was made that there would be no beverage service. The turbulence only last about 5 minutes then it was smooth sailing. I noticed that first class got their service, but the rest of us did not.

Update departure times in a more timely manner. We are not boarding on time if the plane isn’t arriving until after our scheduled departure time.

Update.us on flight information in a more timely manner. Don’t say we are boarding on time ten minutes before the boarding time when the aircraft isn’t arriving for another forty minutes.

I think the staff was nice. They took time to explain safety protocols. Boarding was great. They started early and our flight left a little early which was convenient. Having free games to play would have been better

Just total easy flight experience!! What could you do better..? Hmmm..? There was nothing I can remember. Spirit was a far more comfortable and easy process than American, United & Delta. I'll always look for Spirit and I've told a few people about, since flying this past trip!! I'm a SPIRIT FAN!! Thank You, SPIRIT AIRLINES!! Very, VERY well done, 100%!! See you...SOON!! -Best, Linda R.

The flight was 3.5 hrs delayed. I was not notified prior to arriving to the airport via spirit app. or via boarding pass that I already had loaded on my phone. The agent that i saw at the counter didn’t mention anything about the delay either. I only saw the update after logging in to my email account.

Better than my las vagas experience, but still dissapointed with the airline support service.

Unfortunately, spirits crew had us boarding and parking the plane often, would wait long periods of time before allowing the people attending the flight on the plane to know what was going on this caused for my plane to not only get diverted but then canceled at an airport 2 hours away and basically stranded with charter buses MAYBE being hired. I was left with no choice but to stay overnight and use a comp room in Altantic City to then arrive home the next day. This trip was the first time seeing my partner since he joined the Air Force and this stressful ride caused unwarranted tears on what was supposed to be an east flight home. I understand weather is unpredictable but to have passengers deboard to then reboard an hour later to taxi on the runway for another hour to then basically leave an entire fight stranded. I waited almost 30 minutes at the airport and not one employee could tell me about a charter bus so I had to leave and make accommodations to stay overnight and get a ride home.

Great! We boarded on time! Everything went so smoothly! The flight was so smooth

Seats uncomfortable, hard to check luggage, etc. It was like the last flight out of Hanoi

I will never fly with Spirit again. I was late getting through TSA after dealing with traffic and getting on the wrong shuttle. I got to the gate 2 minutes before the ticket said the gate closes and they agents were gone and doors were closed. They rescheduled my flight for 12 hours later and the agent had the nerve to tell me, “Be on time next time”. I was already upset from nothing going right for me that morning. I booked another flight through Alaska Airlines and they were very accommodating, nerer again Spirit Airlines!!!!

All was good expecting the seats need a bit of cushion. Besides that I can’t complain.

You get what you pay for, and the flights went smoothly. There’s no reclining chairs, no screens, And there isn’t always wifi, but the plane was clean and staff was friendly and the takeoff/landing were smooth.

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