When people think weekend getaway, they usually think something close to home – or at least in the same country. United/Continental and American would like to broaden your horizons a bit. To that end, two back-to-back international weekend sales:

Book and buy United/Continental by Friday, Oct. 28 and a hemisphere of savings opens up. Depart Friday any time after 7 p.m., or all day Saturday Oct. 29. Return home Monday Oct. 31 or Tuesday Nov. 1. These are round-trip rates. Taxes and fees are not included:

• Chicago flights to Edmonton are $314.
• Chicago flights to Montreal are $230.
• Cleveland flights to Montreal are $139.
• Denver flights to Regina are $230.
• Denver flights to Vancouver are $338.
• Houston flights to Bogotá are $649.
• Houston flights to Calgary are $299.
• Houston flights to San Pedro Sula are $399.
• Houston flights to Panama City, Panama are $469.
• Houston flights to Vancouver are $299.

American Airlines has its own international sale the following weekend. Purchase your tickets no later than Sunday Oct. 30, this for flights departing anytime Tuesday Nov. 1 through Friday Nov. 4, and returning home Monday Nov. 7 or Tuesday Nov. 8. These fares are each way, but you’ve got to make a round-trip purchase to get them.

• Hartford flights to San Juan are $109.
• Miami flights to St. Croix are $170.
• Chicago flights to Mexico City are $241.
• Boston flights to London are $250.
• New York flights to London are $250.
• Raleigh/Durham flights to London are $265.
• Chicago flights to London are $296.
• New York flights to Zurich are $302.

What’s your favorite foreign weekend retreat? Tell us.

Story by Jerry Chandler

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Jerry Chandler (2564 Posts)

Jerry Chandler loves window seats – a perch with a 35,000-foot view of it all. His favorite places: San Francisco and London just about any time of year, autumn in Manhattan and the seaside in winter. An award-winning aviation and travel writer for 30 years, his goal is to introduce each of his grandkids to their first flight.

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