Italy deal alert: Fly to Venice, Milan, and Naples for as low as $479 round-trip

We’ve spotlighted a few sales with great prices on flights to Rome, but this time, we’ve found a sweet deal for travel to other much-desired destinations in Italy. Airfare to Venice, Milan, Naples, Bari, Genoa, and Turin is now available at substantial discounts.

You can depart from a number of East Coast cities, including Boston, Miami, New York City and Washington, D.C. There are even some sale fares from San Francisco.

The travel window for this deal is primarily from November through March 2025. You may get lucky and find some sale fares for last-minute travel in late April and May this year. Also, just about every flight in this sale has layovers each way, although we did find the occasional nonstop flight at a lower-than-normal price.

This sale is for basic economy tickets. You get a free carry-on with these airlines. It will cost you between $65-$85 each way to upgrade and get free checked luggage and seat selection.

Deal basics

Airlines: Air Canada, American Airlines, Delta Air Lines, ITA Airways, TAP Air Portugal and United Airlines

Routes: Flights from various U.S. cities to Bari, Genoa, Milan, Naples, Turin and Venice

How to book: On Google Flights then book directly with the airline

Travel dates: Mostly between November 2024 and March 2025; some routes include Thanksgiving

This deal was originally sent out by Going. Sign up for Going to get up to 90% off select flights via its Premium membership, which users can try for free for 14 days and then $69 per year. You can also upgrade to the Elite tier for $199 per year for access to all the Premium deals, plus premium economy, business-class and first-class alerts.

Sample flights

This sale includes round-trip flights to Milan, Italy (MXP) from U.S. airports, including:

Baltimore Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport (BWI)
Boston Logan International Airport (BOS)
Dulles International Airport (IAD)
John F. Kennedy International Airport (JFK)
LaGuardia Airport (LGA)
Miami International Airport (MIA)
Newark Liberty International Airport (EWR)
Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport (DCA)
San Francisco International Airport (SFO)

Round-trip flights to Turino Airport (TRN) from:

Round-trip flights to Venice Marco Polo Airport (VCE) from:

Departure airports to Bari International Airport (BRI) include:

Departure airports to Genova City Airport (GOA) include:

Departure airports to Naples International Airport (NAP) include:

View of Naples, Italy — NICO DE PASQUALE PHOTOGRAPHY/GETTY IMAGES

There is good availability from Newark to Milan in November. We found flights from EWR to Milan Malpensa Airport (MXP) on TAP Air Portugal for only $479 round-trip. There is a layover each way. Also, note that you get a free carry-on, but it will cost you a lot to check a bag. In other words, pack light to take advantage of this deal.

newark to milan google flights — GOOGLE FLIGHTS

We also stumbled across this nonstop flight on United in December from Newark to Milan for $581 round-trip.

According to Google Flights, this route during the holidays should cost about $1,000, so if the timing works, it’s one to consider.

price gauge google flights — GOOGLE FLIGHTS

TAP Air Portugal has flights from San Francisco International Airport (SFO) to Milan in November for less than $500 round-trip — another solid discount. If you live in San Francisco, the flights to Milan in this deal were the best bargains by far.

san francisco to milan google flights — GOOGLE FLIGHTS

ITA Airways has November flights from Boston to Naples for $531 round-trip.

google flights boston to naples — GOOGLE FLIGHTS

We saw lots of flights to Naples in November and December for that price, which Google Flights data indicates is about half the usual cost.

There are lots of flights on sale from Boston to Venice as well. We found itineraries in late November after Thanksgiving to Venice for less than $600 — a big discount from typical prices.

Maximize your purchase

When you book this deal or any flights, be sure to use a credit card that earns bonus points on airfare purchases, such as:

Chase Sapphire Preferred® Card: 2 points per dollar spent on travel
American Express® Gold Card: 3 points per dollar spent on airfare when booked directly with the airline or through amextravel.com
The Platinum Card® from American Express: 5 points per dollar spent on airfare when booked directly with the airline or through American Express Travel (on up to $500,000 of these purchases per calendar year, then 1 point per dollar)
Citi Premier® Card (see rates and fees): 3 points per dollar spent on airfare
Chase Sapphire Reserve®: 3 points per dollar spent on travel

Bottom line

Act quickly with this sale. Availability is already drying up for certain destinations like Venice. So, if you live in one of the departure cities listed above, start searching to find the best trip options.

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