Cheapest Places to Fly From Dallas: What DFW Deals Cost

• 261

  DFW deal observations that pass the feed's rules, Sep 18–Nov 9, 2026

• $68

  Median DFW round-trip deal fare across those observations

• 24

  Destinations with a sensible DFW deal in that period

• 8

  DFW deals in the November 9, 2026 scan

The cheapest places to fly from Dallas right now

If you live in Dallas, Fort Worth or anywhere in the Metroplex and want the cheapest places to fly, the short answer from DFW is a Frontier nonstop to Las Vegas, Detroit or South Florida. On 47 scan days between September 18 and November 9, 2026, Blame the Fare’s deal scanner stored 650 fares out of Dallas Fort Worth International Airport. Of those, 261 pass the feed’s current trip rules, across 24 destinations. The median of those 261 fares was $68 round trip, and 158 of them (61%) were nonstop.

Las Vegas was the standout. It appeared 44 times at $38 to $48, and the median was the floor itself: $38. Detroit appeared 40 times at $38 to $76 with a $48 median. Miami International appeared 11 times with a $40 median, Fort Lauderdale 18 times with a $67 median and Orlando 21 times with a $68 median. Every one of those 134 sightings was a Frontier nonstop.

The November 9, 2026 scan, run at 03:00 UTC, logged eight DFW fares that pass the feed’s trip rules, all on Frontier, with a median of $86. Las Vegas was $38 for eight nights from January 12, 2027, Detroit $48 for eight nights from January 13, Fort Lauderdale $48 for six nights from January 6, Los Angeles $78 for five nights from January 23 and Baltimore/Washington $94 for five nights from January 24, all nonstop. Salt Lake City at $104, San Jose at $105 and Fort Myers at $147 each had one stop. The full list is on the deal feed, and the Dallas/Fort Worth departures page shows what is checked from DFW today.

DFW destinations by logged deal fare

“Deals logged” counts how many times the scanner recorded a qualifying fare on that route, roughly once per scan day it appeared. The table shows the 11 routes logged at least eight times, which is the minimum this guide needs before quoting a median. Those 11 routes account for 223 of the 261 observations. Another eight routes had between three and seven sightings and appear in the text below without a median; five routes seen once or twice are left out. Every fare in the table was on Frontier.

Google Flights grouped a few airports under a metro name in the raw data, so Fort Lauderdale–Hollywood International (FLL) arrived labelled as “Miami”. The table splits it out from Miami International (MIA) by airport code. The pattern is simple: the five cheapest routes were all nonstops at a median of $68 or less, and every route where Frontier routed passengers through another city cost more than $100 at the median.

Las Vegas, Salt Lake City and California

Las Vegas is the cheapest route from Dallas in this data by a distance. Harry Reid International (LAS) appeared on 44 of the 47 scan days, at $38 to $48, all Frontier nonstops, for departures between October 28, 2026 and January 28, 2027 and stays of two to 14 nights. The November 9 scan had eight nights from January 12, 2027 at $38. If you are heading the other way, our Miami airport guide shows the same Frontier pattern from South Florida, with Dallas as its cheapest destination.

Further west the fares rise and the stops appear. Salt Lake City appeared eight times at $66 to $110 with a $102 median, half of them nonstop. San Francisco appeared 17 times at $65 to $138 with a $119 median, but only two of those 17 were nonstop. Sacramento (14 times, $65 to $169) and San Jose (23 times, $105 to $225) were one-stop every time. Los Angeles appeared only three times, at $66 to $78, all nonstop, which is too small a sample for a median; the November 9 scan had five nights from January 23 at $78. San Diego appeared five times at $65 to $117, all with one stop, another small sample.

Miami, Fort Lauderdale, Orlando and Fort Myers

South Florida was nearly as cheap as Las Vegas. Miami International appeared 11 times at $38 to $68 with a $40 median, for departures between October 31, 2026 and February 27, 2027. Fort Lauderdale appeared 18 times at $38 to $68, with a $67 median, for departures from December 1, 2026 to February 27, 2027. Both were Frontier nonstops every time, and the November 9 scan had Fort Lauderdale at $48 for six nights from January 6.

Orlando appeared 21 times at $40 to $92 with a $68 median, all nonstop, for stays of two to nine nights. Fort Myers was the dearest regular Florida route: 18 sightings at $147 to $152, every one with a stop, all for departures in January 2027. If a nonstop matters to you, our guide to nonstop vs connecting flights explains when a connection is worth the saving.

Detroit, Philadelphia and Washington

Detroit is the second-busiest cheap route out of DFW. Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County Airport (DTW) appeared 40 times at $38 to $76 with a $48 median, all Frontier nonstops, for departures between October 20, 2026 and January 16, 2027. The November 9 scan had eight nights from January 13 at $48.

The East Coast cost more and connected more often. Philadelphia appeared nine times at $64 to $123 with a $113 median, and only two of those nine were nonstop. Washington Dulles (IAD) appeared six times at $43 to $53 and Baltimore/Washington (BWI) five times at $38 to $94, all nonstop; both samples are small, so this guide does not quote a median for either. The November 9 scan had BWI at $94 for five nights from January 24. Cleveland appeared three times at $66 to $106, all with a stop. For more East Coast options from the other direction, our New York airport guide shows what the same scanner found from JFK, LaGuardia and Newark.

Honolulu, San Juan and Dublin: the longer trips

The longer trips out of DFW in this data are few and the samples are small. San Juan, Puerto Rico appeared four times at $135 to $168, all on Frontier with one stop. Honolulu appeared three times at $442 to $454, on United and Alaska, all with a stop. Dublin appeared three times at $533 on American, all for the same 14-night trip from October 21, 2026, with one stop. None of these has enough sightings to call a typical price.

That does not mean DFW lacks long-haul flights; it means few long-haul DFW fares were logged as deals in these seven weeks, and fewer still passed the feed’s rules. For a wider view of where cheap seats sit across U.S. hubs and carriers, see our guide to the best cheap flights from the U.S.

Why Frontier carries almost every cheap DFW fare

Frontier carried 254 of the 261 DFW observations that pass the feed’s rules (97%). American carried three, Alaska two, United one and Viva Aerobus one. In practice, the cheap Dallas fares in this data are Frontier fares, and the price you see is the base fare before bags and seats. DFW lists Frontier at gate E20 in Terminal E.

Bag rules decide whether a cheap Frontier fare is really cheap. Frontier says one personal item is included with all fares, up to 18 by 14 by 8 inches and 35 pounds including handles, wheels and straps. A carry-on bag, up to 24 by 16 by 10 inches and 35 pounds, has to be added, as does a checked bag of up to 62 linear inches and 40 pounds, which Frontier says must be bought at least 60 minutes before the flight. Frontier also says bag prices at the airport are higher than when you add them in advance. Our guides to checked bag fees by airline and carry-on bag sizes by airline compare the main U.S. carriers, and are budget airlines worth it? walks through when the add-ons wipe out the saving.

Why some cheap Dallas fares never reach the feed

Of the 650 DFW fares stored between September 18 and November 9, 389 did not reach the feed. The largest group, 296, were U.S. domestic trips shorter than 1,500 kilometers (about 930 miles), which the feed treats as hops rather than getaways. That rule removed the New Orleans, Tampa, Jacksonville, Columbus, Lubbock, Nashville and Denver fares the scanner saw, among others, however cheap they were.

Another 87 were held back because the destination has no reviewed photo for the deal card yet, including Santa Ana (Orange County), Reno, Boise, Norfolk and Querétaro in Mexico. The last six were stays too short for the distance flown, on routes to Athens, Dublin and San Juan. The rules apply when the feed is read, so the numbers in this guide are what a member would actually have been shown, not every fare a search engine returned.

Getting to DFW Airport by train

The ground journey belongs in the price, and DFW has three rail connections. DFW says DART’s Orange Line runs from Plano through downtown Dallas and Irving to Terminal A, and that DART’s new Silver Line, which launched in October, runs from Plano through Richardson, Addison, Carrollton and Coppell to Terminal B, bypassing downtown Dallas. Trinity Metro’s TEXRail runs from downtown Fort Worth through North Richland Hills and Grapevine to Terminal B.

The Trinity Railway Express (TRE) links Dallas and Fort Worth to CentrePort/DFW Airport Station, and DFW says the free TRE Link shuttle runs from there to Terminal B lower level, gate 47, every 20 or 40 minutes from 5:30 a.m. to 11 p.m., Monday through Saturday. If your gate is in another terminal, DFW says to ride the Terminal Link shuttle; for Frontier at E20 from the Orange Line, that means Terminal A to Terminal E. If DFW is not your nearest airport, our guide to the cheapest airports to fly from explains when a longer drive pays off.

How to catch a cheap fare from Dallas

1. Start with Las Vegas, Detroit and South Florida. Las Vegas, Miami, Detroit, Fort Lauderdale and Orlando all had medians of $68 or less, on Frontier nonstops.
2. Start with the destination, not the date. Open the deal feed and shortlist places under your price ceiling before you fix a week.
3. Check the stops. Every DFW route with a median over $100 in this data had connections on at least half its fares; decide whether the saving is worth the extra time.
4. Add bags and the train. Put Frontier’s carry-on and checked-bag charges, plus your DART, TEXRail or TRE fare or parking, on the same line as the ticket.
5. Cross-check before you pay. Our hub of the best flight search sites shows which to compare, and Frontier’s own site shows the bag prices for your exact flight.

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