For travel planners, the deals don’t just come and go on Black Friday and Cyber Monday. “Travel Tuesday” (Dec. 2 this year) was conceived a few years back to keep the discounts coming.
The savings aren’t just on a national level. Plenty of Minnesota resorts, as well as airlines flying out of Minneapolis-St. Paul, have discounts and promotions running at various times through the first days of December.
Air travel
Delta Air Lines has rolled out its fares for Cyber Monday, covering just about everywhere the carrier flies. The airline’s website allows you to search for deals by region, activity and cabin class. Some standout Basic round-trip fares from MSP include $471 to Dublin (Jan. 25-Feb. 4), $504 to Lisbon (Feb. 20-26) and $528 to Milan (also Feb. 20-26). Add about $200 to make it a changeable Main Classic ticket.
SkyMiles award deals include 30,000 miles round-trip for MSP to Dublin (Jan. 25-Feb 3); 32,000 miles round-trip to Lisbon (Jan. 18-29); and 37,000 miles RT to Madrid (Feb. 27-March 5). Those award flights add a cash fee between $53-$75.
These deals add to MSP’s Delta’s ongoing “Winter Your Way” event with a suite of modest offers, often in the form of bonus miles:
- $250 off Delta Vacations flight and hotel packages priced at $7,000 or more. The discount drops to $25 to $125 on cheaper packages.
- 3 miles per dollar on Delta gift card purchases of $400 or more (or 4 miles per dollar for Medallion members) through Dec. 3.
- 4 miles per dollar (up from 2) on hotels and vacation packages booked through the airline’s Delta Stays portal, when booking by Dec. 3 for travel through March 31.
- Double miles (4 per dollar) on cruises through 2027, booked via Delta Cruises by Dec. 5.
Sun Country Airlines’ Cyber Monday deals are mostly in the form of bonus points earning on their already competitive fares. Select destinations from MSP have a 2x, 5x or 10x multiplier on the base 2 points per dollar. That means a whopping 20 points per dollar on select flights to St . Pete/Clearwater/Tampa, Tucson, Los Cabos and others. Since Sun Country points can be combined with cash on any SC booking, 20 points per dollar is like banking 20% for more travel within 36 months.
Icelandair is one of our favorite budget gateways to Europe from MSP, with a layover in Iceland. The Nordic carrier is running an “Aurora Friday” flight sale through Dec. 2 with flights to Iceland starting at $299 and connections to 30 more European cities from $375. Travel dates vary from January to May, and you may have to dig for specific deals. For example, we found Minneapolis to Stockholm for $417 from April 20-27, or Minneapolis to Milan for $510 from April 10-17, both in Economy Light class.
Minnesota resorts
Madden’s on Gull Lake is touting a Cyber Monday sale from Dec. 1 until 4:30 p.m. on Dec. 3, with 30% off select dates from April through October 2026. The discounted dates are listed on the resort’s Cyber Monday page.
