Last minute trip ideas?

[y4m]

Inspire me...

We both took off September 26-Oct 4 but never booked anything.

I have 500,000 AA miles burning a hole in my pocket.  Or would spend actual money.

Prefer city exploring and great food to beach for this one.  Needs to be something I can plan quickly and easily without a lot of effort and last minute.

Websites or services that could help with this also appreciated.

[mbcdefg]

From where are you flying?

Are you looking to stay in the U.S. or not? (ETA: Are you originating from the US or Canada? I missed the backstory but from this thread it looks like you might be in Europe?)

I like Chicago and Montreal. And I'd like to go to New Orleans next year.

[steph96]

Colorado?

Reading fail.  I thought it was 50,000 miles.  Go for somewhere awesome!  

[cheezer]

If you want to use miles I'd see what's available since it's so last minute vs. trying to use miles for destination you pre-pick. If I were you I'd just start putting in European cities and seeing what's available since you have a whole week and Europe is so accessible from your city. High on my list at this time of year would be Italy & Spain.

[vanillacourage]

Jealous!  Have a great time.

[Balki.Bartokomous]

Istanbul. There are direct flights from your city. Or somewhere in eastern EU.

[orval]

Go to Munich for Oktoberfest (it goes through 10/3) then go to other parts of Germany,, Austria, Prague?

[froggy76]

Maybe lame, but I just went to Nashville and had a surprisingly good time.

[konapoppy]

Fun!

Italy might be tough. We tried a month or so ago to book a trip to Italy for that exact time frame, and because it is harvest EVERYTHING was booked up. I am sure you could find something, but it might not be the trip you want!

Portugal and Spain are awesome. I am not sure I would want to go to Greece right now. Have you been to Copenhagen? It is amazing. 

[v]

With that amount of time, I'd want to go to Europe. I'd probably test out the flight prices (in dollars or miles) for all the major cities you can fly direct to, and go from there.``

This is a good tool to find deals www.skyscanner.com/inspire/map

[genet313]

Seville -- you can explore several of the surrounding smaller towns too (see Cordoba, the Alhambra, etc), the weather is gorgeous this time of year, and the food is so, so good.  

[scout8]

Mexico City or one of the smaller colonial towns close by. Maybe a combo of the two. Bonus: no jet lag.

[niq]

Singapore?

[y4m]

Sept 16, 2015 8:29:34 GMT -5 @domerjen said:

Italy... Cinque Terra specifically.

This is what I wanted to do, but the miles options are just really tough.  We could spend the money though I guess.  But then I'd just have even more miles.

We have engaged a travel agent type who specializes in mileage trips and they are suggesting Asia destinations