A hot today-only airfare sale from partners United Airlines/Lufthansa is one not to ignore. This offer places destinations in Europe and N. Africa in the price category of $700-$750 for winter travel. Rates are $100 higher for more immediate departures.

Here’s a list of destinations that fall into that $700-range - with some cities priced even lower (where indicated)!

• Amsterdam, Netherlands
• Athens
• Barcelona or Madrid, Spain
• Bordeaux, Marseilles, Paris, Nice, France
• Brussels, Belgium
• Budapest, Hungary
• Casablanca, Morocco
• Copenhagen, Denmark
• Dublin or Shannon, Ireland ($585)
• Edinburgh or Glasgow, Scotland
• Helsinki, Finland
• Istanbul, Turkey
• Lisbon, Portugal
• London
• Milan, Rome, Venice, Italy
• Moscow or St. Petersburg, Russia
• Oslo, Norway
• Stockholm, Sweden
• Tunis, Tunisia
• Warsaw, Poland

Add $30 per direction for Friday-Saturday outbound; Friday-Sunday returns.

Depart Oct. 27-Dec. 12 or Jan. 9-March 27, 2014. Rates are $100 higher for departures now through Oct. 26 or Dec. 13-18. Autumn travel requires a 7-day or more advance purchase notice.

Plan to stay one weekend or up to one month.

United/Lufthansa serve these destinations with one connection in either Newark,N.J. or Frankfurt, Germany. Rules of this sale do not permit stopovers.

Every seat on every flight is not offered at the lowest rate. On some departures or days there may be few or no tickets available at the lowest price. Since only a limited supply of seats is available, act quickly to make your purchase.

I recommend starting the search for available seats at Kayak.com vs. calling an airline directly. You can also search for the sale at travel websites such as Expedia, Orbitz or Travelocity, etc.

Airlines can discontinue or pull a sale price without notice when the offer does not have a “ticket-by” date or when the offer is deemed “sold out.”

Clara Bosonetto is a retired travel consultant.