Southwest Airlines (SWA) Fall Sale - Fares from $49 One-Way (Travel btwn 8/13-11/14)

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72 Hours Only – Fall Travel Super Sale!

Time to get a fun & fabulous cool weather getaway on the books! For the next three days, catch some of our most amazingly awesome deals of the year for travel August 13 – November 14, 2012, only at southwest.com.

Offer ends Thursday, June 14. Don’t wait -- book your Fall trip today & save big!

Restrictions:
Blackout Dates - August 18, August 30, September 3, and September 4, 2012.
Travel valid every day except Fridays & Sundays.

thanks op

Alaska Airlines is matching these fares on many of the same routes.

Neil

jschuman said:   Just so you know, it's not good on all city combination, but most of your popular ones.That's true! Thanks for pointing that out. Here is the route list.

ForSpud said:   this is great. NorCal to San Diego for two, cheaper than the gas it would take to drive it. Done deal.
And even cheaper using points, only 2,000 and change which is like $25 worth of points!

Great find. Thank you.

Be careful with how long the flights are. There seems to be pretty lenghty stopovers on some flights.

stuffinmymuffin said:   Great deal. RT from Burbank to Jacksonville FL is $300!! Thats normally the price of ONE WAY!
Sad I can't take advantage of this deal, so I'm stuck with my $600 trip.
Great find, OP!if you booked with SW, cancel and rebook with new price and you'll have $300 credit left to use on any other flights.

I am sorry I'll miss it out

FYI. I just noticed that United matched the same fares (at least from SFO to LAS).

This happens only 2 times a year so take advantage of it!!!! Next one will be for the spring but in the winter time! Fares are $10 bucks more then the last sale but hell, I am buying lots of flights because bags fly FREE baby!!!!

Booked a roundtrip to Portland for <$100. But be aware that not all scheduled flights to your destination have the same price. For us, some were $49 (early and late) while others were $60. Still, as usual, an excellent deal.

szechuanpork said:   where is the dropdown option for children? all i see is adults and seniors. children fly at adult prices?
Ahh yes, 2+ usually pay regular prices everywhere since they're required to be in a seat. If they're under 2, you don't need to buy a ticket and they sit on your lap.

fenian said:   zacksmith said:   HI All

If I purchase now for a date in November but cant use the tickets. Will I be able to sell them? Will they let me change the date of departure for a lil fee?


thanks

zack

No longer can you sell the tickets. The person that the ticket was purchased for is the only person who can use the ticket. If you cancel the ticket, there are no change fees. However, the ticket must be used prior (travel completed) to one year from the original purchase date. ie. if you buy today, all travel must be completed by June 13, 2013you are wrong. the person that the ticket was originally bought for but cannot use will be issued as a credit form good for 1 year from the 1st date of travel, not purchase date. or for a fee of $50, it can be extended for another year if you call them within the 6 months after the expired credit. this credit can be used to book a ticket for anyone.

linrick said:   fenian said:   zacksmith said:   If I purchase now for a date in November but cant use the tickets. Will I be able to sell them? Will they let me change the date of departure for a lil fee?No longer can you sell the tickets. The person that the ticket was purchased for is the only person who can use the ticket. If you cancel the ticket, there are no change fees. However, the ticket must be used prior (travel completed) to one year from the original purchase date. ie. if you buy today, all travel must be completed by June 13, 2013you are wrong. the person that the ticket was originally bought for but cannot use will be issued as a credit form good for 1 year from the 1st date of travel, not purchase date. or for a fee of $50, it can be extended for another year if you call them within the 6 months after the expired credit. this credit can be used to book a ticket for anyone.To be fair, the credit would then be applied to a new ticket, thus foregoing the sale pricing. In other words, you cannot lock into these low prices and then "sell the ticket" to make a profit, nor can you keep the pricing from the original purchase. But as linrick said, you can apply the refunded credit toward any new ticket purchase within that first year at whatever the going rate is at time of purchase.

linrick said:   fenian said:   zacksmith said:   HI All

If I purchase now for a date in November but cant use the tickets. Will I be able to sell them? Will they let me change the date of departure for a lil fee?


thanks

zack

No longer can you sell the tickets. The person that the ticket was purchased for is the only person who can use the ticket. If you cancel the ticket, there are no change fees. However, the ticket must be used prior (travel completed) to one year from the original purchase date. ie. if you buy today, all travel must be completed by June 13, 2013you are wrong. the person that the ticket was originally bought for but cannot use will be issued as a credit form good for 1 year from the 1st date of travel, not purchase date. or for a fee of $50, it can be extended for another year if you call them within the 6 months after the expired credit. this credit can be used to book a ticket for anyone.

I'm curious how you get the credit thats useable for anyone. I cancelled a previous reservation on SWA and rebooked the same flights with the sale prices. When I went to apply the credits from the cancelled reservation, the names had to be exactly the same on the new reservation as the old one or the computer would not apply the credit. So it seems to me that credits from cancelled reservations are now linked such that each person on the reservations gets the credit for their airfare linked to their name. When I cancelled and rebooked in past years, I do not recall this being the case. If there is a way to work around this new 'restriction', I'd certainly welcome that information because it seems overly restricting.

A lot of these flights are sold out now. So if you can get in the last day, I would!!!!

Managed to get a roundtrip with nonstops from Austin to Chicago on American (who was matching some fares) for a show in September ... $198 is about as cheap as I've ever seen it.

Scored some roundtrip flights to bring my mom in from Tuscon to LAX for $100 RT. Can beat it!

wooben said:   linrick said:   fenian said:   zacksmith said:   HI All

If I purchase now for a date in November but cant use the tickets. Will I be able to sell them? Will they let me change the date of departure for a lil fee?


thanks

zack

No longer can you sell the tickets. The person that the ticket was purchased for is the only person who can use the ticket. If you cancel the ticket, there are no change fees. However, the ticket must be used prior (travel completed) to one year from the original purchase date. ie. if you buy today, all travel must be completed by June 13, 2013you are wrong. the person that the ticket was originally bought for but cannot use will be issued as a credit form good for 1 year from the 1st date of travel, not purchase date. or for a fee of $50, it can be extended for another year if you call them within the 6 months after the expired credit. this credit can be used to book a ticket for anyone.

I'm curious how you get the credit thats useable for anyone. I cancelled a previous reservation on SWA and rebooked the same flights with the sale prices. When I went to apply the credits from the cancelled reservation, the names had to be exactly the same on the new reservation as the old one or the computer would not apply the credit. So it seems to me that credits from cancelled reservations are now linked such that each person on the reservations gets the credit for their airfare linked to their name. When I cancelled and rebooked in past years, I do not recall this being the case. If there is a way to work around this new 'restriction', I'd certainly welcome that information because it seems overly restricting.sorry, i'll take it back. southwest has changed the policy since january 2011 and i was not aware of this. i guess because i've been traveling on credits/points and have not paying attention on this policy change.

Seems like I missed it