Despite all the fare sales that have been going on, I know some of you out there are still waiting for a better deal. Well…here it is! You don’t want to pass this one up.
Today, we are launching one of the biggest fare sales in Southwest Airlines history. For 48 hours, one-way tickets will be available for just $30, $60, or $90 based on length of travel.
• $30 for travel up to 400 miles (like Baltimore/Washington to New York LaGuardia)
• $60 for travel between 400 and 750 miles (like Las Vegas to Oakland)
• $90 for travel more than 750 miles (like Chicago Midway to Houston Hobby)
To see the list of markets and prices or to book your travel, click here.
***These fares will only be available for 48 hours, so book now! (See fare rules below).
Due to the overwhelming success of our fare sale, southwest.com is operating at peak capacity and experiencing sporadic delays. We apologize for any inconvenience you may have.
FARE RULES
Fares are available on www.southwest.com or www.swabiz.com. Southwest Airlines sale fares are available from July 7, 2009, through 11:59 PDT July 8, 2009. Travel must take place between Sept. 9, 2009, and Nov. 18, 2009. Travel valid everyday except Fridays and Sundays. Sale fares slightly higher on other days of the week. Fares do not include a federal segment tax of $3.60 per takeoff and landing. Fares do not include airport-assessed passenger facility charges (PFC) of up to $9.00 and U.S. government-imposed September 11th Security Fee of up to $5.00 one-way. Seats are limited and may not be available on all flights or to all destinations. Fares are available for one-way travel. Fares are nonrefundable but may be applied toward the purchase of future travel on Southwest Airlines. Fares are not available through the Group Desk. Any change in the itinerary may result in an increase in fare. Reservations made through southwestvacations.com are not eligible for this promotion. Standby travel requires an upgrade to the Anytime Fare. Fares are subject to change until ticketed. Fares are valid on published, scheduled service only.
Comments
I just booked flights from BNA-MSP through MDW by booking each RT leg separately on 2 tickets for $57 less than your best fare from BNA-MSP on one ticket. Exact same flights, two different prices, the nice thing is I'll get double RR credits. This has been a common practice with the "other" carriers. I've been a Southwest fan and frequent flyer for 15 years in part because you have ethical and fair pricing. It seems ever since you started this campaign to fly into the major hubs, like Denver, Minn., Logan, NYC, etc. you've started to pick up some of the bad habits of the hub and spoke carriers.
Thanks for continuing the $30/60/90 fares for nearly a week and a half through DING! What a great application to deliver targeted fares to your customers. I'll be looking forward to WN bringing back the $30/60/90 fares through DING! in the near future. For those that don't have the application downloaded, or are afraid of downloading software- DING! is one of the best, most unobtrusive applications I've used, and it's now installed on both of my computers.
These deals were sweet. Was able to buy a couple flights for my wife to head up to Philly to spend time with her family without any toddlers running around. Thanks Southwest. You guys/gals rock! Have never had any problems buying online.
The sight was down during the sale; however the phone lines were not. During the IT issues the group at SWA were more than happy o help out. I am flying a family of 4 from AZ (PHX) to NY (LGA) round trip for less than $890.00! Are you kidding me? This deal was so incredible. I fly to NY and it costs me an average of $800.00 RT each time. The last time the four of us traveled to NY it was around $3000.00. Thank you for the sale. I LOVE IT! I got a 450 sq ft hotel in Time square for an extremly cheap rate too. This just fell into my lap. Was not planning on going but when these deals come up you must take advantage. I love the fact America is having a "Fire Sale" on just about everything. Im buying everything!!!!! Have fun! DING...you can now move about the country (And buy everything)
Had 2 definite -- more likely 3 -- flights to book that would have fallen into this time frame. Now I just can't bring myself to book any of them here, since the current fares in comparison look ridiculous. Continental already has a deal that will work out better for one at least.
But it's still depressing looking at this post...
Minnesota Traveler,
The fares actually posted to southwest.com at Midnight Central Time, Tuesday Morning. Even though the blog posted at 2:30 a.m. Central Time, the fares were available beginning at midnight. Also for those in the Eastern time zone, they actually had 51 hours to buy fares because the sale ended at Midnight Pacific Time on Thursday morning. Those in the Central time zone had 50 hours, those in Mountain Time had 49 hours.
**These fares will only be available for 48 hours, so book now! (See fare rules below).
How is it that from July 7th to July 8th could equal 48 hours when the sale info was posted at 2:30 and the sale ends at midnight? I think there was a miscalculation in this somewhere
I am very upset to have lost out on a lower airfare yesterday for Thanksgiving travel when the site was down. I tried to call only to have the wait time 30 minutes--working in a hospital, it was impossible to leave a recall request. I went to book the fare today and the cost is at least $500 more for the 3 of us to Orlando than it was yesterday. I love Southwest, but am sorry to say I will have to shop around for a competitive fare for the first time in 9 years..:(.
What a great deal. But I really wish the website would have been working yesterday when I tried to book our flights. :-(
I got home too late last night (traveling on SW, of course :-) ) and missed the deal.
SW should really consider doing something for all the folks who missed this due to IT issues on their side. :-(
Wish I had known this expired at midnight (didn't read the fine print, I guess) -- tried to book last night and couldn't get in, so waited until this a.m. Any chance this offer will come up again? Guess I'll have to go w/Frontier or JetBlue...