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nsx |
| 10-year Companion Pass holder and moderator of the Southwest and Rapid Rewards forum at flyertalk.com.
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DING! March--and Minneapolis/St. Paul--is now for sale! |
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Janet, what you experienced is not at all unusual. When it comes to peak holiday flights, Southwest knows they are going to sell out at relatively high fares, so you will almost never see a deep discount. Spring Break to Florida, probably flying on Friday and Sunday although you don't specify, certainly qualifies as peak. Those flights WILL sell out.
Legacy airlines often sell cheap fares months ahead for these peak holidy flights. This seems to be foolish on the part of the legacy airlines, but you might as well take advantage of it. But don't blame Southwest. The apparent fact that legacy airlines are making a bad business decision doesn't mean Southwest should copy them.
The moral of this story is to buy your Wednesday and Sunday Thanksgiving tickets from a legacy airline if you are certain you won't need to change anything or cancel the trip.
Since you have bought Southwest tickets, I strongly suggest that you re-price your itinerary 12 weeks before travel, then 8 weeks, 6 weeks, 4 weeks, and 3 weeks. You won't ever get a Ding fare for a peak holiday date like this, but if sales are slower than expected the lower-fare "buckets" may open up.
Also: be sure to check availability for one seat only! If you ask for 4 tickets and the lower bucket has only 3 left, you won't get any of those 3. You'll get all 4 at the higher price. It's a system limitation.
Buy one seat at a time if the price is better that way. Southwest gives you a 24-hour period during which you can cancel for a full refund if you used a credit card to pay. So if you find a cheaper seat or two, you can just rebook today and cancel the old reservation and request the refund.
The FAQ on FlyerTalk has all this information and much, much more: http://flyerguide.com/wiki/index.php/Category:Southwest_Rapid_Rewards
nsx at flyertalk.com's Southwest forum
We’ve just published the March, 2009 schedule, so Southwest is now accepting reservations all the way out until May 8, 2009. Whether you want some Florida sun to chase away the late Winter chill, or feel like some early Spring slaloming down the slopes in the Rockies or the Cascades, you can book your trip now at southwest.com. |
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If These Walls Could Only Speak...Oh, but They Do! |
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How about adding a section to blogsouthwest containing a complete photographic copy of everything that's on all the walls at HQ? I'm thinking a virtual wall, walkable by mouse. It would take a professional photographer and a lot of time from the blog team, but the result would be overwhelming.
As many of you may or may not know, the walls of Southwest's Headquarters are not decorated with expensive artwork, but rather the priceless pictures and items of our Employees and their loved ones, our history, and our Culture. It's always fun walking up and down the halls, and ask anyone he |
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We Won! Again! |
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Paula, you and Brian make it look so easy, even if it's not. Congratulations!
And a hearty Thank You to all the employees who have made this place so special. Paula is in New York City, and she just let us know--Nuts About Southwest has been selected as the best corporate blog by PR News for the second year in a row! Thanks to all of you for helping us reach this huge milestone. Categories: Nutty stuff Oct 03, 2008 |
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HOLIDAY SCHEDULES ARE A-COMIN'! |
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Wow, Bill I was impressed to see you quoted in Wednesday's WSJ about the DEN expansion. You could have kidded them that DEN was Southwest's new frontier. ;)]
Humor aside, Frontier is a good airline but today's cost environment will likely prove just too hard for them. Better for Southwest to have alternate service in place already than to have to rush to establish it.
nsx at flyertalk.com's Southwest forum
Maestro! Queue me up some "West Side Story" please, in the key of F: Could it be, yes it could. Something's coming, something good! If I can wait......... Something's coming, I don't know what it is, But it is, gonna be great! Categories: Under the hood Jun 25, 2008 |
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BREAKING NEWS....THIS JUST IN..... |
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Under normal circumstances, impatient people would just book with another airline. But this year, nobody knows which airlines will suddenly shut down. That makes it much safer to book with Southwest, even before you consider Southwest's lack of any penalty for canceling or changing your ticket. Southwest is going to get a lot of new business this year as customers begin to choose an airline based on solvency first, price second.
nsx at flyertalk.com's Southwest forum
I'm thinking Wednesday was a slow news day. |
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