any southwest fare sale experts out there?

[planplan]

well i got everything in order and i booked everything xcept for flights....my flights on southwest went up $450 in a 5 hour period on thurs. if i plan on going late april should i wait for another sale on southwest? do they have sales every week or is it quarterly? i could book another carrier but i love sw because of the cancellation policy and baggage prices. should i just wait?

 

[WiscMomof2]

I'm in same boat-I could just kick myself for being indecisive. I just checked and my flights went from 79 to 119 each way for June. Ugh!! I hate when I do stuff like that. I'm hoping they come back down a bit.

 

[MHSweb79]

This happened to us for our trip last Sept. I ended up booking the best flights, then watching - almost daily! - for fare cuts. It was easy to apply the lower rate to my flights, and I ended up with a SW credit for $100 ($50 off each ticket). I think prices dropped twice and I scooped them up both times. My fear about waiting is that either the flights I wanted would be booked up, or that the rates would go up even further.
The only problem with this is you have to be pretty sure you want to travel with SW again within 12 months of your original purchase date or else you lose the credit. Some people roll them over onto new tickets, then change the travel dates on those new tickets- I'm not really sure how that works. It's no problem for us since my folks live in Florida, so we can always send someone down to use up the credit.

 

[planplan]

I'm in same boat-I could just kick myself for being indecisive. I just checked and my flights went from 79 to 119 each way for June. Ugh!! I hate when I do stuff like that. I'm hoping they come back down a bit.

$64 to $109 for me...thats a deal breaker for me....i was freaking out but i feel they have to come back down again....lets all hope!