How often does SWA change fares?

[Dr. J.]

How often does SWA change fares? They are having a sale that ends tomorrow and the one way fare went up $24 to 124. Is there any chance it will go down again tomorrow. Should I wait?

 

[dburg30]

They will allocate x number of seats at certain sale prices, once those are gone, it will revert to their 'normal' pricing. They could go down, or maybe a DING will come out, but you never know.

I guess what I'm getting at, is you may have waited too long..

 

[Dr. J.]

We are leaving 1/29 and coming back 2/7. Do you think I should book now at 124 each direction or do you think I have some wiggle room to wait. I will not hold anyone responsible, just looking for some gut feelings. TIA!

 

[dburg30]

You'll pretty much get this response from most. "If the price of the seats is acceptable to you, and you think it's fair to get you from point a to point b, buy them". Playing the 'fare drop' game is really a lot like playing 21 . Sometimes you get 21, sometimes you bust. I dont even know where you are flying out of, so that will have something to do with it also.

edit: and if you havent signed up for DING from the SW site yet, make sure you do and set it up..

 

[Dr. J.]

We are flying out of Albany, NY. I usually go over on Black Jack, so maybe I just better buy the tickets. Thanks!

 

[richmo]

I'd go ahead and book. Of course, with Southwest, keep looking at the fares after you book and take the credit at no charge if the price goes down.

 

[Tara]

We are flying out of Albany, NY. I usually go over on Black Jack, so maybe I just better buy the tickets. Thanks!

Deals out of Albany have been more of a scarcity lately, especially for Friday and Sunday flights. I consider myself extremely lucky that my Wednesday flight home (11/11) went down to $99 for ONE DAY. I snapped it up and it was never lower than $109 or $124 after that. The first nonstop Friday flight down (11/6) never went below $124 IIRC and actually went up steadily while the earlier flight through BWI went down. I think I finally snagged the flight with the stop for $124.

I checked Thursday flights, willing to add a day on at either end, but those fares were no better.

Good luck with your fare shopping!