Post all SW questions concerns, etc. here...

[focusondisney]

$915 for two SWA RT MHT/MCO May tix only one of which is non stop? Flight total 64,916 PTS+ $22.40 SWA always had non stops MHT/MCO.

I booked Delta two weeks ago (BOS/MCO) May tix for $673 BOTH are non stop. I also got 2 RT BOS/MCO in September (non stop) for $580! Oh, and all flights are refundable...

We have two SWA miles cards, however after last month's awful flight MHT/BWI/MCO we'll hang on to our miles but are pivoting toward Delta. I hope other routes are better!

I wish Delta had nonstops from Buffalo. Only SW, JB or Frontier have nonstops from here. But I’m seriously annoyed with SW & kind of ticked I worked so hard to renew my companion pass. This is a big trip to celebrate my 65th birthday & our retirement. We have a club level room at CR & it isn’t available if I try to change dates. I’m considering SW down & JB back. So annoyed right now.

 

[kc51570]

$915 for two SWA RT MHT/MCO May tix only one of which is non stop? Flight total 64,916 PTS+ $22.40 SWA always had non stops MHT/MCO.

I booked Delta two weeks ago (BOS/MCO) May tix for $673 BOTH are non stop. I also got 2 RT BOS/MCO in September (non stop) for $580! Oh, and all flights are refundable...

We have two SWA miles cards, however after last month's awful flight MHT/BWI/MCO we'll hang on to our miles but are pivoting toward Delta. I hope other routes are better!

Non stop options are almost non existent and prices are crazy. So frustrating. MHT does now have frontier but I don‘t know how good of an experience that is.

 

[MICKIMINI]

I wish Delta had nonstops from Buffalo. Only SW, JB or Frontier have nonstops from here. But I’m seriously annoyed with SW & kind of ticked I worked so hard to renew my companion pass. This is a big trip to celebrate my 65th birthday & our retirement. We have a club level room at CR & it isn’t available if I try to change dates. I’m considering SW down & JB back. So annoyed right now.

We just got our 100,000 point card yesterday and I am ready to plunk down 12K in the next few months to get those points. I used lots of points in OCT/NOV for MHT/BWI/MCO and MCO/MHT which were nightmare flights leaving me about 11K points in that account. I am beginning to regret not getting Delta Gold Amex offer which I think was 70,000 points. I'm sure we'll use those 111,000 SWA points in retirement and probably be glad we have so darn many, but I'm certainly irritated with SWA right now!

 

[AuroraluvsPhillip]

Providence to MCO round trip
2 adults
Retired now, so I'm able to avoid weekend flights
2 nonstops available each way
Total cost $630, 44190 points

Jet Blue has one nonstop from PVD/MCO daily. I could have saved about $140 booking with them, but the SW nonstops had better times and I booked with my huge bank of SW points anyway.

E.T.A. This was my first time booking SW since 2019 and I noticed my EBCI fees went up from $15 to $25 a leg, so total of $100.

 

[CarlyMur09]

PIT-MCO RT Friday 5/6 to Sunday 5/15 was actually not horrible for once. 158 pp per nonstop to start off with, so hoping those go down at some point and we can get credit for a later flight. Managed to snag a 5:20 PM flight out and a 7:20 AM back to PIT. was under $1600 for the 5 of us. I've seen it at 2k+ in the past so 1600 is more bearable. Didn't have any travel credits to use up this time.

Now need to get confirmation on the last member of our family if she's coming down at all and for what dates. Hoping I can just use points for her flight since her job keeps changing her vacation allowances on her.

 

[monarchsfan16]

MHT is my home airport too. We are flying Boston more and more, which I hate. I really miss the pre Covid flight schedules from Manchester, and I don't find the new addition of Spirit to the airport to be a reasonable alternative. This trip I just booked has us flying Boston again. If I wanted to fly from Vegas to Manchester I had to either leave Vegas at 5 am (no) or get in to MHT at 11 pm on a Sunday night. I work in education so also no. Our flight to Boston is just about perfect...leave LAS at 9 am, layover in Chicago and in to Boston before 7 pm. I'm sure they'll change flight times Going out we are nonstop with JetBlue from BOS. February to MCO is also JetBlue from Boston.

Southwest seems to have increased their options from BOS faster than MHT, which was my fear when they added BOS ten+ years ago. Hopefully someday I can regularly fly MHT again.

 

[mickey916]

Got our flights...going down a little earlier and coming home a little later than planned...more time in Disney I guess! Used my credits from May 2020 and still have credits left.

 

[SouthFayetteFan]

I’ll try to put together my full update with charts later…


ICYMI - Southwest extended their schedule today for flights through June 4, 2022.

Also of MAJOR importance Southwest Airlines next schedule release is expected to occur on THURSDAY December 16th. Yes - that is correct... just one week from tomorrow! For those planning to snag flights, set those calendar reminders so you don't forget! I'll post additional reminders as the date draws nearer.

Currently SW is offering flights through 6/4/22 and this next release will take their schedule out to 9/5/22. This will likely be a popular extension covering all of summer!

 

[Leigh L]

Non stop options are almost non existent and prices are crazy. So frustrating. MHT does now have frontier but I don‘t know how good of an experience that is.

Frontier is totally a no-frills airline but I flew them in February when I knew my flight at BWI two days later would be canceled due to snow moving in. Booked a flight at 1 p.m. and was on the 4:30 flight from Dulles. It was great!

That being said, Frontier can really be hit or miss. Honestly, I'd only fly them for last-minute bookings (less likely to cancel flights) or for trips that are really flexible. The problem with Frontier is from what I've seen they only run a handful of flights a week, so if yours is messed up due to cancelations or even weather, choices are slim pickings. I've experienced that as well with Frontier and pretty much had to change the entire trip and move to another airline. (Plus the phone CS was horrible!! She hung up on me. I had to dispute on my CC to get my $ back.)

 

[EACarlson]

So I signed up for a new Chase credit card to get the 100K mile bonus. I just completed the required spend on Friday. The charge showed as pending this weekend and as of today it shows that I have 104,000 points; the statement closing date was 12/6. I want to book a one-way flight for June 4 tomorrow. Even though, it mentions that it would take eight weeks to post, I see that the points are already showing. However I read that you can’t just book Southwest through the Chase portal. I don’t want to miss out on potentially booking a cheaper flight when they open tomorrow. Would I do better to call the Chase travel center to have them book, or slowly transfer 1000 points at a time? Obviously that may take a while and I would miss out on a potentially good deal tomorrow. I need four one-way flights from DAL to LAX. Any advice?

If you are transferring UR to RR points you can do whatever amount you want. I transferred 20,000 a couple months ago. In my mind I would rather book with RR points and save on issues down the road. There are reports that those that book through the Chase Travel Portal are not able to reprice if the flight goes down. It would also take less points, since a CSP gives you 1.25 cpp and usually SW points are 1.4-1.6 cpp. Transfers usually take a minute or two, although I have had them take 24 hours.

Is it a SW rapid reward credit card? If it is, the points will transfer right to the SW site & you’ll just book with points there. Mine always show the day after statement closing, so they might be there for you today. If not a SW card, sorry, I don’t know anything about booking thru chase.

I think PP was talking about a Sapphire Preferred since they mention transferring points.

 

[focusondisney]

Frontier is totally a no-frills airline but I flew them in February when I knew my flight at BWI two days later would be canceled due to snow moving in. Booked a flight at 1 p.m. and was on the 4:30 flight from Dulles. It was great!

That being said, Frontier can really be hit or miss. Honestly, I'd only fly them for last-minute bookings (less likely to cancel flights) or for trips that are really flexible. The problem with Frontier is from what I've seen they only run a handful of flights a week, so if yours is messed up due to cancelations or even weather, choices are slim pickings. I've experienced that as well with Frontier and pretty much had to change the entire trip and move to another airline. (Plus the phone CS was horrible!! She hung up on me. I had to dispute on my CC to get my $ back.)

I looked at Fronteir just for the heck of it. Going home has 1 nonstop, early morning so no. There are 2 itineraries with 1 stop also. One of them goes from Orlando to Denver to Buffalo, a 22+ hour itinerary. Why even present that??

 

[LadybugsMum]

Got our May tickets and used points. Our flight from RDU to MCO is twice the points as from MCO back to RDU. I'll have to keep an eye out for any price changes.

 

[Poohlovr]

Booked our return flight MCO-SDF {have had SDF-MCO for forever}. One non-stop per day either way. Our NS flight down down is at 0600. Coming back, it's at 1720. Just enough to increase the car rental by about $60.
Each flight was 136 OW pp. We had funds from fee changes last year each way so that was helpful. Return we had $66 that expired today. That just about covers the increased cost of the car.
We can fly Breeze or Allegiant but they each have limited days at cheap prices. Some days on Allegiant are more than what I ended up paying, so I'm OK with SW fares this time, but I hate the times.

 

[Avery&Todd]

and NOT that this makes me feel any better about the crazy high flights I bought this am on SW but here are almost the exact same flights (times and layovers) thru Delta:

to recap, my SW flights were cash $1,135.94 / pts 77,452

 

[leeniewdw]

I’m disappointed that apparently the daily nonstop flights from Memphis to MCO are no longer an option for booking. Southwest has posted on their website that they offer a daily nonstop flight from Memphis to Orlando, but that doesn’t seem to be the case anymore. Does anyone know anything about it or think they’ll add a nonstop flight later on? I plan on traveling late April / early May.

SW used to have multiple direct to MCO from RDU, but for our Feb dates it's only 1 and it's mid-day. 2 years ago we were able to LAND in MCO at 6:30am, this time it's like 1:40pm. No changes between the time we booked (a few months ago) and now for a mid-feb trip.

 

[Mackenzie Click-Mickelson]

So we got ours for our May trip leaving the 4th coming back the 15th both ways were $168/per way per person or 11,859 points per way per person.

We used points for my flights and my husband used travel vouchers from 2019 extended due to the pandemic.

Non-stop was our preferred choice and there were 3 non-stop flights on that Wednesday and also that Sunday for the return.

We thought our flight to Vegas this Sunday was early at 6am but our flight from KC to Orlando on May 4th is at 5:20am!? I think that's the earliest I've flown out of our airport. Our flight home is at 9:05pm as the other non-stops were too early and we didn't really want to take a stop.

Husband checked and the flights home are now $179 so it's good we booked.

Last time we flew to MCO from KCI was back in September 2017 the flight prices did drop after initial release day price so we'll monitor that.

 

[LadybugsMum]

SW used to have multiple direct to MCO from RDU, but for our Feb dates it's only 1 and it's mid-day. 2 years ago we were able to LAND in MCO at 6:30am, this time it's like 1:40pm. No changes between the time we booked (a few months ago) and now for a mid-feb trip.

The schedule starts with 3 flights on Saturdays, but tends to condense down to 2 or even 1 depending on demand. Sundays have been starting out with 2 flights and weekdays just one.

 

[leeniewdw]

Just checked RDU-BZN for May (our travel dates are June) and while the points aren't terrible, the times certainly are. I think the BZN routes are fairly new, but odd to have crack of dawn departures on a Friday, but mid-day departures on Saturday. Perhaps it'll change for the full June release next week.

 

[mickey916]

Weird thing happened when I booked mine. I did one-ways as we had a lot of travel funds to use. As I discussed with my husband which return flight to do, the price went up by $2 per person...very odd. Not a huge deal but seems weird they adjusted by $2 in that timeframe.

 

[dez1978]

Random question. We are planning to do 2 days at USO and then the beach for 2-3 days. Should I look to mook 1 way flights to MCO then return flights from Tampa maybe? Thinking Clearwater beach. Or just do round trip from MCO? I've never been in any other Fl airport so idk if any of them are easier or cheaper

edit. nvm, I see SW doesn't fly into.out of Tampa