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[mcd2745]

They're open via low fare calendar right now!

past january? only seeing jan so far.

 

[dez1978]

nothing for me yet.

 

[cmarsh31]

Nothing for ALB yet. Sigh.

 

[jcarwash]

They're open via low fare calendar right now!

At the moment I'm seeing dates to MCO through January 31, 2020 on the Low Fare Calendar. Not seeing dates through March 6 yet.

 

[Trinity88]

Same, only seeing Jan so far

 

[wisblue]

Nothing for me yet from MKE to MCO.

 

[SouthFayetteFan]

What a rush...just booked 8 one-way flights using points. (I still do it that way for ultimate flexibility).

52,787 points and $44.80 has our family of 4 headed to Disney at our preferred times

 

[JStu]

Nothing for me yet from MKE to MCO.

through January 31 is available via low fare calendar MKE-MCO....but not Feb/March yet...

 

[TheMick424]

Where is February?????

 

[SouthFayetteFan]

Where is February?????

It comes after January...

 

[Livelovedance]

I don't see anything past January 5th yet

 

[dez1978]

Done! woohoo! Total of 89.xx after points.

 

[MarBee]

I don't see anything past January 5th yet

I can only see it via the low fare calendar

 

[Iowamomof4]

Oof, the MCO > DSM flight schedule sucks. No afternoon/evening flights on any day other than Sunday! Now we have to decide if it's worth it to drive over to Omaha.

 

[sunflowerblooms]

I don't see anything past January 5th yet

Same. Are folks booking via app or website?

 

[babyruth]

dying. come on february.

 

[mcd2745]

i got Feb using this trick! this will work for one-way fares. Go into the low fare calendar for Jan and pick any date, then in the URL, change the the numbers of the date to the one you want and hit enter.

 

[jcarwash]

10:39am seeing updated calendars through March 6, 2020, all over Southwest, including the Low Fare Calendar plus the Travel Tools page update: "We are currently accepting air reservations through March 6, 2020. On September 26, 2019 we will open our schedule for sale through April 13, 2020. This date is subject to change! Please check back frequently."

 

[Buddy40]

Only thru Jan 31 via the low fare calendar. Waiting for Feb....

Ok, now I see it. Full schedule posted.

 

[SouthFayetteFan]

FYI - Southwest extended their schedule this morning for flights through March 6th, 2020.

Here is my usual Historical Southwest Release Dates (for planning purposes) comment:

• NEXT RELEASE: 9/26/19 - travel through April 13th, 2020
• 8/15/19 - travel through March 6th, 2020
• 5/30/19 - travel through January 5th, 2020
• 3/15/19 - travel through November 2nd, 2019
• 1/31/19 - travel through October 1st, 2019
• 11/15/18 - travel through August 5th, 2019
• 9/27/18 - travel through June 8th, 2019
• 8/30/18 - travel through April 7th, 2019
• 6/28/18 - travel through March 6th, 2019
• 5/31/18 - travel through January 6th, 2019
• 3/8/18 - travel through November 3rd, 2018
• 2/15/18 - travel through October 1st, 2018
• 11/2/17 - travel through August 6th, 2018
• 8/28/17 - travel through June 1st, 2018
• 7/27/17 - travel through April 6th, 2018
• 6/22/17 - travel through March 7th, 2018
• 5/18/17 - travel through January 7th, 2018

*This chart could be useful to approximate when your travel time may become available for upcoming releases, however they don't always follow the exact same pattern (as you can see above).*

RELEASE TIMES:

• The release on 5/30/19 went live at 9:20am.
• The release on 8/15/19 went live at 10:41am.

If you want to search back for this post in the future - just search my name and "release". You could also bookmark this comment on the new DIS somehow (or so I heard).