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[tidblgrrer]

Does anyone know when they will release flights for mid September? Thank you

 

[yellowfish78]

Does anyone know when they will release flights for mid September? Thank you

Normally you can go to their website, click on "FLIGHT" along the top bar (where it says FLIGHT/HOTEL/CAR/VACATIONS) and then click "Flight Schedules" and it will inform you of a date on that page. Today it states the following:
We are currently accepting air reservations through August 16, 2021. At this time, we do not have a date for our next schedule extension therefore please check back frequently.

 

[scrappinginontario]

Does anyone know when they will release flights for mid September? Thank you

Normally you can go to their website, click on "FLIGHT" along the top bar (where it says FLIGHT/HOTEL/CAR/VACATIONS) and then click "Flight Schedules" and it will inform you of a date on that page. Today it states the following:
We are currently accepting air reservations through August 16, 2021. At this time, we do not have a date for our next schedule extension therefore please check back frequently.

At this point a date has not been announced yet. In the past it was often in February but things are not following a 'normal' pattern right now so we really don't know.

Here's a link to the location indicated by @yellowfish78:

https://www.southwest.com/air/flight-schedules/

 

[LadybugsMum]

Sigh. Just got notice that our April flight down from RDU has been changed from 5:35am to 12:55 pm and it's now the only non-stop for the day. It still gets us into Orlando earlier than driving, but I'm not sure how I feel about flying yet. I'm going to wait and see if I get the email about the flight being 70% full before making the decision to cancel the flight and driving down.

 

[Gitelfor]

This is why Southwest continues to make cutbacks in schedules for the upcoming months, with more flight reductions to come.

https://www.cnbc.com/2021/01/28/ame...ook&utm_medium=news_tab&utm_content=algorithm

 

[starry_solo]

This is why Southwest continues to make cutbacks in schedules for the upcoming months, with more flight reductions to come.

https://www.cnbc.com/2021/01/28/ame...ook&utm_medium=news_tab&utm_content=algorithm

Not surprised.

 

[dez1978]

Silly question. When I look at flights and it says "only 5 left" on the wanna get away price, should I assume that the flight will be pretty much sold out?

 

[scrappinginontario]

Silly question. When I look at flights and it says "only 5 left" on the wanna get away price, should I assume that the flight will be pretty much sold out?

No. This just means there are only 5 seats available at the 'Wanna Get Away' price.

 

[dez1978]

No. This just means there are only 5 seats available at the 'Wanna Get Away' price.

I guess I should have worded it differently. Like what percentage of seats do they hold back for the other 2 categories vc the wanna get away category.

 

[starry_solo]

I guess I should have worded it differently. Like what percentage of seats do they hold back for the other 2 categories vc the wanna get away category.

No one knows for sure

 

[scrappinginontario]

I guess I should have worded it differently. Like what percentage of seats do they hold back for the other 2 categories vc the wanna get away category.

I don't believe that is something published by SW nor does it necessarily remain the same from flight to flight. Nobody really knows the answer to that question I don't believe.

 

[MinnieMSue]

For the first time (for me) southwest changed our March 22&27 flights to times that lengthened our Disney stay instead of cutting it down. Our early flight now leaves earlier and our return flight leaves later giving us a full park day before having to catch the ME back to the airport. Now I just have to hope they don’t change again but figure they probably will

 

[BlackTea]

Silly question. When I look at flights and it says "only 5 left" on the wanna get away price, should I assume that the flight will be pretty much sold out?

My experience, only 5 left for get away at that price. If 5 are sold, get away price will go up some bucks, but still available.

 

[SouthFayetteFan]

Doing a quick cross-post from our Credit Cards thread as the all-time high Southwest Credit Card offers are due to expire in a week. If you're interested in discussing these, I'd probably recommend you jump in on that thread as this one more covers general Southwest Travel related topics. I will say that booking on SW with points is amazing, the flexibility cannot be beat!

Happy February Everybody, I am back from Disney and it's time to get my head back into churning!

I figured it's about time for a "State of Southwest" update since it has been awhile (sadly not much in the way of updates either...just a re-hash of what you may already know):

• Southwest Airline's schedule is currently open through 8/16/2021; This extension happened on December 10th.
• We still do not have a date for the next schedule extension. We normally would expect a release into fall travel dates by now but things haven't exactly been normal lately so who knows when they will release this information. Last year they moved the schedule through the end of October in mid-March.
• Currently there are elevated offers on all of the Chase Southwest credit cards with a stated "apply by 2/8/2021" showing on the support links. ONE WEEK Left to take advantage of these offers. These offers were released on December 1st.

Here is a quick recap of the offers available:

1) Chase Southwest PERSONAL Cards; 3 options - Plus, Premier, Priority: Earn up to 80,000 SW RR points. Earn 50,000 points after spending $2,000 in the first 3 months PLUS, earn an additional 30,000 points after you spend $10,000 total in the first 9 months. This is an ALL-TIME HIGH offer on these cards but also requires a higher MSR than we've ever seen before. This is clearly stated as a "Limited Time Offer" on the landing page.​

2) Chase Southwest PERFORMANCE Business Card - Earn up to 100,000 SW RR points. Earn 70,000 points after spending $5,000 in the first 3 months PLUS, earn an additional 30,000 points after you spend $25,000 total in the first 6 months. This offer does NOT say Limited Time, but the upper tier portion seems to come and go so it's possible it could decrease after 2/8.​

3) Chase Southwest PREMIER Business Card - Earn 60,000 points after spending $3,000 in the first 3 months. This is the standard offer for this card and has not changed in some time.​

Also of note: Typically the support links will live on past the stated expiration date by a week or two but no guarantees there.​

With Southwest effectively reducing the points required for a CP to 100k, there are a lot of ways to approach these offers. You can potentially achieve a CP through just one card, you can of course MDD the personals. I'd say the only strategy to avoid is getting 1 personal and 1 business card - it just leaves you with the least flexibility down the line (much more info on this in the link I shared above!).

Good luck to anybody applying!

 

[SouthFayetteFan]

Our flight home yesterday was the only non-stop option between MCO and PIT and was 100% full. We did get the email notification ahead of time that middle seats would be occupied, but there was no way to tell if that meant some, or all. Obviously it was all. The flight was fine and I had totally expected that it could happen. But I know for some here that might not play well, so sharing with the group.

The email about middle seats being occupied didn't come until we were in Orlando a day or two so there would have been no way for me to determine before we left if that was the case. I want to say that you could still purchase 8 tickets online for our return flight the day before we left to head down. I had been at least checking that to determine if flights were sold out or not.

 

[Gitelfor]

Check upcoming March reservations. Southwest is still making revisions in the schedule, meaning that a change in flight/travel date can be made at no change in fare, subject to availability and 30 day, either way, change window.

 

[easyas123]

Flew BWI to RSW on Jan. 29th. Got message plane may not have middle seats free a day or two prior to flight. BWI was busier that I had seen it the other times we've flown since March, and our flight ended up being 100% full, not a single empty seat. Flight was an approximately 9:45 departure. RSW (Ft. Myers) was only moderately busy, and there were about 5 folks ahead of me in the Enterprise line to get our rental. Other counters were more packed. We were in Ft. Myers Friday - Sunday afternoon and everyone was wearing masks, so not much different that up here in MD. We drove to Orlando Sunday afternoon, stayed 3 nights at WDW. Flying home from MCO to BWI - our flight left at 1:45 PM, and Orlando airport was dead. Empty. Breezed thru security around 11 or 11:30, no wait at all. Only 3 other people on the tram, terminals mostly empty (compared to how they usually are), and only 40 people on our flight to BWI. Repeated announcements to keep your mask on while on the plane, water & bagged snacks served on both flights.

 

[MinnieMSue]

Check upcoming March reservations. Southwest is still making revisions in the schedule, meaning that a change in flight/travel date can be made at no change in fare, subject to availability and 30 day, either way, change window.

i have red banners but so far no change in flights. Nervous because there aren’t any other ones as good as the ones we have. Also there appears to be big availability on them.

 

[emsstacey]

I'm so irritated with SW. I'm traveling to Ft. Myers spring break and decided to just drive, but yesterday morning saw great flights for $83, by the time I got my wallet, they were $120. I've watched them throughout the last 24 hours and they are now almost $300 each way. UGH. So, my question is- what are the chances that if I just book terrible times for the cheapest price, that I will get the red banner and get to change it to better flights?

 

[belle032]

I'm so irritated with SW. I'm traveling to Ft. Myers spring break and decided to just drive, but yesterday morning saw great flights for $83, by the time I got my wallet, they were $120. I've watched them throughout the last 24 hours and they are now almost $300 each way. UGH. So, my question is- what are the chances that if I just book terrible times for the cheapest price, that I will get the red banner and get to change it to better flights?

I'm in the same situation. I have 3 separate one-ways to book for our trip at the end of March. I was ready to book and then by the time I got to it, prices completely skyrocketed. Like some have almost tripled. To the point where I'm looking at other airlines, which I almost never do. I'm giving it another week or so to see what happens. Super frustrating, I always have such good experiences with SW booking!