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[Avery&Todd]

Keep checking your flights, my outgoing flight just dropped down to $39 for December 6th! Now BOTH legs of my flight are $39, I have NEVER paid under $100 round trip for a flight to MCO in all the years I've been traveling!

Great job on that flight price!! My flight on Dec. 6th is $139/each person and I was super stoked about that!! HA!

I'd have a cow with $39/each!!

 

[rangerxenos]

Great job on that flight price!! My flight on Dec. 6th is $139/each person and I was super stoked about that!! HA!

I'd have a cow with $39/each!!

For some reason my last three trips I've been able to find at least one leg of the flight for a really low price. This trip wins, I don't think Soutwest flies cheaper than $39 from BDL - MCO and visa versa!

 

[EACarlson]

Do we see any chance of these coming down or is this still just post Covid travel demand?

Some prices are coming down. Obviously dependent on other factors such as competition and load factors into it. I don't think air travel will be as expensive in the coming year as it was in the past year. Not everyone will be willing to pay the same amount to fly with everything else getting more expensive. I booked roundtrip in January MKE-MCO for 25,000 points, same flights in October were 40,000.

 

[Mackenzie Click-Mickelson]

Checked flights because of this thread and for getting to Cancun we got back an additional 1,660 points each for a total of 3,320 points back

Tally so far of point reduction is 830, 5,312, 3,154 and 3,320 points= 12,616 total for 2 people.

 

[focusondisney]

Keep checking your flights, my outgoing flight just dropped down to $39 for December 6th! Now BOTH legs of my flight are $39, I have NEVER paid under $100 round trip for a flight to MCO in all the years I've been traveling!

Good for you! Can you give some more info… what city do you fly from, what day of the week, nonstops or change planes & what time of day are you flying? I think those details help explain why some flights go down & others don’t.

 

[scrappinginontario]

I checked my flights and am shocked in the opposite way!! Our flight we paid $216 for (and that was HIGH!) is posted at $602/person right now!! Yikes!!! I’ve paid less than $602, round trip for 2 of us often. For some reason crazy prices that particular day!!

 

[Doug7856]

I checked my flights and am shocked in the opposite way!! Our flight we paid $216 for (and that was HIGH!) is posted at $602/person right now!! Yikes!!! I’ve paid less than $602, round trip for 2 of us often. For some reason crazy prices that particular day!!

Yes, similar for our upcoming January flight too.

 

[Mackenzie Click-Mickelson]

I checked my flights and am shocked in the opposite way!! Our flight we paid $216 for (and that was HIGH!) is posted at $602/person right now!! Yikes!!! I’ve paid less than $602, round trip for 2 of us often. For some reason crazy prices that particular day!!

Was that the same fare class like it was WGA @ $212 and now it's WGA @ $602?

 

[scrappinginontario]

Was that the same fare class like it was WGA @ $212 and now it's WGA @ $602?

Good point! I hadn’t clicked into the fare. We purchased WGA and the only dates left for our flight (and many that day) are the Anytime fares. I guess many are travelling that day.

 

[rangerxenos]

Good for you! Can you give some more info… what city do you fly from, what day of the week, nonstops or change planes & what time of day are you flying? I think those details help explain why some flights go down & others don’t.

I'm flying out of Bradley in Windsor Locks, CT, always nonstop as I'm not getting a connecting flight for a 3 hour or so flight. The one downside is that will all the cutbacks, I usually only have once choice of non stop flights on Southwest each day, so the times aren't what I'd like. But Southwest is always the cheapest option for me out of BDL because I get 2 free checked bags, so I make do.

I'm fortunate that I am flexible and am able to work within flying whatever days give me the best fares, so I will play with dates before booking. I usually fly on Tuesdays or Wednesdays as it's cheaper, but even that isn't the case anymore.

I'm guessing my flight on on the 6th isn't anywhere near full, and that's why the price dropped this close to my travel date. I booked back in Summer at $112 each way, which I was happy with; now each flight is $39, which I'm ecstatic with!

 

[Mackenzie Click-Mickelson]

Good point! I hadn’t clicked into the fare. We purchased WGA and the only dates left for our flight (and many that day) are the Anytime fares. I guess many are travelling that day.

That's good to hear..well the fact that it wasn't WGA pricing!

 

[DisneyRunner2009]

Do you think SW will offer anything for Travel Tuesday? Does SW allow you to use their app in flight? I want to check for fare drops, but I'll be in the air when prices release.

 

[teawar]

For what it’s worth…on my flight back from MCO, the crew announced that there should be some discounts (around 30% off) coming out on Monday or Tuesday this week.

 

[jkelly86]

On the Southwest website:
Use promotion code CYBER30 from 11/28-12/1/2022 for travel on select flights from 1/10-3/8/2023. Blackout dates, restrictions, and exclusions apply.

 

[Lsdolphin]

I was able to get a small credit on my flights for 1/31 and 2/8...only $14 but it’s something...was hoping for the sale to apply to my much higher April flights nomsuch luck

 

[EACarlson]

5,000 points back on my January roundtrip MKE-MCO

 

[TheOneWithTheTriplets]

I was able to get a small credit on my flights for 1/31 and 2/8...only $14 but it’s something...was hoping for the sale to apply to my much higher April flights nomsuch luck

Also bummed it didn't include April.

 

[Mackenzie Click-Mickelson]

A sale will most likely come along for April stuff at some point, SWA runs these frequently. The sales for Jan-early March are just to drum up traffic during an otherwise slower time (with exception to holidays during that time period). Our promotional companion pass we got a month or two ago ends March 8th as well (starting early January, probably the 10th as well or right around there) because mid-March is start of Spring break season.

 

[nlenguyen]

It definitely is! Combined with the 10% cash back that’s fantastic.

Just an update on this. I purchased the points but now Chase is saying that they did not qualify for the offer. I have been messaging them but do not think they will budge. I thought I did my research but apparently rapid reward points are not Southwest. If I would have bought a giftcard I wonder if that would have worked. All well. Learned my lesson

 

[DisneyRunner2009]

Lots of medical pre board this morning. The first 8 to 9 rows of the plane were taken up pre board. This was flying into MCO. We've never had that many flying into MCO.