Southwest Fare Buckets

[huskies90]

Without having to read all the fine print, what is the basic differences between, Special, Restricted, Advanced, Discount, Promotion, Internet and Ding fares. The Refundable Anytime makes sense but are all the rest basically the same as far as restrictions, etc.?

 

[Tink10]

Every airline has many different fare classes.....Each fare class has an assigned number of seats to it, so basically, they're all very similar.......The rules may be different for each fare class, like advance purchase time, days of travel, min & max stay etc. To find out the exact differences, you'd have to read the fine print.

 

[salmoneous]

The Refundable Anytime makes sense but are all the rest basically the same as far as restrictions, etc.?

You've got it - the rest are all basically the same. Oh, there are differences and if you clink on the link it will tell you about them. But from a practical standpiont, there's no reason to get anything but the cheapest option allowed.