Southwest flights/Ding codes?

[cherbear]

I kinda feel silly asking this, but here goes.

Last year around this time, I was looking for cheap flights (from New Orleans to Orlando) and I found a DING for Southwest someone posted. I remember it being good for a few days and it was a great rate.

Well this year I have been looking, and waiting on a Ding fare to come up. I have the DING program installed on my computer at work, and I check daily when the dings come up. This is kind of a multi-faceted question. How can you get the ding codes without having DING installed? Also, are there ever Ding codes that are available for several days? The ones I see come up on my computer always end the same day. Am I missing something???

I’m getting nervous because our trip is Sept 12 through 19th. We actually got a great Ding rate around this time (or next week’s time) last year but like I said it was actually available for several days. I don’t understand why everything I’m seeing is only available that same day…not that I have a problem purchasing that day—but I’m worried I may miss a day checking b/c of being too busy.

Hope someone can help. TIA!

 

[Marshay]

Trying to give your question a boost.

I am not a SW expert but here's what I know.

The only way I can get the DING fares is to install the program and check every day.

My DINGs are set up for Washington-Dulles and every one of them I've seen expire that day...not even that night, some are like early evening sometimes.

Good luck with your flights. I hope you get something soon. If I were you, I'd be starting to freak w/o having a flight...