Southwest just opened up booking for 11/5 - 1/4!

[disfanforlife]

I am happy we are going down on 11/5 so I booked our trip today. Got $148 down and $98 return!

 

[ah10is]

I am happy we are going down on 11/5 so I booked our trip today. Got $148 down and $98 return!

Flying from Maine to Orlando....12/10 - 12/14 and both ways are $175! On par with other airlines! We never get decent prices from Maine! I could drive 1.5 hours to Manchester and fly direct for $125. But it's such a hassle and then add parking fees we'd be spending about the same!

 

[Minnesota!]

I have $1220 in credits I have to spend by 12/6...I am enjoying planning the possibilities this morning

 

[disfanforlife]

Flying from Maine to Orlando....12/10 - 12/14 and both ways are $175! On par with other airlines! We never get decent prices from Maine! I could drive 1.5 hours to Manchester and fly direct for $125. But it's such a hassle and then add parking fees we'd be spending about the same!

I dont think that sounds that horrible. We wanted to go in March this year and it was close to $500 round trip so we went in January instead. Usually we end up paying between $250-$350. We fly from upstate NY.

 

[disfanforlife]

I have $1220 in credits I have to spend by 12/6...I am enjoying planning the possibilities this morning

Have fun planning!

 

[Marionnette]

I am happy we are going down on 11/5 so I booked our trip today. Got $148 down and $98 return!

Thank you for posting! I just booked for our conference in December. I paid 14,852 RR points for RT PHL <-> MCO for myself and my husband is on my Companion Pass. Cash price was $125 per leg, so $250 pp + fees if I were paying OOP.

I don't know why I thought that they would be adding my dates in July. If you hadn't posted, I would not have been looking for my airfare for the trip yet.

 

[disfanforlife]

Thank you for posting! I just booked for our conference in December. I paid 14,852 RR points for RT PHL <-> MCO for myself and my husband is on my Companion Pass. Cash price was $125 per leg, so $250 pp + fees if I were paying OOP.

I don't know why I thought that they would be adding my dates in July. If you hadn't posted, I would not have been looking for my airfare for the trip yet.

You are welcome! I am glad that I helped. You and so many others have posted useful information and answered questions for me so many times - it feels good to do something useful for others
I am flying as a companion on my husbands account. Hopefully, next year, I can get the cards and get the status through my account and have him as my companion next go around.

 

[tzeitel]

I have $1220 in credits I have to spend by 12/6...I am enjoying planning the possibilities this morning

I have $544 and was just daydreaming about how to use it

 

[disfanforlife]

I have $544 and was just daydreaming about how to use it

Day dreaming is fun!

 

[Minnesota!]

I am stuck between NYC, DC, Boston, or somewhere warm. Coming from MN first week of November...so it will still be warm-ish here (like not to the point where I need to escape it). But, I do love the sun. But I want public transportation and lots of things to do. "Rough" problem to have. I am not good at these decisions!

 

[got2sammies]

If..$125 each way from orf... Paid $89 two years ago.. Hoping they announce sale

 

[pinkxray]

We are also flying down 11/5. Prices were higher than I expected so I only purchased 5/8 tickets I needed since I ran out of points. I paid $138 each way. I was going to transfer my chase rewards points to southwest and get one more but the prices went up to $165 within like 20 minutes.
Will be watching closely for prices drops and trying to earn some points quickly.

 

[disfanforlife]

We are also flying down 11/5. Prices were higher than I expected so I only purchased 5/8 tickets I needed since I ran out of points. I paid $138 each way. I was going to transfer my chase rewards points to southwest and get one more but the prices went up to $165 within like 20 minutes.
Will be watching closely for prices drops and trying to earn some points quickly.

I I I guess it depends where you are coming from and what you are used to paying. For us the least expensive per leg has been $89 abd the most has been $189. I guess that's why I was satisfied with what we got. Plus I had enough points for the whole trip saved and I fly free on my husbands companion pass until the end of the year.

 

[Minnesota!]

We are heading to Albuquerque Used up all but $28 of my credits. I have been intrigued by New Mexico since high school (I wanted to go to college there, but then....a boy came along..).

Anyway, MCO from MSP was pretty reasonable - I think $246/RT when the fares were released.

 

[meriface11]

I booked at 6am as soon as they released the schedule and got $130 each way from Newark. It's jersey week and all the other airlines' prices are currently outrageous, so I was thrilled with $260 RT.

 

[ajenks22]

Trying to book for Christmas. The WGA fares from Dallas are outrageous! It will be over $400 per person!! We fly SWA all the time, multiple times per year. Never expected such high fares on initial roll out. Fingers crossed the WGA fares drop!

 

[disfanforlife]

I booked at 6am as soon as they released the schedule and got $130 each way from Newark. It's jersey week and all the other airlines' prices are currently outrageous, so I was thrilled with $260 RT.

I know, I am not thrilled about going during Jersey week, but we have gone this week before. Our son also has two days off from school - so thats why we like to go then although we arent from Jersey. I am also looking forward to Food & Wine Festival!

 

[Marionnette]

Trying to book for Christmas. The WGA fares from Dallas are outrageous! It will be over $400 per person!! We fly SWA all the time, multiple times per year. Never expected such high fares on initial roll out. Fingers crossed the WGA fares drop!

Holiday fares will always be outrageous. There's just no getting around that. It's a matter of supply and demand. Have you considered other airlines? You may find that they are not as expensive as the Southwest flights, although selecting your seats in advance and paying for checked bags might eat up the savings.

 

[ibob52]

Wasn't it a year or so ago .. that SWA announced their plans to increase prices for Holidays ~ etc

With that in mind .. I would not be happy with the price but I would be a bit less shocked to see the increased airfare.

I suppose if my dates were affected .. I might book with the higher price and *Hope* for a sale in the future.

 

[HeatherC]

I was also hoping to book Christmas week and expected high fares. But $500 each way to FL is ridiculous. For five of us to fly round trip would be $5000! That ain't happening!