Southwest RR - advice requested

[stacieps]

We are a family of 4. We have 2 trips planned to Florida (January Disney cruise, April WDW). Although flight prices on SW for January are high right now, I believe they will go down. We have 2 RRs (so 4 one-ways) available that expire in Feb.

I'm debating whether it will be worth keeping the RRs (paying the extenstion fee) to use in April (19-26 is our school vacation along with many in the surrounding states). I believe we will get a decent deal for January but expect the prices to be pretty high in April. We have some flexibility in April so if we could use all 4 one-ways on say Sat, 4/19, we could return on Monday or Tues 4/28 or 4/29 for a better fare.

What would you do?

 

[smacky1]

i think you have the right idea. Although theres no predicting what sw will do, you do stand a much better chance of getting a lower fare in January than in April. How much does it cost to extend the RR? That would make a big difference.

 

[stacieps]

It costs $50 to extend an award - so $100 if I extend both. I guess I'll watch the January fares for a little longer then think about this some more.

 

[Niagara2]

There are usually very few RR seats released for Holiday travel. I was told that heavy travel days only 4 seats are released, and slower or even normal days more. Unless you are booking the first few hours a holiday time is released they will be gone so beware.

 

[Rpsemont]

There are usually very few RR seats released for Holiday travel. I was told that heavy travel days only 4 seats are released, and slower or even normal days more. Unless you are booking the first few hours a holiday time is released they will be gone so beware

I have used RR vouchers for Presidents week the last two years - at least for one way for the trip. THis year, we're using them to fly down Sat 2/16 and purchased IOW rates to come back Monday 2/25. As long as you have little flexibility over the busy weekend, you should be OK. I was not able to book my tickets until midnight of the day the fares opened with my RR Vouchers. At that time, Friday and earlier flights Sat were gone, but I was able to do Sat night and had many options on Sunday. Even today, if I wanted to change our trip, there are two options for Sunday.

Unless you MUST get specific flight times to coordinate with your cruise, I would save them for April.