Sw fares structure?

[psimon]

I find it fascinating with the new SW fares that are posted. Were I to travel on Saturday, 11/6, the $79 fares are available all day. Were I to travel on Monday, 11/8, the $79 fares are available. Traveling in between, on Sunday, 11/7, the cheapest fares are $110! Since they just went on sale today, how did the $79 fares disappear that quickly?

What am I missing?

---Paul in Southern NJ

 

[Sammy]

Copied from SWA website:

<i>Unavailable indicates either the flight is sold out/full <b>or the fare is not valid for the travel dates you selected.</i></b>

So the $79 fares probably were never even offered for that Sunday.

 

[GAIL HAYDEN]

Originally posted by psimon
I find it fascinating with the new SW fares that are posted. Were I to travel on Saturday, 11/6, the $79 fares are available all day. Were I to travel on Monday, 11/8, the $79 fares are available. Traveling in between, on Sunday, 11/7, the cheapest fares are $110! Since they just went on sale today, how did the $79 fares disappear that quickly?

What am I missing?

---Paul in Southern NJ

Best guess, people jumped on the fares and they are now unavailable. Guess people on this site were not the only ones waiting.

 

[disneydebi]

I jumped at 9am today for PVD to MCO...
all the flights down on a saturday were gone for the cheap flights.. cheapest was $141. Was able to get the $69 return flight, but only by flying out early AM.. all the later flights were again higher priced.

for all those familiar with SW.. (it's been a while since we flew), i received the email confirmation. Do they also send you something in the mail? I seem to remember last time (3 years ago) that we got the E-ticket in the mail???

If someone could let me know... I'd appreciate it...
thanks.

 

[Lewisc]

Originally posted by disneydebi
I jumped at 9am today for PVD to MCO...
all the flights down on a saturday were gone for the cheap flights.. cheapest was $141. Was able to get the $69 return flight, but only by flying out early AM.. all the later flights were again higher priced.

for all those familiar with SW.. (it's been a while since we flew), i received the email confirmation. Do they also send you something in the mail? I seem to remember last time (3 years ago) that we got the E-ticket in the mail???

If someone could let me know... I'd appreciate it...
thanks.

You can use a RR ticket as 2 one way tickets. If you have a ticket you could use it for 2 people going down and then use the $69 fare coming home.

No real reason for SW to have a lot (or any) discounted seats on a flight that will sell out. Remember SW's fully refundable (full fare) is a fraction of the full fare of the traditional airlines.