SWA - waiting for February flights!

[mickeywho?]

The other airlines have released their flights for Feb 07. I can't seem to get a direct flight to Orlando so I've been waiting for southwest's flights to open up. Did anyone book with them last year for Feb flights? When did they release the schedule?

 

[jenkh]

I've never bought then, but I found this history of SW releases on the Transport board. I used it for my December flights and it was pretty much dead on. (It at leasts gives you a smaller window then "anytime" lol)


Thanks to MrShiny for originally posting this.
Here's the history:

Mar 13/03 - open to Sep 8/03
May 14/03 - open to Oct 24/03
June 26/03 - open to Dec 13/03
July 24/03 - open to Jan 16/04
Sep 19/03 - open to Mar 6/04
Oct 16/03 - open to April 2/04
Dec 11/03 - open to May 8/04
Jan 13/04 - open to Jun 11/04
Feb 13/04 - open to Aug 7/04
Mar 25/04 - open to Sep 13/04
May 5/04 - open to Oct 29/04
July 15/04 - open to Dec 11/04
July 29/04 - open to Jan 14/05
Sept 23/04 - open to Mar 3/05
Oct 22/04 - open to April 1/05
Dec 9/04 – open to Jun 6/05
Feb 18/05 – open to Aug 3/05
Mar 17/05 – open to Sept 12/05
May 12/05 - open to Oct 28/05
July 15/05 - open to Dec 12/05
Aug 18/05 - open to Jan 9/06
Sept 26/05 - open to Feb 3/06 horizon shrink likely due to MSY replanning
Oct 27/05 - open to Mar 31/06
Dec 20/05 - open to Jun 9/06
Feb 23/06 - open to Aug 3/06
Mar 06 - open to Sep 12/06

 

[ont/ohana]

Hi Mickeywho?(My DD loves your Sign in) We had to call in June to find out SW flights and prices for Dec. We phoned and they told us to start looking for Dec at the end of July. I hope this helps you. We booked last week in july for 30 nov-8 dec and then it went on sale 2nd week of Aug and we got the 280us credit for our next trip!! Good luck and I hope you find the right prices too!!

 

[mickeywho?]

Thanks for the help. Looks like we can guess at the flights being released the third week of Sept. with markdowns starting in mid Oct. We're keeping our fingers crossed. There are nine of us going so good prices and direct flights are needed!!

 

[Fabooliss]

Thanks for posting this, i guess I can take a break from visiting SW for a couple of weeks. Looks like I may have a LONG wait for the flight back though (around Feb. 12!)