When to purchase SW tickets?

[erin327]

I am helping my cousin and her family plan their first WDW trip for this spring. I believe it will also be the first time any of them have flown. SHould I advise them to buy their plane tickets on Nov 10th when the flights are released or wait a month or two? When are likely to be the best deals? They are looking for fly on Tuesday, April 14th and home on Wednesday, April 20th.

 

[MountainMouse]

Tickets usually go up in price, sometimes dramatically. Occasionally you can hit a sale, but it's not dependable. We booked in March last year for a sept trip to Disney and rebooked later during a sale to get more preferred flight times and a little credit on our accounts. Is that still spring break time in April? They're less likely to offer sales in busier times. I would probably book when they are available then just stay on the lookout for sales. Will be flight credit dollars you get back, good for a year from original booking.

 

[ruadisneyfan2]

Tues & Wed are the cheapest days of the week to fly. Still all it takes is one group reservation to fill half a plane and raise prices. It's always a gamble but when I can be a little flexible with dates and/or times of day it helps.
When you're locked into a tight schedule, you have to just take what you can get.

 

[Donna M]

We have flown to WDW for over 10 years and the prices have never dropped. I always book SW the day they open and have only seen the prices go up, usually within the week.

With SW, if the prices do drop you can get a credit. That happened when going to San Antonio.

 

[kydisneyfans]

If you have other trips you may take, I would book day one and stalk Southwest for lower prices. For spring break, we are flying Sat-Sat nonstop from Louisville. We did not buy at first as it was $276 there and $233 back. During the $49 sale last week I rechecked and it was $136 there for the first 2 tickets, $176 for the 3rd. I checked the flight back and almost fell over at $87 non stop. This week the $176 ticket dropped to $158 so we have an $18 credit.

There really is no rhyme or reason with SW prices, the key is to keep checking and get credits.

 

[MountainMouse]

We have flown to WDW for over 10 years and the prices have never dropped. I always book SW the day they open and have only seen the prices go up, usually within the week. With SW, if the prices do drop you can get a credit. That happened when going to San Antonio.

Just luck/timing/stalking the website but we had them go down after we booked for our last trip. Not the typical, but if you get lucky with a sale it can happen.